Mobile Audio Remote Recording
Mobile Audio Remote Recording
Overview & History
Mobile Audio Remote Recording is a mobile recording facility for rent that was utilized by Prince on various locations in 1984 and 1985. This 45-feet air-ride trailer, had a 20' x 8'3" control room and a 15' x 8'3" lounge. It was based out of Rome, Georgia and owned by Rick Norvell.
Studio
The truck was equipped with a Sound Workshop Series 34 balanced 36 in x 24 console. It has two Otan MTR-90 II 24-track recorders, an Otan MTR-10 4-track, and Otan MTR-12 2 track recorder, as well as a Sony TCFX 1010 cassette deck. It had Hatter DH500s and DH220s power amps, Lexicon 200 digital reverb, Valley People 430 Stereo Dyna-Mites and 431 Dyna-Mite/Dyne-Mike combo, dbx 160 limiters, Audioarts 4200A stereo parametric EQ. Valley People HH 2 x 2 units. Its monitors were Fostex LS3B, Electro-Voice 1COA and Auratone 5C. Furthermore it had a Panasonic 3400 color camera and three Panasonic BTS 1900 color monitors, BTX Softouch synchronizer, Cypher, and Generator/Reader, patch bay for any additional outboard gear was upon request. It also came with 300 h. video snake, 450 ft. 42 pair audio snake.
Mobile recordings
Shows and sessions
The Mobile Audio was utilized at the following dates
- 13 October 1984: Saint Paul, MN, USA - St. Paul Civic Center (tour rehearsals)
- 14 October 1984: Saint Paul, MN, USA - St. Paul Civic Center (tour rehearsals)
- 15 October 1984: Saint Paul, MN, USA - St. Paul Civic Center (tour rehearsals)
- 16 October 1984: Saint Paul, MN, USA - St. Paul Civic Center (tour rehearsals)
- 17 October 1984: Saint Paul, MN, USA - St. Paul Civic Center (tour rehearsals)
- 18 October 1984: Saint Paul, MN, USA - St. Paul Civic Center (tour rehearsals)
- 19 October 1984: Saint Paul, MN, USA - St. Paul Civic Center (tour rehearsals)
- 24 October 1984: Minneapolis, MN, USA - Minneapolis Auditorium (tour rehearsals)
- 25 October 1984: Minneapolis, MN, USA - Minneapolis Auditorium (tour rehearsals, I Would Die 4 U - Extended version)
- 26 October 1984: Minneapolis, MN, USA - Minneapolis Auditorium (tour rehearsals)
- 31 October 1984: Saint Paul, MN, USA - St. Paul Civic Center (tour rehearsals, takes of Strange Relationship. The Ladder, Do Me, Baby)
- 18 November 1984: Landover, MD, USA - Capital Center
- 19 November 1984: Landover, MD, USA - Capital Center (also overdubbing in truck booth)
- 20 November 1984: Landover, MD, USA - Capital Center (video-shoot both Prince and Sheila E. shows, including I Would Die 4 U & Baby I'm A Star videos)
- 5 December 1984: Richfield, OH, USA - Richfield Coliseum (tracking of scrapped band version of Temptation) *
- 6 December 1984: Richfield, OH, USA - Richfield Coliseum*
- 23 December 1984: Saint Paul, MN, USA - St. Paul Civic Center (set up but no recording)
- 24 December 1984: Saint Paul, MN, USA - St. Paul Civic Center (set up but no recording)
- 24 December 1984:: Kiowa Trail House driveway (The Ladder mixing + Temptation (God dialogue) & Tamborine (overdubs))
- 7 January 1985: Atlanta, GA, USA - The Omni
- 8 January 1985: Atlanta, GA, USA - The Omni (video-shoot both Prince and Sheila E. shows, including Take Me With U video)
- 26 January 1985: Memphis, TN, USA - Mid-South Coliseum (backing tracks for Sheila E.'s American Music Awards performance)
* possibly other truck
Other Trucks
This was one of four different remote recording trucks Prince used in the Purple Rain era. See also: Record Plant Remote - Black Truck, Le Mobile and Record Plant Mobile Unit II
