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+ | |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'']] | ||
|song name = The Ball | |song name = The Ball | ||
+ | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album | ||
+ | |album(s) = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] |
− | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] |
|previous song = [[Bada Boom]] | |previous song = [[Bada Boom]] | ||
|next song = [[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]] | |next song = [[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''The Ball''' is | + | |introduction = '''The Ball''' is a track recorded by [[Prince]] alone on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 26|26 July 1986]] at the [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], with horn overdubs done a few days later. The party segue was likely recorded at the rehearsals |
− | + | It was included as the fourth track on the second disc on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]] configuration of the [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] triple LP, segueing directly into [[Joy In Repetition]]. | |
− | It was included as the fourth track on the second disc on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]] configuration of the [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] triple LP | + | |
When the album developed into [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]], the track was removed (along with [[Crystal Ball]]), and on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 11|11 December 1987]], [[Prince]] re-recorded the track with new lyrics as [[file:Eye88.png|15px|Eye No]][[Eye No| No]] (see [[file:Eye88.png|15px|Eye No]][[Eye No| No]] for details), but kept the original segue ending the track (which was also used at the beginning of the released version of [[Joy In Repetition]]). | When the album developed into [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]], the track was removed (along with [[Crystal Ball]]), and on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 11|11 December 1987]], [[Prince]] re-recorded the track with new lyrics as [[file:Eye88.png|15px|Eye No]][[Eye No| No]] (see [[file:Eye88.png|15px|Eye No]][[Eye No| No]] for details), but kept the original segue ending the track (which was also used at the beginning of the released version of [[Joy In Repetition]]). | ||
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+ | In September 2020 the song was released 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. | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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+ | |date = between [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 20|20 ]] & [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 25|25 July 1986]] (assumed) | ||
+ | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = 'party' coda | ||
+ | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 26|26 July 1986]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 26|26 July 1986]] | ||
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*[[Prince]] - all vocal and instruments, except where noted (assumed) | *[[Prince]] - all vocal and instruments, except where noted (assumed) | ||
*[[Susannah Melvoin]] - background vocals | *[[Susannah Melvoin]] - background vocals | ||
− | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone and spoken voice ('party' | + | *[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone and spoken voice ('party' coda) |
− | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet and spoken voice ('party' | + | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet and spoken voice ('party' coda) |
− | *[[Wally Safford]] - spoken voice ('party' | + | *[[Wally Safford]] - spoken voice ('party' coda) |
− | *[[Greg Brooks]] - spoken voice ('party' | + | *[[Greg Brooks]] - spoken voice ('party' coda) |
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− | {{ | + | {{Songchart| |
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− | {{ | + | {{Songline| |
− | |1= '''The Ball''' | + | |1= '''The Ball'''|2= 4:22 |
− | |2= | + | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]|4= Studio|5= }} |
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− | }} | + | |
}} | }} | ||
+ | |unreleased versions = | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
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|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]] | ||
|trivia = The song reuses the line "All for one, one for all, fun for everyone," from the track [[Romance 1600]] (the line is a paraphrase of the motto "All for one, one for all" from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers The Three Muskateers]). The same line in Spanish ''(Una para todos, y todos para uno)'' is also said by [[Mayte]] at the beginning of [[We March]]. | |trivia = The song reuses the line "All for one, one for all, fun for everyone," from the track [[Romance 1600]] (the line is a paraphrase of the motto "All for one, one for all" from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers The Three Muskateers]). The same line in Spanish ''(Una para todos, y todos para uno)'' is also said by [[Mayte]] at the beginning of [[We March]]. | ||
− | |see also = [[ | + | |see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album |
|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: | + | |categories = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] [[Category: Recorded 1986]] |
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