Prince's Purple Rain Gets The Deluxe Treatment

Prince's Purple Rain Gets The Deluxe Treatment

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NPG Records and Warner Bros. Records announce the 2017 release of Prince’s Academy Award  and GRAMMY Award -winning, RIAA diamond-certified masterpiece Purple Rain in new Deluxe and Deluxe Expanded Edition formats, out June 23. A special fan pre-order is now live on digital services and unlocks an instant download of the previously unreleased "Electric Intercourse". Recorded in 1983 and heard only in its live incarnations, this marks the very first time fans will experience the studio version of this song. Purple Rain Deluxe and Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition are available to pre-order now.

Hear "Electric Intercourse (Studio Version)":

The two-CD Purple Rain Deluxe set includes the official 2015 Paisley Park Remaster of the original tapes from the soundtrack, presenting an unheard vision of the album overseen by Prince himself. The From The Vault & Unreleased disc boasts eleven gems unearthed from the heart of Prince’s storied vault. Beyond "Electric Intercourse", the tracklist features much sought-after rarities such as 1984’s "Our Destiny / Roadhouse Garden", the 1983 instrumental "Father’s Song" and more.

Six tracks that have never been released or distributed in the collector or bootleg community include: "Possessed", the ’83 Prince solo version, never heard before; "Electric Intercourse", the studio version not known to exist before it was discovered at Paisley Park; "Father’s Song", a full, five plus minute version that prior to this fans could only find a minute and half snippet of in the movie; "We Can Fuck", a track that has never circulated as the full, 10 minute version with these lyrics; and "Katrina’s Paper Dolls", a finished master of the song, which has previously only circulated as a demo. Additionally, all of the material is taken from the source and mastered by Bernie Grundman, the mastering engineer who worked on the original album.

In addition to the Original Album (2015 Paisley Park Remaster) and From The Vault & Unreleased, the Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition presents a third disc of Single Edits & B-Sides, as well as the concert DVD Prince And The Revolution Live at the Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, March 30, 1985. With audio and video restored from the original production master tape, it offers an exclusive vignette into the passion and power of Prince’s legendary live performances during one of the artist’s most celebrated eras. 

The DNA of Purple Rain can be felt throughout pop culture at large. It is a timeless body of work with an immortal resonance exemplified by smashes such as "Let’s Go Crazy", "When Doves Cry", "Darling Nikki", the title track "Purple Rain" and more. 1984’s Purple Rain remains a high water mark for Prince, changing the worlds of film and music. In its initial run, the theatrical musical generated over $220 million worldwide at the box office against an estimated $7.2 million budget, while receiving the Academy Award  for “Best Original Song Score.” Minted Diamond by the RIAA for sales exceeding 13 million and selling more than 220,000 copies in Australia, the record stands out as the sixth best-selling soundtrack album in history, moving more than 22 million copies. Hailed by Vanity Fair as “the best soundtrack of all time,” Time Magazine placed it as the 15th greatest album ever. The album won two 1985 GRAMMY Awards  in the categories of “Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal” and “Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special.” Posthumously, it was honoured as “Favorite Soundtrack” at the 2016 American Music Awards. It was also recently nominated for a 2017 Billboard Music Award in the category of “Top Soundtrack/Cast Album.”

PURPLE RAIN DELUXE (2CD) TRACKLISTING:
Disc One: Original Album (2015 Paisley Park Remaster)

  1. Let’s Go Crazy
  2. Take Me With U
  3. The Beautiful Ones
  4. Computer Blue
  5. Darling Nikki
  6. When Doves Cry
  7. I Would Die 4 U
  8. Baby I’m A Star
  9. Purple Rain

Disc Two:  From The Vault & Previously Unreleased

  1. The Dance Electric
  2. Love And Sex
  3. Computer Blue (“Hallway Speech” version)
  4. Electric Intercourse (studio)
  5. Our Destiny / Roadhouse Garden
  6. Possessed (1983 version)
  7. Wonderful Ass
  8. Velvet Kitty Cat
  9. Katrina’s Paper Dolls
  10. We Can Fuck
  11. Father’s Song

PURPLE RAIN DELUXE - EXPANDED EDITION (3CD/DVD) TRACKLISTING:
Includes Disc One and Disc Two as Listed Above. Disc Three: Single Edits & B-Sides

  1. When Doves Cry (edit)
  2. 17 Days
  3. Let’s Go Crazy (edit)
  4. Let’s Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix)
  5. Erotic City
  6. Erotic City ("Make Love Not War Erotic City Come Alive”) 
  7. Purple Rain (edit)
  8. God
  9. God (Love Theme From Purple Rain)
  10. Another Lonely Christmas
  11. Another Lonely Christmas (extended version)
  12. I Would Die 4 U (edit)
  13. I Would Die 4 U (extended version)
  14. Baby I’m A Star (edit)
  15. Take Me With U (edit)

DVD: Prince And The Revolution, Live at the Carrier Dome,  Syracuse, NY, March 30, 1985

  1. Let’s Go Crazy
  2. Delirious
  3. 1999
  4. Little Red Corvette
  5. Take Me With U
  6. Do Me, Baby
  7. Irresistible Bitch
  8. Possessed
  9. How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?
  10. Let’s Pretend We’re Married
  11. International Lover
  12. God
  13. Computer Blue
  14. Darling Nikki 
  15. The Beautiful Ones
  16. When Doves Cry
  17. I Would Die 4 U
  18. Baby I’m A Star
  19. Purple Rain

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