Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic is Prince’s twenty third album (credited to Symbol). Intended as a mainstream comeback album, the album features a number of guest vocalists and a range of styles including contemporary pop, R&B and hard/psychedelic rock.
To promote the album, Prince gave interviews to the magazines Guitar Player, Bassist and Keyboard, meaning that it is one of the better documented albums and eras. Despite its generally contemporary production, it does feature the return of the Linn LM-1 to prominence.
There was no Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic tour, but there was the pay-per-view event Rave Un2 The Year 2000 and the Hit and Run and A Celebration tours in 2000 and 2001.
Prince Live
Instruments
Rig Diagram
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The NPG Live
Larry Graham
Mike Scott
Prince In The Studio
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic was recorded at Paisley Park, Electric Lady Studios (New York), O'Henry Studios (Burbank) and Olympic Studios (London). Various members of the NPG appear on certain songs - for a list of their equipment, please see the live section above. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic is a vault track from 1988 - see Lovesexy and Batman for more information about this era.
Equipment
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Production
For a list of equipment used at Paisley Park, please see our Paisley Park page.
References
- Bass Player Magazine (1999) His Highness Gets Down
- Keyboard (1999) Goodbye 1999
- Guitar Player (2000) The Once and Future Prince
