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|Current video name = America | |Current video name = America | ||
|Video Image = America-vid5in1.png | |Video Image = America-vid5in1.png | ||
− | |Date = | + | |Date = Week of 11 November 1985 |
− | |producer(s) = [[ | + | |producer(s) = [[Steve Fargnoli]] |
− | |Director = [[Prince]] | + | |Director = [[Prince]] |
− | |Related = | + | |Related = |
− | |ReleaseDate = | + | |ReleaseDate = 28 July 2017 |
<!------ VIDEO CHRONOLOGY --------> | <!------ VIDEO CHRONOLOGY --------> | ||
|Previous year = 1985 | |Previous year = 1985 | ||
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|Previous video link = [[Video: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]] | |Previous video link = [[Video: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]] | ||
|Next Video link = [[Video: Kiss| Kiss]] | |Next Video link = [[Video: Kiss| Kiss]] | ||
− | |Introduction = '''America''' is | + | |Introduction = '''America''' is a [[Prince and the Revolution]] video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: America|single]]. It is the fourth live recording used for a [[Prince]] video, but the first live performance video shot at a show staged especially for the project. There have been no audio-only releases of this performance. |
− | On a day off of filming [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] [[Prince]] hired off the Théâtre de Verdure in Nice, France and had it announced on local radio that 2,000 free tickets would be available for the shoot. | + | On a day off of filming [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] ([[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October 1985]]), [[Prince]] hired off the Théâtre de Verdure in Nice, France and had it announced on local radio that 2,000 free tickets would be available for the shoot. |
+ | Members of [[The Revolution]], including [[Eric Leeds]] who was a Revolution regular by now, augmented by [[Eddie M.]] from [[Sheila E.]]’s band, were flown in for the shoot. The performance shows [[Prince]] wearing black pants with white buttons down the legs and a long overcoat. On his head he wears a red bandanna. By the end of the video [[Prince]] takes this coat of and is shown to be bare-chested. | ||
− | + | From the outset [[Prince]] is playing the blue floral airbrushed Fender Telecaster guitar. Prince leads the band through the song as he would normally do with a live performance. By the end of the song he takes over the drums from [[Bobby Z.]], playing a beat that's somewhat reminiscnent of [[Tamborine]]. | |
− | + | The music of the video is that of the actual live performance, rather than overdubbed with a studio recording of the song. The only graphic element of the song is a forerunner of the [[Prince]] symbol, the amalgam of the male and female symbol, projected diagonally reading 'peace' underneath that is projected on screen with Prince cueing 'Peace' for he song to begin. | |
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− | The music of the video is that of the actual live performance, rather than overdubbed with a studio recording of the song. The only graphic element of the song is a forerunner of the [[Prince]] symbol, the amalgam of the male and female symbol, projected diagonally reading 'peace' underneath that is projected on screen with Prince cueing 'Peace' for he song to begin. | + | |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = [[27 October 1985]] | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October 1985]] |
− | |studio = Théâtre de Verdure, Nice, France | + | |studio = [[27 October 1985|Théâtre de Verdure, Nice, France]] |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Live performance |
}} | }} | ||
− | |cast | + | |cast = * [[Prince]] |
− | * [[Prince]] | + | |
* [[Wendy Melvoin]] | * [[Wendy Melvoin]] | ||
* [[Lisa Coleman]] | * [[Lisa Coleman]] | ||
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* [[Eric Leeds]] | * [[Eric Leeds]] | ||
* [[Eddie M.]] | * [[Eddie M.]] | ||
+ | * 200 ''extras'' | ||
* 2,000 ''audience'' | * 2,000 ''audience'' | ||
− | |crew = * ' | + | |crew = * [[Prince]] - director |
+ | * [[Steve Fargnoli]] - producer | ||
+ | * Karen Krattinger - road manager | ||
+ | * [[Alan Leeds]] - road manager | ||
+ | * [[Roy Bennett]] - lighting designer | ||
+ | * [[Susan Rogers]] - sound supervisor | ||
+ | * [[Rob Colby]] - sound engineer | ||
