In working on the follow-up to Parade beforeit was even released, Prince invited members of The Revolution-although mostlyMelvoin and Coleman-to contribute backing vocals, songwriting, instrumentationand even lead vocals to the material. The lineup of The Revolution seemed to be influx at times, but after the transcendent success of Purple Rain in 1984 and theirsubsequent albums Around The World in a Day and Parade, the classic core of theband coalesced as guitarist Wendy Melvoin, keyboardist Lisa Coleman,keyboardist Matt Fink, bassist Brown Mark and drummer Bobby Z. Even though Prince was a great songwriter,producer and multi-instrumentalist who had the ability to mastermind his ownworks and retain both commercial and critical success, his output throughoutthe 1980s grew to allow more collaboration from his backing band he formed in 1979. Armed with both worldwide smash hits, musical chops and the artistic credibilityto back it up, Prince also had the vision and determination to prove himself amodern music legend But let's not forget he also had the band to back it up. Prince was truly the reigning star of the 1980s. This reconstruction attempts to present whatPrince originally intended the Dream Factory album to sound like,volume-adjusted and using the best possible masters-EQd to match a virgin vinylrip of Sign o’ The Times-to make themost natural-sounding album possible. Warner Bros Records then askedPrince to whittle the 3LP down, and the result was the double album Sign o'The Times, which many consider to be Prince’s masterpiece. Prince then turnedhis attention to a solo concept album Camille, which was also scrapped and combinedwith the Dream Factory material to create the unreleased triple album CrystalBall. Originally conceived as a double album with asignificant amount of creative input from the band (at least compared toprevious Prince releases), the album was scrapped after Prince broke up TheRevolution in 1986. In honor of the passing of Prince, this is a reconstructionof what would have been his final album with The Revolution, 1986’s Dream Factory, which eventually evolved into Sign o' The Times.
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