Paisley Park
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Paisley Park is a Template:Convert estate in Chanhassen, Minnesota, United States, once owned by American musician Prince. It was opened to the public as a museum in October 2016.
History
Construction of the $10 million<ref name="LewisD">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> complex began in January 1986, and officially opened on September 11, 1987. Designed by architecture firm BOTO Design Inc., of Santa Monica, California, the main designers were architect Bret Thoeny and acoustician Marshall Long.<ref name="SOSKiss">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Guardian">Template:Cite news</ref> The complex shares its name with Prince's 1985 single, "Paisley Park".<ref name="MorrisC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Karsen">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
The Paisley Park studio complex totalled Template:Convert by the early 1990s, and includes four recording studios, a Template:Convert sound stage, a video editing suite, rehearsal room, offices,<ref name=SOSKiss/> tenant space, and an underground parking garage. Other amenities include an outdoor basketball court,<ref name="WP">Template:Cite news</ref> and living quarters.<ref name="Petrusich">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name=Karsen/>
Paisley Park's four recording studios are designated A, B, C, and D. Studio A is a Template:Convert space and originally utilized a 48-channel mixing console, which was later replaced by a 64-channel SSL 6000E. Studio B is a Template:Convert space that was, per Prince's specifications, patterned after Sunset Sound's Studio 3, with a custom-built Automated Processes, Inc. API mixing console.<ref name="CubbyColby">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Studio C has a 36-input Soundcraft TS24 console, and Studio D is a small DAW-based room.<ref name=SOSKiss/><ref name="CubbyColby">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Initially a private studio used by Prince and Paisley Park Records artists like The Time, Carmen Electra, Jill Jones, Sheila E. and others, Paisley Park's production facilities were used by numerous artists, including Tevin Campbell, Martika, Fine Young Cannibals, Barry Manilow, Steve Miller, Bee Gees, Chris Mars, BoDeans, Madonna, Bob Mould, George Clinton, George Benson, Stone Temple Pilots, Stevie Wonder, R.E.M., and A-ha.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
After the Paisley Park Records label folded in 1994, Prince continued to record at Paisley Park Studios, eventually living there in the final years of his life. He intended to establish Paisley Park as a public venue like Graceland.<ref name="Memoir, Paisley Park, and Graceland">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was found dead in his estate's elevator on April 21, 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In the basement of Paisley Park, there is a vault that held unreleased material, hundreds of hours of live recordings, music videos, and unheard songs.<ref name="WoodB">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="MillarA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The contents of the vault have been since removed and relocated to a studio in Los Angeles to be restored, remastered, and stored in climate-controlled conditions to be used for later releases.
An urn in the shape of Paisley Park which contains Prince's ashes was on display in Paisley Park's main entrance for a period of time after his death; after being moved into the vault, the urn was brought back out in 2021.<ref name=MillarA/><ref name=Petrusich/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Museum
After Prince's death, Paisley Park was turned into a museum open to the public,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and tours of the Paisley Park Museum started in October 2016. Graceland Holdings, the company that has managed Elvis Presley's Graceland since 1982, organizes the tours.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Tours include recording studios, soundstages, and artifacts from Prince's personal archives.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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