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Basic tracking was done on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 31|31 October 1984]], during the last day of rehearsals for the [[Purple Rain Tour]] at the [[Saint Paul Civic Center Arena]], St. Paul, Minnesota. The basic recording was taken to the [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]] in Eden Prairie afterwards, where [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]], together with [[Susannah Melvoin]] and [[Taja Sevelle]] (as "Taj") recorded background vocals. | Basic tracking was done on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 31|31 October 1984]], during the last day of rehearsals for the [[Purple Rain Tour]] at the [[Saint Paul Civic Center Arena]], St. Paul, Minnesota. The basic recording was taken to the [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]] in Eden Prairie afterwards, where [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]], together with [[Susannah Melvoin]] and [[Taja Sevelle]] (as "Taj") recorded background vocals. | ||
− | [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]] are also given writing and conducting credits for the string interlude which precedes the song as featured on the album. The credits feature in the liner notes for [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]] seemingly as part of the credits for [[Pop Life]], which precedes '''The Ladder'''. However, the string interlude is the first part of the eighth track on the album, and is therefore included here. It was recorded in September 1984, and forms the opening bars of the string arrangement for [[Our Destiny]]. The string arrangement is included as part of the posthumous release in 2017 of | + | [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]] are also given writing and conducting credits for the string interlude which precedes the song as featured on the album. The credits feature in the liner notes for [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]] seemingly as part of the credits for [[Pop Life]], which precedes '''The Ladder'''. However, the string interlude is the first part of the eighth track on the album, and is therefore included here. It was recorded in September 1984, and forms the opening bars of the string arrangement for [[Our Destiny]]. The string arrangement is included as part of the posthumous release in 2017 of [[Our Destiny]] / [[Roadhouse Garden]] on the second disc (titled ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'') of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]. |
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 31|31 October 1984]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 31|31 October 1984]] | ||
|studio = [[Saint Paul Civic Center Arena]],<br>St. Paul, MN, USA | |studio = [[Saint Paul Civic Center Arena]],<br>St. Paul, MN, USA | ||
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|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)]]'' | ||
* ''[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)]'' | * ''[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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