Difference between revisions of "The Ladder"
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|single image = [[File:Atwiad.jpg|100px|link=Album: Around The World In A Day]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]] | |single image = [[File:Atwiad.jpg|100px|link=Album: Around The World In A Day]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]] | ||
|performer = [[Prince and the Revolution]] | |performer = [[Prince and the Revolution]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_22|22 April | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_22|22 April 1985]] - [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]] |
|album(s) = [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[John L. Nelson]] and [[Prince]] (strings composed by [[Lisa Coleman]] and [[Wendy Melvoin]]) | |writer(s) = [[John L. Nelson]] and [[Prince]] (strings composed by [[Lisa Coleman]] and [[Wendy Melvoin]]) | ||
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|introduction = '''The Ladder''' is the eighth track on [[Prince]]'s seventh album [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]], the second album to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. | |introduction = '''The Ladder''' is the eighth track on [[Prince]]'s seventh album [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]], the second album to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. | ||
− | Basic tracks were recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 23|23 December | + | Basic tracks were recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 23|23 December 1984]] (the day before the monologue used in [[Temptation]]). [[Prince]] taught the song to the band during the soundcheck for the concert that night at the [[23 December 1984|Saint Paul Civic Center Arena]], St. Paul, MN, USA, before the band recorded it the same day at the [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA. The string interlude prior to the song was previously used on the unreleased track [[Our Destiny]]. |
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− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 23|23 December | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 23|23 December 1984]] |
|studio = [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA | |studio = [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Initial tracking | |additional info = Initial tracking | ||
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|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
− | |first live appearance = [[31_August | + | |first live appearance = [[31_August 1986|31 August 1986, Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, West Germany]] |
|performed regularly on = [[One Nite Alone... Tour]] | |performed regularly on = [[One Nite Alone... Tour]] | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#1988|1988]], [[All Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All Concerts#2012|2012]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small> | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#1988|1988]], [[All Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All Concerts#2012|2012]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small> |
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