Parade
Parade is Prince's eighth album. It is the last album co-credited to the Revolution and is the soundtrack album to the film "Under The Cherry Moon". It saw another change in Prince's style, with a more prominent funk influence alongside jazz and orchestral elements.
The album saw Prince move away from his last four records, with less prominent guitars, synths and drum machines. Instead, the album features live drumming, acoustic and orchestral elements, horns and new synthesizers like the Fairlight and Roland G-707. The Revolution appear on three songs, with Wendy and Lisa appearing on several others.
Prince and the Revolution toured Parade throughout 1986, with a series of dates in the United States in the spring and summer, followed by the Parade Tour in August and September.
Prince Live
Instruments
Rig Diagram
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The Revolution Live
Wendy Melvoin
Brownmark
Bobby Z
Miko Weaver
Prince In The Studio
Parade was recorded between April and December 1985 at Sunset Sound studios and Prince's Washington Avenue warehouse studio.
The Revolution appear on "Girls & Boys", "Mountains" and "Anotherloverholenyohead". For details of the equipment used by the Revolution, see the live section above.
Equipment
| Vocals | |
|---|---|
| Guitars |
An Epiphone Emperor Thinline and a custom Taylor 12 string may also appear on the record. Guitars were recorded direct into the board or through a Mesa/Boogie Mark II/Bag End D12-M rig. |
| Effects | |
| Basses |
Brownmark also used the G-77/GR-77B, the bass synth version of the G-707, live and one might appear on the album. |
| Keyboards | |
| Drums |
Production
See the Purple Rain and Sign O The Times pages for recording equipment lists at Sunset Sound and the warehouse studios.
References
- Tudahl, Duane (2021) Prince and the Parade and Sign O The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986
- Ronin, Ro Prince: Inside The Music And The Masks
- Brown, Jake (2010) Prince 'in the Studio' 1975 - 1995