+ | * [[Brad Marsh]] - sound engineer | ||
+ | * Steve Fortney - sound engineer | ||
+ | * Daniel Brisseau - sound consultant | ||
+ | * Marc Sanfilippo - sound chief | ||
+ | * Max Haas - sound designer | ||
+ | * Daniel Beaudenuit - sound assistant | ||
+ | * Pascal Harribay - sound assistant | ||
+ | * Gary Stewart - mobile unit | ||
+ | * Barry Sage - mobile unit | ||
+ | * Larry Olden - mobile unit | ||
+ | * Damien Lanfranchi - art director | ||
+ | * Alain Choux - assistant art director | ||
+ | * Bernard Harvey Langton - art department assistant | ||
+ | * Peter Jacovich - art department assistant | ||
+ | * Marie France Bernstein - costume desinger | ||
+ | * Beth Sidla - costume coordinator | ||
+ | * Robin Lynch - make-up | ||
+ | * Michelle Buhler - make-up | ||
+ | * [[Earl Jones]] - hair | ||
+ | * Thierry Zemour - hair | ||
+ | * Ray Bush - editor | ||
+ | * Graham Cottle - production supervisor | ||
+ | * Bernard Mazauric - production supervisor | ||
+ | * Thierry Verrier - unit manager | ||
+ | * Antoine Sabarros - location manager | ||
+ | * Jean Yves Asselin - location manager | ||
+ | * Frederic Bovis - location manager | ||
+ | * Caroline Mazauric - casting coordinator | ||
+ | * Patricia Starke - casting assistant | ||
+ | * Barbara Allen - production coordinator | ||
+ | * Francine Tailor - producer's assistant | ||
+ | * Patricia Reid - production secretary | ||
+ | * Chantal Cohen - accounting | ||
+ | * Mark Allday - floor runner | ||
+ | * [[Gilbert Davison]] - security (as per A. Maqueda) | ||
+ | * Michel Cheyko - assistant director | ||
+ | * Marc Jeny - 2nd assistant director | ||
+ | * Michael Ferry - 2nd assistant director | ||
+ | * Michael Ballhaus - director photography | ||
+ | * Florian Ballhaus - assistant camera 1 | ||
+ | * David Dunlap - operator camera 2 | ||
+ | * Duncan Humphrey - assistant camera 2 | ||
+ | * Jack Steyn - operator camera 3 | ||
+ | * Anette Haellmeck - assistant camera 3 | ||
+ | * David Slama - operator camera 4 | ||
+ | * Reiner Kocher - assistant camera 4 | ||
+ | * Rachel Griffith - script supervisor | ||
+ | * Jeff Katz - stills photographer | ||
+ | * Sebastian Ballhaus - video operator (b/w) | ||
+ | * Clive Lonsdale - video operator (col) | ||
+ | * Morris Flam - gaffer | ||
+ | * Jean Marie Lopez - best boy | ||
+ | * Francois Delot - electrician | ||
+ | * Gerard Adoux - electrician | ||
+ | * Gerard Martin - electrician | ||
+ | * Heinz Sottung - key grip | ||
+ | * Heinz Pusl - grip | ||
+ | * Anton Bratulic - grip | ||
+ | * Jean Louis Di Vietri - grip | ||
+ | * Joanna Campling - publicity | ||
+ | * Nathalie Varallo - secretary | ||
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|1= <b> America</b> | |1= <b> America</b> | ||
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[[Image:America single.jpg|100px]] | [[Image:America single.jpg|100px]] | ||
|Quotations & trivia = Two takes of [[America]] were shot that day as well as a rendition of [[Paisley Park]] that remains unreleased. | |Quotations & trivia = Two takes of [[America]] were shot that day as well as a rendition of [[Paisley Park]] that remains unreleased. | ||
+ | * This is one of the rare videos released by [[Prince]] shot outside of the United States, the others being : [[Video: Girls & Boys|Girls & Boys]], [[Video: Mountains|Mountains]], [[Video: U Got The Look|U Got The Look]] (also in France), [[Video: The Continental|The Continental]] (Japan),[[Video: Chelsea Rodgers|Chelsea Rodgers]] and [[The NPG]]’s [[Video: Come On|Come On]] (UK), [[Video: Te Amo Corazón|Te Amo Corazón]] (Morroco) and [[Video: Somewhere Here On Earth|Somewhere Here On Earth]] (Czech Republic). | ||
* The performance of America was the first song of a mini concert. See [[27 October 1985|here]] for details. | * The performance of America was the first song of a mini concert. See [[27 October 1985|here]] for details. | ||
* An interview with [[Prince]], surrounded by some of the audience from the video shoot as well as Emmanuelle Sallet from [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] cast was also recorded on this day. | * An interview with [[Prince]], surrounded by some of the audience from the video shoot as well as Emmanuelle Sallet from [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] cast was also recorded on this day. |
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