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|introduction = '''Alexa De Paris''' was released as the b-side of [[Single: Mountains|Mountains]], the second single from [[Prince]]'s eighth album [[Album: Parade|Parade]], the third to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. Unusually, the extended version was also included as a b-side on the European CD single of [[Single: Letitgo|Letitgo]] eight years later. The track is also heard in [[Prince]]'s second film [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]]. | |introduction = '''Alexa De Paris''' was released as the b-side of [[Single: Mountains|Mountains]], the second single from [[Prince]]'s eighth album [[Album: Parade|Parade]], the third to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. Unusually, the extended version was also included as a b-side on the European CD single of [[Single: Letitgo|Letitgo]] eight years later. The track is also heard in [[Prince]]'s second film [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]]. | ||
− | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in July 1985 at the [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]] in | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in July 1985 at the [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]] in Edina, Minnesota. |
− | [[Clare Fischer]] arranged and recorded orchestration for the song at some point in late 1985 at | + | [[Clare Fischer]] arranged and recorded orchestration for the song at some point in late 1985 at Monterey Sound Studios in Glendale, California. |
The track was not included on the [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The B-Sides]] collection in 1993, one of only two b-sides not included from the 1978-1989 era. | The track was not included on the [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The B-Sides]] collection in 1993, one of only two b-sides not included from the 1978-1989 era. | ||
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|date = July 1985 | |date = July 1985 | ||
− | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br> | + | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA |
|additional info = Intitial tracking | |additional info = Intitial tracking | ||
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|date = Late 1985 | |date = Late 1985 | ||
− | |studio = | + | |studio = Monterey Sound Studios,<br> Glendale, CA, USA |
|additional info = Orchestra recording by [[Clare Fischer]] | |additional info = Orchestra recording by [[Clare Fischer]] | ||
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|3= [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] DVD | |3= [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] DVD | ||
|4= Performance | |4= Performance | ||
− | |5= See [[Under The Cherry Moon cues]] for details | + | |5= See [[Under The Cherry Moon cues]] for details |
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|3= [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] DVD | |3= [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] DVD | ||
|4= Performance | |4= Performance | ||
− | |5= See [[Under The Cherry Moon cues]] for details | + | |5= See [[Under The Cherry Moon cues]] for details |
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* [[30 April 2002|30 April 2002: Portland Center for the Performing Arts - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR, USA]] | * [[30 April 2002|30 April 2002: Portland Center for the Performing Arts - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR, USA]] | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
− | |performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All_Concerts#2002|2002]] | + | |performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All_Concerts#1987|1987]] <small>(as interpolation during [[The Cross]])</small>, [[All_Concerts#2002|2002]] |
|trivia = The song is titled after dancer Alexa Fioroni. She was trained at the Paris Opera Ballet school and is credited in [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] as 'The Dancer', possibly appearing as the balletic dancer in the film's opening sequence, during the instrumental performance of [[An Honest Man]]. | |trivia = The song is titled after dancer Alexa Fioroni. She was trained at the Paris Opera Ballet school and is credited in [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] as 'The Dancer', possibly appearing as the balletic dancer in the film's opening sequence, during the instrumental performance of [[An Honest Man]]. | ||
|see also = [[Single: Mountains|Mountains]] single | |see also = [[Single: Mountains|Mountains]] single |
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