Prince: purple rain (deluxe expanded edition) (2017, 3cd + dvd, usa, warner bros / npg) Prince's 'Purple Rain' album (from 1984!) got quite an upgrade earlier this year: a remastered version of the original album, a bonus disc with previously unreleased material, another extra disc with single edits and b-sides, plus a dvd with the 'Live' vhs release from 1985. This 3-CD/1-DVD Expanded Edition is a true collector's item and the ultimate vision of Purple Rain. In addition to the 2015 Paisley Park Remaster and 'From The Vault & Previously Unreleased,' it includes 'Single Edits & B-Sides' and a never-seen on DVD of Prince and The Revolution Live! Prince - Purple Rain (Deluxe) Expanded Edition Track List: 01. Let's Go Crazy (2015 Paisley Park Remaster) - Prince & The Revolution 02. Take Me With U (2015 Paisley Park Remaster) - Prince & The Revolution 03. The Beautiful Ones (2015 Paisley Park Remaster) - Prince & The Revolution 04. The 'Purple Rain' deluxe expanded edition also includes a DVD of Prince live at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, NY on March 30, 1985. The setlist for the show includes tracks from his current release at the time, plus old favorites like 'Delirious,' '1999' and 'Little Red Corvette.' If you were considering burying a time capsule for future generations, that perfectly encapsulated the utter genius and hit-making proficiency of Prince, grab a 3CD+DVD deluxe expanded edition of Purple Rain, put it in a tin box and start digging. The Purple Rain reissue is out now.
I couldn't get the CD's yet, but I found a DVD rip which seems to have a much better sound quality than my classic Syracuse LD rip bootleg. I can't judge on video quality with such a compressed file.
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Is there any way to legally purchase the video show (or an audio rip of it) online (i.e. downloadable) or is physical purchase the only way to get the video? Same question with the booklet (is there a digital version of it?).
I'm very interested in reading the liner notes to see if there's some explaination regarding tracklist selection and sources, because I can tell at least 3 major apparent problems:
- Obviously, the OD/RG mashup seems to have been made on Audacity in 5 minutes, so it'd be nice to have confirmation that it was segued as such by Prince (and to know why it's such a lame job).
- From what I've read it also seems that WA is the 86 version, which is good in the sense that it's by far the best version, but ridiculous because it belongs to the DA/C/CB/SOTT sessions. Unless of course that version was, in fact, NOT from 1986, which isn't totally unthinkable (a later version could indeed exist but not be circulating).
- If Possessed in indeed the March 84 version and is credited as the 83 one, that's seriously wrong.. unless (again) we had the wrong info in the first place.
I'd like to know what liner notes have to say about all this.
I couldn't get the CD's yet, but I found a DVD rip which seems to have a much better sound quality than my classic Syracuse LD rip bootleg. I can't judge on video quality with such a compressed file.
.
Is there any way to legally purchase the video show (or an audio rip of it) online (i.e. downloadable) or is physical purchase the only way to get the video? Same question with the booklet (is there a digital version of it?).
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I'm very interested in reading the liner notes to see if there's some explaination regarding tracklist selection and sources, because I can tell at least 3 major apparent problems:
- Obviously, the OD/RG mashup seems to have been made on Audacity in 5 minutes, so it'd be nice to have confirmation that it was segued as such by Prince (and to know why it's such a lame job).
Hex for mac. - From what I've read it also seems that WA is the 86 version, which is good in the sense that it's by far the best version, but ridiculous because it belongs to the DA/C/CB/SOTT sessions. Unless of course that version was, in fact, NOT from 1986, which isn't totally unthinkable (a later version could indeed exist but not be circulating).
- If Possessed in indeed the March 84 version and is credited as the 83 one, that's seriously wrong.. unless (again) we had the wrong info in the first place.
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I'd like to know what liner notes have to say about all this.
