(MENAFNEditorial) Prince
Purple Rain 2015: Paisley Park Remaster
Remastered by Prince from the original tapes & including previously unreleased & rare material 2CD 3CD/1DVD & 180g Vinyl
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. Minted Diamond by the RIAA for sales exceeding 13 million, 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 honored 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.
180g Vinyl
2015 Paisley Park Remaster of the original tapes from the soundtrack, presenting an unheard vision of the album overseen by Prince himself before his untimely 2016 passing.
2CD
2015 Paisley Park Remaster of the original tapes from the soundtrack, presenting an unheard vision of the album overseen by Prince himself before his untimely 2016 passing. The 2nd disc: From The Vault & Unreleased boasts eleven gems unearthed from the heart of Prince's storied vault.
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; '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.
3CD/1DVD
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; '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 his legendary live performances during one of the artist's most celebrated eras.
All orders will be shipped as close to release date June 23rd as possible
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