− | |introduction = '''Sad Puppet Dance''' is a song by [[Ingrid Chavez]], recorded with an improvised musical backing by [[Prince]] in mid-December 1987, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (shortly after cancelling the release of [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']], during the same set of sessions as [[Reason Enough]], [[Heaven Must Be Near]], [[Crystal City Cry]], [[Wintersong]], [[Whispering Dandelions]], [[Slappy Dappy]], [[Candle Dance]], [[Elephant Box]], [[Touch Of Love]], [[Blue Boy]], [[Jadestone]], [[Standing In The Rain]] and [[Cross The Line]]). [[Prince]]'s backing consisted of sound effects, identical to the synths in the beginning of [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]] (recorded a few days before, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 11|11 December 1987]]), and a synth bass tone. [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] recorded a new musical backing for the track in early April 1991, at [[Larrabee Sound Studios]] in North Hollywood, California (along with ''Spiritual Storm''). While the 1991 version of '''Sad Puppet Dance''' was released as the tenth track on [[Ingrid Chavez]]'s first album [[Album: May 19 1992|May 19, 1992]], the released version contains no input by [[Prince]], and this listing includes details only of the version with input by [[Prince]], which remains unreleased. | + | |introduction = '''Sad Puppet Dance''' is a song by [[Ingrid Chavez]], recorded with an improvised musical backing by [[Prince]] in mid-December 1987, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (shortly after cancelling the release of [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']], during the same set of sessions as [[Reason Enough]], [[Heaven Must Be Near]], [[Crystal City Cry]], [[Wintersong]], [[Whispering Dandelions]], [[Slappy Dappy]], [[Candle Dance]], [[Elephant Box]], [[Touch Of Love]], [[Blue Boy]], [[Jadestone]], [[Standing In The Rain]] and [[Cross The Line]]). [[Prince]]’s backing consisted of sound effects, identical to the synths in the beginning of [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]] (recorded a few days before, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 11|11 December 1987]]), and a synth bass tone. [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] recorded a new musical backing for the track in early April 1991, at [[Larrabee Sound Studios]] in North Hollywood, California (along with ''Spiritual Storm''). While the 1991 version of '''Sad Puppet Dance''' was released as the tenth track on [[Ingrid Chavez]]’s first album [[Album: May 19 1992|May 19, 1992]], the released version contains no input by [[Prince]], and this listing includes details only of the version with input by [[Prince]], which remains unreleased. |
| The song includes a sample of a track from the 1976 compilation ''Out Of This World - Atmospheric Sounds And Effects'' by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop BBC Radiophonic Workshop], ''Passing Clouds'', credited to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Limb Roger Limb], that was also used on [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]], while other effects and sounds from the same album were used on [[Heaven Must Be Near]] and [[Sad Puppet Dance]], and possibly also on [[Slappy Dappy]] and [[Jadestone]]. | | The song includes a sample of a track from the 1976 compilation ''Out Of This World - Atmospheric Sounds And Effects'' by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop BBC Radiophonic Workshop], ''Passing Clouds'', credited to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Limb Roger Limb], that was also used on [[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]], while other effects and sounds from the same album were used on [[Heaven Must Be Near]] and [[Sad Puppet Dance]], and possibly also on [[Slappy Dappy]] and [[Jadestone]]. |