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|song name                = It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings
 
|song name                = It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings
|single image              = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]
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|single image              = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|performer                = [[Prince]]
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|performer                = [[Prince]] ([[Prince and the Revolution]])
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] & [[Eric Leeds]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] & [[Eric Leeds]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]  
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]  
 
|previous song            = [[It]]
 
|previous song            = [[It]]
|next song                = [[It Takes 3]]
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|next song                = [[It Be’s Like That Sometimes]]
|introduction              = '''It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings''' is an instrumental recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 9|9 July 1986]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]]. The instrumental was given its title by [[Eric Leeds]]. It was intended for an aborted musical tentatively titled [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] (sometimes also referred to as  [[Musical: The Dawn|Dream Factory]]), and remains unreleased. [[Clare Fischer]] put an arrangement on it in August 1986, with [[Prince]] away in Europe on the [[Parade Tour]].
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|introduction              = '''It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings''' is an instrumental recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 9|9 July 1986]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]]. A line up of [[Prince]], [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]], [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]], [[Eric Leeds]] and [[Atlanta Bliss]]  recorded four takes of this instrumental, that was given its title by [[Eric Leeds]]. It was intended for an aborted musical tentatively titled [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] (sometimes also referred to as  [[Musical: The Dawn|Dream Factory]]), and remains unreleased. [[Clare Fischer]] put an arrangement on it in August 1986, with [[Prince]] away in Europe on the [[Parade Tour]].
  
The song was released in September 2020 on one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] set.
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The song was released in September 2020 as the second track of ''Vault Tracks part 2'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']].
 
|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
 
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 9|9 July 1986]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 9|9 July 1986]]
 
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking
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|additional info          = Tracking, horn overdubs
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 12|12 July 1986]]
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|additional info          = Probable mix
 
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|studio                    = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Way_Recording Ocean Way Recording],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
 
|studio                    = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Way_Recording Ocean Way Recording],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
 
|additional info          = Orchestral overdubs by [[Clare Fischer]]’s orchestra
 
|additional info          = Orchestral overdubs by [[Clare Fischer]]’s orchestra
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 4|4 September 1986]]
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|studio                    = Hollywood Central Studios,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|additional info          = Overdubs (trombone, Morris Repass, [[Clare Fischer]])
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = September / October 1986
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|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
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|additional info          = Mix (orchestral arrangement) (assumed)
 
}}
 
}}
 
|recording personnel      =  
 
|recording personnel      =  
*[[Prince]] - all vocal and instruments (assumed)
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'''Released version'''
*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone  
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*[[Prince]] - drums
*[[Clare Fischer]] - Orchestral arrangements
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*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - bass
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*[[Lisa Coleman]] - piano
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*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone
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*[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet
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:Orchestral Players:
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:*Violins - Isabelle Daskoff, Francine Walsh, Mari Botnik, Pam Gates, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Betty Moor, Irma Neumann, Assa Drori, Bill Hymanson, Oscar Chasow, Ron Clark, Henry Ferber, Erne Granat, Ed Green, Bill Hybel, Reggie Hill, Pat Johnson, Don Palmer, Sheldon Sanov, Joe Schonbrun, Terry Schonbrun and Harold Wolf.
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:*Violas - Pam Goldsmith, Margot Maclaine, Carol Mukagawa, Myer Bello, Alan Deverich, Norman Forrest, Alan Harshman, Jorge Moraga and David Stock.
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:*Cellos - Jim Arkatoff, Ray Kelley, Ray Kramer and Fred Seykora.
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:*Basses - Chuck Dominico and Arni Egilsson.
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:*Woodwinds - Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo and Bob Tricarico.
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:*Trumpets - Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob O’Donnell and Al Vizutti.
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:*Trombones - Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass and Bill Watrous.
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:*French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian O’Connor, Calvin Smith and Jim Thatcher.
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:*Tuba - Tommy Johnson.
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:*Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer.
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|released versions        =
 
|released versions        =
 
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|line =
 
{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
|1= '''It Ain’t Over Until The Fat Lady Sings'''|2= 2:21
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|1= '''It Ain’t Over Until The Fat Lady Sings'''
|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]|4= Studio|5= }}
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|2= 2:21
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|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
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|4= Studio
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|5=  
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|1= '''It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings '''
 
|1= '''It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings '''
 
|2= Studio
 
|2= Studio
|3= (Take 4), before any [[Clare Fischer]] overdubs
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|3= Moderately different mix with slightly alternate ending to 2020 remaster
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|1= '''It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings '''
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|2= Studio
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|3= After [[Clare Fischer]] overdubs
 
