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March 30, 2018

Wow, this looks like an amazing place. He was a super performer and spared no expense to do it right. Great page.

March 30, 2018

Soundstage

Soundstage / Concert Hall
The 12,240-square-foot soundstage was mainly designed to use for concerts, and/or tour rehearsals. It was also advertised to handle film and video production, commercial shoots, photo shoots and corporate events. The soundstage is directly connected via tie lines to all four recording studios, which makes multi-track recording possible.
Apart from Prince's various productions, the sound stage was mainly booked with commercial and film work in the 80's and the first half of the 90's, including TV commercials for Burger King, McDonald's, Cadillac, and Porsche; major films: Drop Dead Fred and Grumpy Old Men; and tour production rehearsals for. the Beastie Boys, M.C. Hammer, Freddie Jackson, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Neil Young, Kool & The Gang, The Muppets, Bee Gees, Barry Manilow, and Jeff Beck.
It was used to re-shoot live scenes and segues for the Sign ‘O' the Times concert film, when most of the original concert footage ended up being unusable, and Graffiti Bridge was filmed almost entirely in the soundstage including outdoor scenes.
Prince's tour rehearsals in this room include Lovesexy, Nude, Diamonds and Pearls, Act 1 and Act II, The Ultimate Live Experience, Prince, and for the Welcome 2 Chicago residency.
The soundstage was also used to host Prince's large Paisley Park parties and one-off performances, television specials like The Ryde Dyvine and Gett Off, as well as countless other music videos.

Around the perimeter of this massive room are smaller stages displaying instruments and costumes from Prince's various eras: 1999, Purple Rain, NPG, Jam of the Year Tour, and 3RDEYEGIRL.
Prince's personal favorite powder blue Bentley and a purple Plymouth Prowler are also on display.
On a small stage, sits Prince's custom purple Yamaha grand piano and bench right where he played for his Piano and a Microphone Tour.