Prince and The Revolution

Records

• Song · from Parade, 1986

  Kiss

  Lead vocal, Gated acoustic guitar, Drum programming and kick, Studio consoles

  Reported6Inferred1

• Song · from Purple Rain, 1984

  Purple Rain

  Lead vocal, Drums and drum machines, String quartet

  Reported10Inferred1

Usual practice

What the people behind these records say they generally do. None of it is stated for a particular record, so every item is rated inferred.

• Sennheiser MD 441Lead vocalInferred

  Usual practice, not stated for this record: The engineer thinks Prince was into using this microphone around that time.

  From the record for Kiss, where the source is linked.

• Neumann U 47Lead vocalInferred

  Leonard says Prince usually recorded his own vocals with it, on a boom stand over the console at Sunset Sound.

  From the record for Purple Rain, where the source is linked.

Gear on these records

• AKG D12
• AMS RMX16
• API DeMedio-modified API console (model not stated)
• EMT 250
• Lexicon Delta T
• Linn LinnDrum
• Linn LinnDrum LM1
• Neumann KM 84
• Neumann U 47
• Neve 8088
• Sennheiser MD 421
• Sennheiser MD 441
• Telefunken 251
• Unidentified Acoustic guitar (model not stated)
• Unidentified Delay unit (model not stated)
• UREI LA-3A