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|performed regularly on    = none
 
|performed regularly on    = none
 
|performed occasionally in = none
 
|performed occasionally in = none
|trivia                    = "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_ain’t_over_’Til_the_fat_lady_sings It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings]" is a proverb meaning one should not assume the outcome of some activity until it has actually finished.
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|trivia                    = "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_ain%27t_over_till_the_fat_lady_sings It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings]" is a proverb meaning one should not assume the outcome of some activity until it has actually finished.
|see also                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album
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|see also                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album
 
* [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]]
 
* [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]]
 
|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)]]''
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_ain’t_over_’Til_the_fat_lady_sings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_ain’t_over_’Til_the_fat_lady_sings]
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* ''[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:Songs (Prince)]] [[Category: Instrumental Songs]] [[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Recorded 1986]]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_ain%27t_over_till_the_fat_lady_sings It ain’t over ’Til the fat lady sings]
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|categories                = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Recorded 1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category: Instrumental Songs]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]]
 
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Latest revision as of 12:48, 1 November 2022

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It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings

Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
from the album
Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
Song details
Performer: Prince (Prince and the Revolution)
First Released: 25 September 2020 - Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition album
Album(s): Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
Writer(s): Prince & Eric Leeds
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings is an instrumental recorded on 9 July 1986 at Prince’s Galpin Blvd Home Studio. A line up of Prince, Wendy, Lisa, Eric Leeds and Atlanta Bliss recorded four takes of this instrumental, that was given its title by Eric Leeds. It was intended for an aborted musical tentatively titled The Dawn (sometimes also referred to as Dream Factory), and remains unreleased. Clare Fischer put an arrangement on it in August 1986, with Prince away in Europe on the Parade Tour.

The song was released in September 2020 as the second track of Vault Tracks part 2, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
9 July 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Tracking, horn overdubs
12 July 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Probable mix
18 August 1986 Ocean Way Recording,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Orchestral overdubs by Clare Fischer’s orchestra
4 September 1986 Hollywood Central Studios,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Overdubs (trombone, Morris Repass, Clare Fischer)
September / October 1986 Galpin Blvd Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
Mix (orchestral arrangement) (assumed)
Recording Personnel

Released version

Orchestral Players:
  • Violins - Isabelle Daskoff, Francine Walsh, Mari Botnik, Pam Gates, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Betty Moor, Irma Neumann, Assa Drori, Bill Hymanson, Oscar Chasow, Ron Clark, Henry Ferber, Erne Granat, Ed Green, Bill Hybel, Reggie Hill, Pat Johnson, Don Palmer, Sheldon Sanov, Joe Schonbrun, Terry Schonbrun and Harold Wolf.
  • Violas - Pam Goldsmith, Margot Maclaine, Carol Mukagawa, Myer Bello, Alan Deverich, Norman Forrest, Alan Harshman, Jorge Moraga and David Stock.
  • Cellos - Jim Arkatoff, Ray Kelley, Ray Kramer and Fred Seykora.
  • Basses - Chuck Dominico and Arni Egilsson.
  • Woodwinds - Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo and Bob Tricarico.
  • Trumpets - Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob O’Donnell and Al Vizutti.
  • Trombones - Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass and Bill Watrous.
  • French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian O’Connor, Calvin Smith and Jim Thatcher.
  • Tuba - Tommy Johnson.
  • Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer.


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
It Ain’t Over Until The Fat Lady Sings 2:21 Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Studio


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings Studio (Take 1)
It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings Studio (Take 2)
It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings Studio (Take 3)
It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings Studio Moderately different mix with slightly alternate ending to 2020 remaster
It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings Studio After Clare Fischer overdubs
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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