does anyone have the track listing for this would-have-been masterpiece?
Thanks, kids...

Oh God, wish that Search was fixed already!

Hold on, letme dig thru my shit again...

have 3 versions:

Dream Factory (1-LP) 1st ver. (Late April 1986) includes: "Visions"; "Dream Factory"; It's A Wonderful Day"; "The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker"; "Big Tall Wall"; "And That Says What?"; "Strange Relationship"; "Teacher, Teacher"; "Starfish And Coffee"; "A Place In Heaven"; "Sexual Suicide".

Dream Factory (2-LP) 2nd ver. (June 3, 1986) includes: "Visions"; "Dream Factory"; "It's A Wonderful Day"; "The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker"; "It"; "Strange Relationship"; "Teacher, Teacher"; "Starfish And Coffee"; "Interlude"; "In A Large Room With No Light"; "Nevaeh Ni Ecalp A"; "Sexual Suicide"; "Crystal Ball"; "Power Fantastic"; "Last Heart"; "Witness 4 The Prosecution"; "Movie Star"; "A Place In Heaven"; "All My Dreams".

Dream Factory (2-LP) 3rd and final ver. (July 18, 1986) includes: "Visions"; "Dream Factory"; "Train"; "The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker"; "It"; "Strange Relationship"; "Starfish And Coffee"; "Interlude"; "Slow Love"; "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man"; "Sign O' The Times"; "A Place In Heaven"; "Crystal Ball"; "The Cross"; "Last Heart"; "Witness 4 The Prosecution"; "Movie Star"; "All My Dreams".

sorry to upset you so...how abou the track listing for the original 3 disc Crystal ball?

Just kidding.

Crystal Ball (3-LP) version of November 30, 1986 includes: "Rebirth Of The Flesh"; "Play In The Sunshine"; "Housequake"; "The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker"; "It"; "Starfish And Coffee"; "Slow Love"; "Hot Thing"; "Crystal Ball"; "If I Was Your Girlfriend"; "Rockhard In A Funky Place"; "The Ball"; "Joy In Repetition"; "Strange Relationship"; "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man"; "Shockadelia"; "Good Love"; "Forever In My Life"; "Sign O' The Times"; "The Cross"; "Adore"; "It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night".

So... How would the tracklist look split into its 3 LPs?

Thanks in advance.

croweonbranch said:

Side 1
Rebirth of the Flesh
Play In the Sunshine
Housequake
The Ballad of Dorothy Parker

Side 2
It
Starfish and Coffee
Slow Love
Hot Thing

Side 3
Crystal ball
If I Was Your Girlfriend
Rock Hard In a Funky Place

Side 4
The Ball
Joy In Repetition
Strange Relationship
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man

Side 5
Shockadelica
Good Love
Forever In My Life
Sign of the Times

Side 6
The Cross
Adore
It's Gonna' be a Beautiful Night

ThePurplePeopleEater said:

How come these all look wrong? wasnt Crucial, Data Bank, Girl O My Dreams - Can Stop This Feeling I Got, We Can Funk also on it?

Here it is!
Visions
Nevaeh ni ecalp a
Dream factory
Train
The ballad of Dorothy Parker
It
Strange relationship
Slow love
Starfish and coffee
Interlude
I could never take the place of your man
Sign "O" the times
Crystal ball
A place in heaven
Last heart
Witness 4 the prosecution
Movie star
The Cross
All my dreams
A real gem. Dream factory is a fantastic album that would have been the Revolution's defining statement had it been released. As it was the band split and and the same thing happened to this album, some songs ending up on Sign "O" the times (albeit in slightly different form to here), some belatedly emerging on the Crystal ball set, while others have amazingly never been released. 'Train' is far better than the version Mavis Staples released, while 'All my dreams' is a true epic and deserved a better fate that to languish in the vaults all these years. The flawless sound of this album ensures its classic status.

paisleypark4 said:

While the tracks you listed were recorded during the same time period (1986), none of those tracks were ever officially placed on album projects. Crucial was actually recorded after the disbanding of the Revolution and the cancellation of the Dream Factory project.

Crucial was for 'The Dawn'.

Data Bank, Girl O My Dreams, Can Stop This Feeling I Got, We Can Funk were for the short-lived idea for a musical I think (memory fuzzy here, don't have any Uptown books at hand).