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|album name = Camille | |album name = Camille | ||
| − | |album image = [[File: | + | |album image = [[File:CAMILLE_1.jpg]] [[File:CAMILLE_2.jpg]] |
| − | |date = | + | |date = January 1987 |
| − | |label = [[Paisley Park Records]] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] | + | |label = [[Paisley Park Records]] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] |
|studios = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA; [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studios = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA; [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|previous year = 1986 | |previous year = 1986 | ||
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|next album = Album: Crystal Ball 1986 | |next album = Album: Crystal Ball 1986 | ||
|next album link = [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] | |next album link = [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] | ||
| − | |introduction = '''Camille''' is an unreleased album by [[Prince]] (although planned for release under the pseudonym [[Alias: Camille|Camille]]), and was compiled on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 5|5 November 1986]], from tracks using distorted vocals by [[Prince]] recorded in September and October 1986, shortly after [[Prince and the Revolution|The Revolution]] disbanded (although [[Feel U Up]] was originally recorded in 1981 and [[Strange Relationship]] in | + | |introduction = '''Camille''' is an unreleased album by [[Prince]] (although planned for release under the pseudonym [[Alias: Camille|Camille]]), and was compiled on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 5|5 November 1986]], from tracks using distorted vocals by [[Prince]] recorded in September and October 1986, shortly after [[Prince and the Revolution|The Revolution]] disbanded (although [[Feel U Up]] was originally recorded in 1981 and [[Strange Relationship]] in 1983). |
| + | '''Camille''' was issued a catalog number — (9)25543 by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] and planned for release in January 1987 (to be preceded by a single of [[Single: Shockadelica|Shockadelica]]). [[Prince]] instead decided to expand on the project by incorporating tracks recorded earlier in 1986, resulting in the three-disc set [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]].<br> | ||
The album features [[Prince]] in disguise as [[Alias: Camille|Camille]] on all vocals and instruments, with saxophone by [[Eric Leeds]] and trumpet by [[Atlanta Bliss]] on some tracks. [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] also appear on [[Strange Relationship]] (although their contributions were buried in the mix), and [[Susannah Melvoin]] on [[Rockhard In A Funky Place]].<br> | The album features [[Prince]] in disguise as [[Alias: Camille|Camille]] on all vocals and instruments, with saxophone by [[Eric Leeds]] and trumpet by [[Atlanta Bliss]] on some tracks. [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] also appear on [[Strange Relationship]] (although their contributions were buried in the mix), and [[Susannah Melvoin]] on [[Rockhard In A Funky Place]].<br> | ||
| − | When the project was developed into [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] (first sequenced on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]]), seven of the eight tracks were kept; only [[Feel U Up]] was removed. Only [[Housequake]], [[Strange Relationship]] and [[If I Was Your Girlfriend]] were kept as the album developed into [[Prince]] | + | |
| − | All of the remaining tracks have since been released elsewhere, | + | When the project was developed into [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] (first sequenced on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]]), seven of the eight tracks were kept; only [[Feel U Up]] was removed. Only [[Housequake]], [[Strange Relationship]] and [[If I Was Your Girlfriend]] were kept as the album developed into [[Prince]]’s next officially released album, [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]].<br> |
| − | + | All of the remaining tracks have since been released elsewhere, [[Rebirth Of The Flesh]] was released as a live rehearsal in one of the installments of the [[NPG Music Club]] in 2001, and its original studio rendition on the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] in 2020, albeit not in the version with the coda segueing into [[Housequake]]. [[Shockadelica]] was released as the b-side of the 12" of [[Single: If I Was Your Girlfriend|If I Was Your Girlfriend]] in 1987. [[Good Love|Goodlove]] was available on the [[Album: Bright Lights, Big City|Bright Lights, Big City]] movie soundtrack in 1988 (as [[Good Love]]). [[Feel U Up]] was released as the b-side of the 12" [[Single: Partyman|Partyman]] in 1989. [[Rockhard In A Funky Place]] was planned for release on [[Album: The Black Album|“The Black Album”'']] in 1987, but finally received an official release with [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']] in 1994. The only song that would have appeared with a minor difference was [[If I Was Your Girlfriend]], which at this point did not have the '' 'wedding march' '' and 'Look at the bargains over here, ladies' samples at the beginning, instead starting ‘on the 2’, like the single does.<br> | |
