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|introduction = '''It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night''' is the sixth track on the second disc of [[Prince]]'s ninth album [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]. The track was initially placed as the seventh and final track on the third disc of the triple-album [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]], which was eventually pared down and became [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]], at which point its position was swapped with that of [[Adore]]. A live version was also included in the concert movie [[Film: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]. | |introduction = '''It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night''' is the sixth track on the second disc of [[Prince]]'s ninth album [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]. The track was initially placed as the seventh and final track on the third disc of the triple-album [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]], which was eventually pared down and became [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]], at which point its position was swapped with that of [[Adore]]. A live version was also included in the concert movie [[Film: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]. | ||
− | The basis for the track was recorded live on [[25_August 1986|25 August 1986]] at Le Zénith, Paris, France, during a show on the [[Parade Tour]] (at the soundcheck earlier in the day, recordings were made of [[Coco Boys]], [[Susannah's Blues]], [[Strange Relationship]], [[Last Heart]], a cover version of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temptations The Temptations]' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can%27t_Get_Next_to_You I Can't Get Next To You] and a first run-through of '''It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night'''). Significant overdubs, including [[Sheila E.]]'s "transmississippirap" (a partial reading of Edward Lear's "The Table And The Chair" poem, labeled the "transmississippirap" because [[Prince]] recorded [[Sheila E.]] reading it over the phone from the other side of the Mississippi river), took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November 1986]] at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, | + | The basis for the track was recorded live on [[25_August 1986|25 August 1986]] at Le Zénith, Paris, France, during a show on the [[Parade Tour]] (at the soundcheck earlier in the day, recordings were made of [[Coco Boys]], [[Susannah's Blues]], [[Strange Relationship]], [[Last Heart]], a cover version of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temptations The Temptations]' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can%27t_Get_Next_to_You I Can't Get Next To You] and a first run-through of '''It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night'''). Significant overdubs, including [[Sheila E.]]'s "transmississippirap" (a partial reading of Edward Lear's "The Table And The Chair" poem, labeled the "transmississippirap" because [[Prince]] recorded [[Sheila E.]] reading it over the phone from the other side of the Mississippi river), took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November 1986]] at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, California during [[Susannah Melvoin]]'s final recording session with [[Prince]] (on the same day as [[Play In The Sunshine]]), just eight days before completion of the [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] album. Although recorded with the full [[Prince and the Revolution|Revolution]] band, the song is credited only to [[Prince]]. It was included as the sixth track on the third and final disc of the [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] album, and was kept for inclusion as the album developed into [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]. |
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|first live appearance = [[25_August 1986|25 August 1986, Le Zénith, Paris, France]] <small>(instrumentation and chants, later used for album version)</small>; [[08 May 1987|8 May 1987, Isstadion, Johanneshov, Stockholm, Sweden]] <small>(first full performance)</small><br> | |first live appearance = [[25_August 1986|25 August 1986, Le Zénith, Paris, France]] <small>(instrumentation and chants, later used for album version)</small>; [[08 May 1987|8 May 1987, Isstadion, Johanneshov, Stockholm, Sweden]] <small>(first full performance)</small><br> | ||
− | * [[13 June 2000|13 June 2000: Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, | + | * [[13 June 2000|13 June 2000: Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] |
|performed regularly on =[[Sign O' The Times Tour]] | |performed regularly on =[[Sign O' The Times Tour]] | ||
*[[Act II]] <small>(horn interpolation during [[1999]] medley)</small> | *[[Act II]] <small>(horn interpolation during [[1999]] medley)</small> |
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