Difference between revisions of "In A Large Room With No Light"

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{{song-2| |song name = In A Large Room With No Light |single image =
from the album Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition |performer = Prince (Prince and the Revolution) |first released = 15 July 2009 - montreuxjazz.com audio stream |album(s) = Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition |writer(s) = Prince, Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman |producer(s) = Prince |previous song = Immersion |next song = In A Spanish Villa |introduction = In A Large Room With No Light (a.k.a. Life Is Like Looking For A Penny In A Large Room With No Light) was first available as an audio stream on the Montreux Jazz Festival website on 15 July 2009 in conjunction with Prince’s two shows at the festival three days later. While the recording was new, the track itself was 23 years old. In September 2020, Prince’s original version was released on one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition set.

Basic tracking for the original version were recorded on 4 May 1986 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California, and was recorded with members of the Revolution and Sheila E.’s band. Eric Leeds confirmed in an interview with The Last Miles that the full title of the track was originally Life Is Like Looking For A Penny In A Large Room With No Light. The track was initially included as the tenth track on the first disc of the 3 June 1986 configuration of the Dream Factory album (and hence would have been credited to Prince and the Revolution), but was removed for the 18 July 1986 configuration.

UK radio station Jazz FM premiered the 2009 version, stating that it had been finished only two days prior to the premiere (on 14 July 2009), and it is assumed that this recording took place at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, but this is not confirmed.

The track’s first live performance took place on 29 March 2009, am, almost 23 years after its initial recording. |recording info = |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|4 May 1986 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Basic tracking |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|8 July 2009 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Re-recording |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|12 July 2009 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|overdubbing |recording personnel = Studio version