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| + | The album cover has been described as having a stick figure with X’s for eyes. However, rather than a fully developed design this is believed to have been only in the stage of [[Prince]] drawing on the white unmarked sleeve of a test-pressing, much like the 12" to [[Single: Gett Off|Gett Off]]. The labels of the vinyl would have been the first with the new Paisley Park design and featured the song titles in Prince’s own writing, as well as the name Camille with the C as a crescent moon. And an x instead of the dot on the i. The name [[Prince]] would not have been on the record. | ||
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|format = LP | |format = LP | ||
|tracklisting = | |tracklisting = | ||
*Side 1: | *Side 1: | ||
| − | # <b>[[Rebirth Of The Flesh]]</b> | + | # <b>[[Rebirth Of The Flesh]]</b> (4:54) |
| − | # <b>[[Housequake]]</b> | + | # <b>[[Housequake]]</b> (4:34) |
| − | # <b>[[Strange Relationship]]</b> | + | # <b>[[Strange Relationship]]</b>(4:04) |
| − | # <b>[[Feel U Up]]</b> | + | # <b>[[Feel U Up]]</b> (6:27) |
*Side 2: | *Side 2: | ||
| − | # <b>[[Shockadelica]]</b> | + | # <b>[[Shockadelica]]</b> (6:12) |
| − | # <b>[[Good Love]]</b> | + | # <b>[[Good Love|Goodlove]]</b> (5:11) |
| − | # <b>[[If I Was Your Girlfriend]]</b> | + | # <b>[[If I Was Your Girlfriend]]</b> (4:47) <small>(omits the ‘street vendor/Wedding March’ intro) </small> |
| − | # <b>[[Rockhard In A Funky Place]]</b> | + | # <b>[[Rockhard In A Funky Place]]</b> (4:30) <small><sup>1</sup> </small> |
|credits = All tracks written by [[Prince]] (to be credited to [[Alias: Camille|Camille]]) except where noted. | |credits = All tracks written by [[Prince]] (to be credited to [[Alias: Camille|Camille]]) except where noted. | ||
|* comment = <small><sup>1</sup> </small> Music written by [[Prince]] and [[Eric Leeds]]<br> | |* comment = <small><sup>1</sup> </small> Music written by [[Prince]] and [[Eric Leeds]]<br> | ||
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*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - tamborine, congas on [[Strange Relationship]] | *[[Wendy Melvoin]] - tamborine, congas on [[Strange Relationship]] | ||
*[[Lisa Coleman]] - (Fairlight sample) sitar, wooden flute on [[Strange Relationship]] | *[[Lisa Coleman]] - (Fairlight sample) sitar, wooden flute on [[Strange Relationship]] | ||
| − | *[[Susannah Melvoin]] - background vocals on [[Rockhard In A Funky Place]] | + | *[[Susannah Melvoin]] - background vocals on [[Good Love]] and [[Rockhard In A Funky Place]] |
| + | *[[Jill Jones]] - background vocals on [[Good Love]] | ||
|production = [[Prince]] - producer (to be credited to [[Alias: Camille|Camille]]) | |production = [[Prince]] - producer (to be credited to [[Alias: Camille|Camille]]) | ||
*Other production details unknown | *Other production details unknown | ||
|see also = | |see also = | ||
{{SeeAlso| | {{SeeAlso| | ||
| − | |item1 = [[Album: Sign | + | |item1 = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]<br>(Album) |
| − | |image1 = [[File:sott.jpg|60px|link=Album: Sign | + | |image1 = [[File:sott.jpg|60px|link=Album: Sign O’ The Times]] |
| − | |item2 = [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball ( | + | |item2 = [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]]<br>(Unreleased album) |
|image2 = [[File:Unreleased project.png|60px|link=Album: Crystal Ball 1986]] | |image2 = [[File:Unreleased project.png|60px|link=Album: Crystal Ball 1986]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | |trivia = | + | |trivia = When released as the b-side of [[Single: If I Was Your Girlfriend|If I Was Your Girlfriend]] in 1987, the title [[Shockadelica]] as written on the sleeve of that used the same handwriting ([[Prince]]’s) that would have been on the lable of the '''Camile''' album. |
|alternative = | |alternative = | ||
| − | |references = [[Book:_The_Vault| | + | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' |
|categories = [[Category:1986]][[Category:Unreleased Albums]] | |categories = [[Category:1986]][[Category:Unreleased Albums]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
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