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It was only in mid-March 1986, however, that he embarked fully on the album, when [[Prince]] started working using a new home studio in his house, known as the [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. Recorded there from mid-March to mid-April 1986, were [[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]], [[Power Fantastic]], [[And How]], [[A Place In Heaven]], [[Movie Star]] and [[Witness 4 The Prosecution]]. [[And That Says What?]] was recorded during the same sessions, but at the [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]], Edina, MN, USA. In mid-April, [[Crystal Ball]], [[Starfish And Coffee]], [[Big Tall Wall]] and [[Visions]] were recorded. | It was only in mid-March 1986, however, that he embarked fully on the album, when [[Prince]] started working using a new home studio in his house, known as the [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. Recorded there from mid-March to mid-April 1986, were [[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]], [[Power Fantastic]], [[And How]], [[A Place In Heaven]], [[Movie Star]] and [[Witness 4 The Prosecution]]. [[And That Says What?]] was recorded during the same sessions, but at the [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]], Edina, MN, USA. In mid-April, [[Crystal Ball]], [[Starfish And Coffee]], [[Big Tall Wall]] and [[Visions]] were recorded. | ||
− | A tentative configuration of the '''Dream Factory''' album was compiled in late April 1986, containing eleven tracks. Work continued in early May, however, with the recording of [[In A Large Room With No Light]] and [[It]], and a new double LP configuration containing 19 tracks was compiled, dated [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_3|3 June 1986]]. The album was mastered in early June, but [[Prince]] still didn’t consider it a final version, and continued work on the album. [[Slow Love]] was recorded the following day. By mid-June, [[Prince]] was considering working on a Broadway musical, | + | A tentative configuration of the '''Dream Factory''' album was compiled in late April 1986, containing eleven tracks. Work continued in early May, however, with the recording of [[In A Large Room With No Light]] and [[It]], and a new double LP configuration containing 19 tracks was compiled, dated [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_3|3 June 1986]]. The album was mastered in early June, but [[Prince]] still didn’t consider it a final version, and continued work on the album. [[Slow Love]] was recorded the following day. By mid-June, [[Prince]] was considering working on a Broadway musical, referred to both as [[Musical: The Dawn|Dream Factory]] and [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]], and it is possible that there was some overlap between the projects, but the musical was ultimately abandoned. |
In early July 1986, [[Prince]] recorded [[Train]] for the album, and in mid-July, he recorded [[The Cross]] and [[Sign O’ The Times]], and revamped the 1982 track [[I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man]] to complete the album. The final double LP configuration containing 18 tracks was compiled on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 18|18 July 1986]]. When [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] told [[Prince]] they wanted to leave his band in late July, however, the album was abandoned. [[Prince]] instead decided to eliminate most of the [[Prince and the Revolution|Revolution]]’s input on tracks and to expand on the project by incorporating other tracks recorded later in 1986, resulting in the three-disc set [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] (which eventually was pared down to become [[Prince]]’s next officially released album, [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]). | In early July 1986, [[Prince]] recorded [[Train]] for the album, and in mid-July, he recorded [[The Cross]] and [[Sign O’ The Times]], and revamped the 1982 track [[I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man]] to complete the album. The final double LP configuration containing 18 tracks was compiled on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 18|18 July 1986]]. When [[Wendy Melvoin]] and [[Lisa Coleman]] told [[Prince]] they wanted to leave his band in late July, however, the album was abandoned. [[Prince]] instead decided to eliminate most of the [[Prince and the Revolution|Revolution]]’s input on tracks and to expand on the project by incorporating other tracks recorded later in 1986, resulting in the three-disc set [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] (which eventually was pared down to become [[Prince]]’s next officially released album, [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]). | ||
