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|song name                = Roadhouse Garden
 
|song name                = Roadhouse Garden
|single image              = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]]
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|single image              = [[File:Purplerain_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: Purple Rain Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]
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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_12|12 May 2017]] - [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] preview download
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br>
 
|performer                = [[Prince and the Revolution]]
 
|performer                = [[Prince and the Revolution]]
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] (assumed)
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|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]  
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (assumed)
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|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
 
|previous song            = [[Ripopgodazippa]]
 
|previous song            = [[Ripopgodazippa]]
|next song                = [[Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)]]
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|next song                = [[Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)]]
|introduction              = '''Roadhouse Garden''' is an unreleased track, recorded during [[Prince and the Revolution]]'s concert on [[07_June 1984|7 June 1984]] at [[First Avenue]] in Minneapolis, MN, USA, during the same show where the basic tracks for [[Our Destiny]] and [[All Day, All Night]] were also recorded<!--(since no full studio version is known to exist, this live version is listed in the unreleased versions section)-->.  
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|introduction              = '''Roadhouse Garden''' is a track that was initially recorded in May 1984, likely as the first song to be recorded at the new [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]] in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. A live version was recorded soon after at a show on [[07_June 1984|7 June 1984]] at [[First Avenue]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during the same show where the basic tracks for [[Our Destiny]] and [[All Day, All Night]] were also recorded.
  
The track segued directly from [[Our Destiny]]. '''Roadhouse Garden''' is not known to have been considered for inclusion on [[Prince]]'s next album, [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]], or any other project at the time.  
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Although tracked separately in the studio, the song seems to have purposively been conjoined with [[Our Destiny]] when released as the fifth track on the second disc (titled ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'') of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] in 2017 (as '''[[Our Destiny]] / Roadhouse Garden'''), emulating the live rendition of both, using the same four-on-the-floor bass drumbeat, performed as segueing into one another. It is unclear if this was originally intended by [[Prince]] for the studio version as well, or that it was only done as such before their inclusion on the second disc (titled ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'') of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]. It has been suggested this was possibly the case as there was a limit set to the number of songs to be released on the bonus disc of the release.
  
It was planned for inclusion on the [[Prince and the Revolution]] album [[Album: Roadhouse Garden|Roadhouse Garden]] album worked on in 1998-9, but the album, and the song, remain unreleased.
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'''Roadhouse Garden''' is not known to have been considered for inclusion on [[Prince]]’s next album, [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]]. According to [[Jill Jones]], the song was intended for an aborted musical also titled [[Musical: Roadhouse Garden| Roadhouse Garden]]. The track was at some point planned for inclusion on the [[Prince and the Revolution]] album [[Album: Roadhouse Garden|Roadhouse Garden]] worked on in 1998-9, but that album remained unreleased.  
 
|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Mid 1984
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|date                      = May 1984 (assumed)
|studio                    = TBA
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|studio                    = [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]],<br>Eden Prairie, MN, USA (assumed)
|additional info          = Initial tracking
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|additional info          = Tracking of studio version
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = May 1984 (assumed)
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|studio                    = [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]],<br>Eden Prairie, MN, USA (assumed)
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|additional info          = [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]] vocals overdubs
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = [[07_June 1984|7 June 1984]]
 
|date                      = [[07_June 1984|7 June 1984]]
|studio                    = [[First Avenue]], Minneapolis, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[07_June 1984|First Avenue]],<br>Minneapolis, MN, USA
 
|additional info          = Live recording
 
|additional info          = Live recording
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 19|19 January 1986]]
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|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|additional info          = Overdubs, mix
 
}}
 
}}
 
|recording personnel      =  
 
|recording personnel      =  
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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments except where indicated
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*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - vocals
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*[[Lisa Coleman]] - vocals
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'''live version'''
 
*[[Prince]] - lead vocals and guitar
 
*[[Prince]] - lead vocals and guitar
 
*[[Bobby Z.]] - drums
 
*[[Bobby Z.]] - drums
 
*[[Brown Mark]] - bass guitar
 
*[[Brown Mark]] - bass guitar
*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - guitar
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*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - guitar and background vocals
 
