Difference between revisions of "Heaven Must Be Near"
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− | |introduction = '''Heaven Must Be Near''' is the first track on [[Ingrid Chavez]] | + | |introduction = '''Heaven Must Be Near''' is the first track on [[Ingrid Chavez]]’s first album [[Album: May 19 1992|May 19, 1992]], and, a few months after the album’s release, [[Single: Heaven Must Be Near|Heaven Must Be Near]] was available as a promo-only single (following the album’s two commercially-released singles), containing several remixes. |
− | Although specific recording dates are unknown, [[Ingrid Chavez]] | + | Although specific recording dates are unknown, [[Ingrid Chavez]]’s vocal track was recorded with an improvised keyboard backing by [[Prince]] in mid-December 1987, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (shortly after cancelling the release of [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']], during the same set of sessions as [[Reason Enough]], [[Crystal City Cry]], [[Wintersong]], [[Whispering Dandelions]], [[Slappy Dappy]], [[Candle Dance]], [[Elephant Box]], [[Touch Of Love]], [[Blue Boy]], [[Jadestone]], [[Sad Puppet Dance]], [[Standing In The Rain]] and [[Cross The Line]]). |
− | In August 1989, [[Prince]] and [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] wrote and recorded new backing music for the track. The track was premiered on [[The New Power Generation Radio Show]], broadcast on Minneapolis radio station KMOJ on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 9|9 December 1989]], with the | + | In August 1989, [[Prince]] and [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] wrote and recorded new backing music for the track. The track was premiered on [[The New Power Generation Radio Show]], broadcast on Minneapolis radio station KMOJ on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 9|9 December 1989]], with the track’s writers [[Ingrid Chavez]], [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] (as "Michael Anthony") and [[Prince]] (as "Me, Myself and I") as hosts. |
The song includes a repeated phrase of [[Ingrid Chavez]] stating "Clap your hands, stomp your feet", sampled from [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]]. It also samples two tracks from the 1976 compilation ''Out Of This World - Atmospheric Sounds And Effects'' by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop BBC Radiophonic Workshop], ''Sea Of Mercury'' credited to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Mills Dick Mills] and ''Passing Clouds'', credited to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Limb Roger Limb], the latter was also used on [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]], while other effects and sounds from the same album were used on [[Crystal City Cry]] and [[Sad Puppet Dance]], and possibly also on [[Slappy Dappy]] and [[Jadestone]]. | The song includes a repeated phrase of [[Ingrid Chavez]] stating "Clap your hands, stomp your feet", sampled from [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]]. It also samples two tracks from the 1976 compilation ''Out Of This World - Atmospheric Sounds And Effects'' by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop BBC Radiophonic Workshop], ''Sea Of Mercury'' credited to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Mills Dick Mills] and ''Passing Clouds'', credited to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Limb Roger Limb], the latter was also used on [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]], while other effects and sounds from the same album were used on [[Crystal City Cry]] and [[Sad Puppet Dance]], and possibly also on [[Slappy Dappy]] and [[Jadestone]]. | ||
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|date = Summer 1991 (assumed) | |date = Summer 1991 (assumed) | ||
|studio = Studio information needed | |studio = Studio information needed | ||
− | |additional info = Remixes by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Mob | + | |additional info = Remixes by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Mob Dancin’ Danny D] and Larry Robinson |
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|3= [[Single: Heaven Must Be Near|Heaven Must Be Near]] promo | |3= [[Single: Heaven Must Be Near|Heaven Must Be Near]] promo | ||
|4= Remix | |4= Remix | ||
− | |5= Additional production and remix by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Mob | + | |5= Additional production and remix by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Mob Dancin’ Danny D] |
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|3= [[Single: Heaven Must Be Near|Heaven Must Be Near]] promo | |3= [[Single: Heaven Must Be Near|Heaven Must Be Near]] promo | ||
|4= Remix | |4= Remix | ||
− | |5= Additional production and remix by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Mob | + | |5= Additional production and remix by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Mob Dancin’ Danny D] |
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