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|previous song = [[Do Your Dance]] | |previous song = [[Do Your Dance]] | ||
|next song = [[Donald Trump (Black Version)]] | |next song = [[Donald Trump (Black Version)]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Dolphin''' is the eighth track (sixth song) on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''Dolphin''' is the eighth track (sixth song) on [[Prince]]’s 17th album [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], the first album to be credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], and, around the time of the album’s release, [[Single: Dolphin|Dolphin]] was available as a promo single, available only on cassette in the UK. however, already in 1993, [[Dolphin]] was included in the [[Project: Glam Slam Ulysses|Glam Slam Ulysses]] stage-show, during the segment titled “Lotus Land”. |
− | Almost a year prior to the | + | Almost a year prior to the album’s release, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_30|30 September 1994]], a promo video for [[Video: Dolphin|Dolphin]] was premiered as the first video to be broadcast on VH-1 Europe. In early 1995, a rehearsal version of the track by [[Prince]] was included as the seventh and final track on [[Prince]]’s VHS release [[Home Video: The Undertaker|The Undertaker]]. |
− | + | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 2|2 January 1993]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same one-day session that produced [[Come]], [[Dark]], [[Dream]] and [[Endorphinmachine]]), with only vocals, drums, guitar and bass guitar. The track was included as the eighth track on a March 1993 configuration of [[Album: Come|Come]]. Further guitar, keyboards and sound effects were added to the track between Autumn 1993 and Summer 1994, before it was included as the eleventh track (seventh song) on [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]] in September or October 1994. | |
− | The rehearsal version included as the seventh and final track on the [[Album: The Undertaker|The Undertaker]] album (which was ultimately abandoned, but released on home video as [[Home Video: The Undertaker|The Undertaker]]) was recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_14|14 June 1993]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] (along with versions of [[The Ride]], [[Poorgoo]], [[Honky Tonk | + | The rehearsal version included as the seventh and final track on the [[Album: The Undertaker|The Undertaker]] album (which was ultimately abandoned, but released on home video as [[Home Video: The Undertaker|The Undertaker]]) was recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_14|14 June 1993]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] (along with versions of [[The Ride]], [[Poorgoo]], [[Honky Tonk-Woman]], [[Bambi]], [[Zannalee]] and [[The Undertaker]], the day before recording [[Calhoun Square]]). |
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 2|2 January 1993]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 2|2 January 1993]] | ||
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_14|14 June 1993]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_14|14 June 1993]] | ||
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
|additional info = Studio rehearsal | |additional info = Studio rehearsal | ||
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|date = Autumn 1993 - Summer 1994 | |date = Autumn 1993 - Summer 1994 | ||
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
|additional info = Additional recording and overdubs on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 2|2 January 1993]] version | |additional info = Additional recording and overdubs on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 2|2 January 1993]] version | ||
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|4= Promo video | |4= Promo video | ||
|5= See [[Video: Dolphin|Dolphin]] for details | |5= See [[Video: Dolphin|Dolphin]] for details | ||
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|1= '''Dolphin''' | |1= '''Dolphin''' | ||
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− | |3= Original version used in [[Project: Glam Slam Ulysses|Glam Slam Ulysses]] stage-show (before overdubs) | + | |3= Original version used in [[Project: Glam Slam Ulysses|Glam Slam Ulysses]]: “Lotus Land” stage-show (before overdubs) |
+ | }} | ||
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+ | |1= '''Dolphin''' | ||
+ | |2= Rehearsal | ||
+ | |3= Unreleased version; [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_14|14 June 1993, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] | ||
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− | |first live appearance = [[29_May 1994-am|29 May 1994 (a.m.): Glam Slam, Minneapolis, | + | |first live appearance = [[29_May 1994-am|29 May 1994 (a.m.): Glam Slam, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] <small>(aborted; intro only)</small>; [[13_December 1994-m|13 December 1994 (mat.): The Late Show with David Letterman, The Ed Sullivan Theater, New York, NY, USA]] <small>(first full performance)</small> <br> |
* [[12 May 2013-1|12 May 2013 (show 1): The Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO, USA]] | * [[12 May 2013-1|12 May 2013 (show 1): The Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO, USA]] | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
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* [[Single: Dolphin|Dolphin]] promo | * [[Single: Dolphin|Dolphin]] promo | ||
* [[Video: Dolphin|Dolphin]] video | * [[Video: Dolphin|Dolphin]] video | ||
+ | * [[Project: Glam Slam Ulysses|Glam Slam Ulysses]] | ||
|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)]] '' | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:1995]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1995]][[Category:Recorded 1993]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
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