Difference between revisions of "The Ladder"

• 31 August 1986, Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, West Germany
  
• 24 February 2016 (Show 2): Aotea Centre - ASB Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand

• One Nite Alone... Tour

• 1986, 1988, 2002, 2012, 2016 (solo piano)

The Ladder is the eighth track on Prince's seventh album Around The World In A Day, the second album to be credited to Prince and the Revolution.

Basic tracks were recorded on 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 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.

• Prince - vocals, bass, guitar, drums, keyboards
• Bobby Z. - drums and percussion
  
• Brown Mark - bass guitar and background vocals
  
• Wendy Melvoin - guitars and background vocals
  
• Lisa Coleman - keyboards and background vocals
  
• Dr. Fink - keyboards
  
• Eddie M. - saxophone
• Susannah - background vocals
• Taja Sevelle - background vocals (as "Taj")

Orchestral Players on string interlude:

• Violins - Sid Page and Marcy Dicterow-Vaj
• Violas - Denyse Buffam and Laury Woods
• Cello - Suzie Katayama and David Coleman
• Stand-up bass - Tim Barr and Annette Atkinson

• Around The World In A Day album

• The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)