Wall Of Berlin

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Wall Of Berlin

from the album Lotusflow3r Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 24 March 2009 - Lotusflow3r album Album(s): Lotusflow3r Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: none

Wall Of Berlin is the ninth track on Prince’s 33rd studio album Lotusflow3r. Basic tracking took place on 19 November 2004, during a three-and-a-half hour session with Michael B. on drums and Sonny T. on bass at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota that also yielded 3121, From The Lotus..., ...Back 2 The Lotus, Colonized Mind, Love Like Jazz, Planet Earth, Guitar, a song titled Shameless as well as two or three others. A tape photographed in Prince’s vault at Paisley Park Studios lists Wall Of Berlin as 19 November 2004, which alludes this is the exact date for all of the songs in this sessions. In an August 2006 interview, Michael B. said they recorded eleven or twelve tracks in three and a half hours that night. On a different occasion he later indicated that this was the last recording session they did with Prince for a while after that. The phrase used in the title, "wall of Berlin", was also used in the track 3121, also recorded with Michael B. and Sonny T. during the same set of sessions. The track was premiered on Los Angeles radio station Indie 103 on 18 December 2008, along with Crimson And Clover, Colonized Mind and 4ever. The party noises heard at the end of the track are, in fact, the beginning of the album’s following track, $, for which recording details are listed in its respective song entry. The "wall of Berlin" is a reference to the Berlin Wall, which divided the cities of West Berlin and East Berlin (and the countries of West Germany and East Germany, respectively) until its fall in 1989. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 19 November 2004 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Tracking Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Michael B. - drums Sonny T. - bass guitar Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Wall Of Berlin 4:16 Lotusflow3r Studio

Additional Information See also Trivia Lotusflow3r album The phrase "wall of Berlin" is also used in the track 3121. The sessions that yielded this track mark the first appearance of Michael B. and Sonny T. together on a released Prince recording since their Spring 1996 sessions as part of the New Power Generation References

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