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− | It was long believed work on the packaging for the album had not yet been worked on at the time the project was abandoned, but in 2017 [[Susannah Melvoin]] showed color pencil sketches she made in 1986 of what was an idea for an album cover. The cover depicts sort of a time-warp flash surrounded by a an array of flowers and a border of little hearts. In the 'flash' we see a | + | It was long believed work on the packaging for the album had not yet been worked on at the time the project was abandoned, but in 2017 [[Susannah Melvoin]] showed color pencil sketches she made in 1986 of what was an idea for an album cover. The cover depicts sort of a time-warp flash surrounded by a an array of flowers and a border of little hearts. In the 'flash' we see a female figure ([[Susannah Melvoin|Susannah]] herself) holding open a door to the ‘Dream Factory’ with a rainbow at the bottom, a sun, moon, stars, clouds, balloons and drapes. Interestingly the album cover in this sketch is attributed to [[The Flesh]] rather than [[Prince and the Revolution]]. |
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|format = LP | |format = LP | ||
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# <b>[[Visions]]</b> <small><sup>1</sup> </small> | # <b>[[Visions]]</b> <small><sup>1</sup> </small> | ||
# <b>[[Dream Factory]]</b> <small> (preceded by [[A Place In Heaven|Nevaeh Ni Ecalp A]], not listed as such) </small> | # <b>[[Dream Factory]]</b> <small> (preceded by [[A Place In Heaven|Nevaeh Ni Ecalp A]], not listed as such) </small> | ||
− | # <b>[[Train]]</b> <small>(different version than released)</small> | + | # <b>[[Train]]</b> <small>(different version than released by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples] in 1989)</small> |
# <b>[[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]]</b> | # <b>[[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]]</b> | ||
# <b>[[It]]</b> | # <b>[[It]]</b> | ||
*Side 2: | *Side 2: | ||
− | # <b>[[Strange Relationship]]</b> <small>(different version than released)</small> | + | # <b>[[Strange Relationship]]</b> <small>(different version than released on [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] in 1987)</small> |
# <b>[[Slow Love]] </b> <small><sup>2</sup> </small> | # <b>[[Slow Love]] </b> <small><sup>2</sup> </small> | ||
# <b>[[Starfish And Coffee]]</b> <small><sup>3</sup> </small><small>(omits the alarm clock intro) </small> | # <b>[[Starfish And Coffee]]</b> <small><sup>3</sup> </small><small>(omits the alarm clock intro) </small> | ||
# <b>[[Colors]]</b> <small><sup>4</sup> </small> | # <b>[[Colors]]</b> <small><sup>4</sup> </small> | ||
− | # <b>[[I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man]]</b> <small>(different version than released)</small> | + | # <b>[[I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man]]</b> <small>(different version than released on [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] in 1987)</small> |
*Side 3: | *Side 3: | ||
# <b>[[Sign O’ The Times]]</b> <small>(version released as edit on the single [[Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]])</small> | # <b>[[Sign O’ The Times]]</b> <small>(version released as edit on the single [[Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]])</small> | ||
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:# <b>[[And That Says What?]]</b> | :# <b>[[And That Says What?]]</b> | ||
:; Side 2: | :; Side 2: | ||
− | :# <b>[[Strange Relationship]]</b> <small>(different version than released)</small> | + | :# <b>[[Strange Relationship]]</b> <small>(different version than released on [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] in 1987)</small> |
:# <b>[[Teacher, Teacher]]</b> | :# <b>[[Teacher, Teacher]]</b> | ||
:# <b>[[Starfish And Coffee]]</b> <small>(omits alarm clock intro) </small> | :# <b>[[Starfish And Coffee]]</b> <small>(omits alarm clock intro) </small> | ||
:# <b>[[A Place In Heaven]]</b> | :# <b>[[A Place In Heaven]]</b> | ||
− | :# <b>[[Sexual Suicide]]</b> <small>(different version than released)</small> | + | :# <b>[[Sexual Suicide]]</b> <small>(different version than released on [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] in 1998)</small> |
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* '''<u>3 June 1986 configuration</u>''' | * '''<u>3 June 1986 configuration</u>''' | ||
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:# <b>[[It]]</b> | :# <b>[[It]]</b> | ||
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− | :# <b>[[Strange Relationship]]</b> <small> | + | :# <b>[[Strange Relationship]]</b> <small>on [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] in 1987)</small> |
:# <b>[[Teacher, Teacher]]</b> | :# <b>[[Teacher, Teacher]]</b> | ||
:# <b>[[Starfish And Coffee]] </b><small>(omits alarm clock intro) </small> | :# <b>[[Starfish And Coffee]] </b><small>(omits alarm clock intro) </small> |
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1981: The Second Coming ◄ | Unreleased Albums (Prince) |
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1981 The Second Coming |
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