*[[Lisa Coleman]] - keyboards and background vocals
 
*[[Lisa Coleman]] - keyboards and background vocals
 
*[[Dr. Fink]] - keyboards and background vocals
 
*[[Dr. Fink]] - keyboards and background vocals
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|released versions        =
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{{Songchart|
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''[[Our Destiny]] / Roadhouse Garden'''
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|2= 6:25
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|3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)]]<br>
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|4= Studio
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|5=
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}}
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}}
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|unreleased versions      =
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{{SongUnreleased|
 
|unreleased versions      =  
 
|unreleased versions      =  
 
{{Unreleased|
 
{{Unreleased|
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|1= '''Roadhouse Garden'''
 
|1= '''Roadhouse Garden'''
 
|2= Live
 
|2= Live
|3= [[07_June 1984|7 June 1984, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA]]
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|3= [[07_June 1984|7 June 1984, First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
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}}
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{{Unreleasedline|
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|1= '''[[Our Destiny]] / Roadhouse Garden'''
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|2= Studio
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|3= w/ [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]] vocals overdubs
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}}
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{{Unreleasedline|
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|1= '''Roadhouse Garden'''
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|2= Studio
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|3= After overdubs (1986)
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|sampled in                =
 
|sampled in                =
|first live appearance    = [[07_June 1984|7 June 1984, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA]] <small>(only known performance)</small>
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|first live appearance    = [[07 June 1984|7 June 1984: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA]] <small> (only known performance) </small>
 
|performed regularly on    = none
 
|performed regularly on    = none
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1984|1984]]
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|performed occasionally in = none
 
|trivia                    =  
 
|trivia                    =  
|see also                  = [[Unreleased Songs]]
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|see also                  = [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] album
* [[Album: Roadhouse Garden|Roadhouse Garden]]
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* [[Film: Purple Rain |Purple Rain]] movie
 
|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)]]''
|categories                = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]][[Category:Recorded 1984]]
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* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]''
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|categories                = [[Category:2017]][[Category:Recorded 1984]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]]
 
}}
 
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Latest revision as of 15:59, 25 June 2022

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Roadhouse Garden

Purplerain Deluxe.jpg
from the album Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition
Song details
Performer: Prince and the Revolution
First Released: 12 May 2017 - Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition preview download
Album(s): Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Roadhouse Garden is a track that was initially recorded in May 1984, likely as the first song to be recorded at the new Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. A live version was recorded soon after at a show on 7 June 1984 at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during the same show where the basic tracks for Our Destiny and All Day, All Night were also recorded.

Although tracked separately in the studio, the song seems to have purposively been conjoined with Our Destiny when released as the fifth track on the second disc (titled From The Vault & Previously Unreleased) of Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition in 2017 (as Our Destiny / Roadhouse Garden), emulating the live rendition of both, using the same four-on-the-floor bass drumbeat, performed as segueing into one another. It is unclear if this was originally intended by Prince for the studio version as well, or that it was only done as such before their inclusion on the second disc (titled From The Vault & Previously Unreleased) of Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition. It has been suggested this was possibly the case as there was a limit set to the number of songs to be released on the bonus disc of the release.

Roadhouse Garden is not known to have been considered for inclusion on Prince’s next album, Around The World In A Day. According to Jill Jones, the song was intended for an aborted musical also titled Roadhouse Garden. The track was at some point planned for inclusion on the Prince and the Revolution album Roadhouse Garden worked on in 1998-9, but that album remained unreleased.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
May 1984 (assumed) Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse,
Eden Prairie, MN, USA (assumed)
Tracking of studio version
May 1984 (assumed) Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse,
Eden Prairie, MN, USA (assumed)
Wendy & Lisa vocals overdubs
7 June 1984 First Avenue,
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Live recording
19 January 1986 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Overdubs, mix
Recording Personnel

live version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Our Destiny / Roadhouse Garden 6:25 Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition (From The Vault & Previously Unreleased)
Studio


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Roadhouse Garden Live 7 June 1984, First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Our Destiny / Roadhouse Garden Studio w/ Wendy & Lisa vocals overdubs
Roadhouse Garden Studio After overdubs (1986)
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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