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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 | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 8|8 July 1985]] at the [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]] in Edina, Minnesota. |
− | [[Clare Fischer]] arranged and recorded orchestration for the song | + | [[Clare Fischer]] arranged and recorded orchestration for the song in August 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. | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = July 1985 | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 8|8 July 1985]] |
|studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Initial tracking | |additional info = Initial tracking | ||
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{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 21|21 August 1985]] |
|studio = Monterey Sound Studios,<br> Glendale, CA, USA | |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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+ | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 22|22 August 1985]] (estimate) | ||
+ | |studio = The Complex Studios, <br>Los Angeles, CA, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = mixing ([[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]], sans [[Prince]]) | ||
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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|1= '''Alexa De Paris''' | |1= '''Alexa De Paris''' | ||
− | |2= 2:09 | + | |2= .2:09 |
|3= [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] DVD | |3= [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] DVD | ||
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
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|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 | ||
− | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | + | |references = * ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' |
+ | * ''[https://www.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]'' | ||
|categories = [[Category:1986]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1985]] | |categories = [[Category:1986]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1985]] | ||
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