AFTER REALIZING THAT I HAVE THE WHOLE 1ST SIDE OF THE PURPLE RAIN LP AS "EXTENDED VERSIONS", I KINDA CAME 2 THE CONCLUSION THAT YES!!!!! PURPLE RAIN DESERVES 2 B AN "EXPANDED EDITION"!!!!!
JUST LIKE "THRILLER" AND ALL THE MARVIN GAYE CLASSICS, "PURPLE RAIN" DESERVES THE SAME TREATMENT. BUT WE'LL PROBABLY NEVER SEE THAT SINCE WB AND P ARE STILL BEEFIN' OVER MASTERS. OR WILL WE?????
WRITE 2 UR LOCAL CONGRESSMAN/WOMAN OR EVEN WB & P URSELVES. LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!!!!
ps- AND WHILE WE'RE AT IT, CAN WE GET AN UNCUT VERSION OF THE MOVIE AS WELL????

I agree.



And this is just the Prince material. Did not even include the other artists. Or the movie score. Or the 83 live performance where he premiered so much stuff. Now all of that in a box... I would pay money for THAT.

HamsterHuey said:

And did not even include outtakes. both versions of The Dance Electric, Possessed, For Love, All Day, All Night, at least two extra versions of Computer Blue, Father's Song, Wednesday, Electric Intercourse, Our Destiny, Roadhouse Garden...

Dayum, Prince is a tight ass, aint he? Or a really wiiiide ass, sitting on all that stuff.

wlcm2thdwn said:

cheer up sour puss, it may never happen

wlcm2thdwn said:

Was with the attitude? Just cuz you have turned into a 'have seen it all'-orger, you do not have to be snidey to people to whom it still is fresh.

So; and don't let the bring U down.

SMILE! Damnit.

Purple Rain SHOULD be expanded. We can't say it enough. Now back to the new monthly Parade Is Ace thread!

woogiebear said:

HAVE YOU?????

The director chose 12 songs for the movie OUT OF 100!

where's the other songs?

Hmmmmm.....


Disc 1

Prince - Lets go crazy (Full version)
The Time - Jungle Love
Prince - Take Me With U (Full version)
Prince - God
Dez Dickinson - Modernaire
Prince - Possessed
Prince - The Beautiful Ones (Full version)
Prince - Fathers Song
Prince - Computer Blue (Hallway Version)
Prince - Darling Nikki (Full Version)
Apollonia 6 - Sex Shooter
Prince - When Doves Cry
The Time - The Bird
Prince - Purple Rain
Prince - I would die 4 U (unedited version)
Prince - Baby I’m a star (unedited version)

Disc 2

All Prince

17 Days
Erotic City
God (Vocal)
Another Lonely Christmas
The Bird
Electric Intercourse
Chocolate
Our Destiny
Wednesday
Roadhouse Garden
Too Sexy
Tricky
I would Die 4 U (24 minute version)
Purple Rain (Piano)

I guess I could agree...Although, I still believe that, "The Rainbow Children" could be a movie...And "Purple Rain" has already achieved that attention.

Tame said:

There is; it's called The Life Of Brian.

An Expanded Purple Rain would be good.

It would be great to have a remastered album, all the extended versions and B-sides. Maybe some unreleased music. The other artists songs too.

A Prince commentary would have been great too.

I also wish there were expanded versions of all his albums.

Maybe the way businesses go some day Prince will buy Warner Bros. and then all the music can be released the way Prince wants it. And all are speculation will end because we will have heard all the music.

RedKite said:

If only a mega rich super fan could buy the masters from WB and GIVE them to Prince.

He will only do it if he owns all the tapes and doesn't have any imput from WB.

On the other hand maybe he will do something for his fans for a change? He'll be dead before WB don't own the masters. Doesn't he get them after 35 years of each release?
I don't get why he can't work with WB to re-release them now and in the future they could be re-released again anyway on dvd audio or sacd.

Do Prince even know there is a demand for remasters? There is no way of letting him know we want them.

RedKite said:

Nonono! Don't let Prince NEAR his old work! He will screw it up!

I knew a girl named Nikki
I guess you could say she was a God fiend
I met her in a hotel lobby
Praying in a magazine

I mean, Prince, I am warning ya; "Step away from that Vault, you hear me?"

HamsterHuey said:

"he gave us.... a (high heeled) shoe"

IstenSzek said:

'That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah.'

HamsterHuey said:

IstenSzek said:

The shoe is the sign. Let us follow His example.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you

Slow Groove - An Alternate Universe Purple Rain:


"Slow Groove: An Alternate Universe Purple Rain is a D.I.Y., 5-cd collection of of all known outtakes, rarities, unreleased songs, live source recordings. full length versions and b-sides, film incidental music, backward messages, etc... from the Purple Rain Film and album, all compiled from the best known available sources. Artists include Prince and the Revolution and related/protege bands: Appolonia 6, Vanity 6, The Time, Dez Dickerson and the Modernaires. "


Disc One:
01.Intro - Let's Go Crazy 12-inch
02.Take Me with U (outtake)
03.Electric Intercourse - (Live @ Fist Avenue, Minneapolis Aug ˜83)
04.The Beautiful Ones (outtake)
05.Possessed (Instrumental)
06.Half Revolution - Computer Blue Rehearsal (from the Purple Rain film)
07.Father's Song (from Purple Rain film)
08.Computer Blue (#2 ˜Hallway Speech" outtake)
09.Darling Nikki (out-take)
10.Darling Nikki backwards message

Disc Two:
01.Breaking Point (from Purple Rain film)
02.God (12” Instrumental)
03.When doves Cry
04.I Would Die 4 U (outtake)
05.Baby I'm a star (outtake)
06.Slow Groove_Wendy and Lisa (from Purple Rain film)
07.Slow Groove_The Kid (from Purple Rain film)
08.Purple Rain (Live @ Fist Avenue, Minneapolis Aug ˜83)
09.Purple Rain (strings outtake)

Disc Three:
01.Erotic City 12-inch (make love not war - erotic city come alive)
02.God (Vocal)
03.Another Lonely Christmas (12-inch Version)
04.I Would Die 4 U (12-inch Version)
05.17 Days (12-inch Version)
06.Possessed (Vocal)
07.Modernaire (Dez Dickerson and the Modernaires)
08.The Bird (The Time out-take)
09.Sex Shooter (Vanity Version)
10.Sex Shooter (Appolonia 6 Extended Version)
11.Tricky (The Time B-Side)

Disc Four:
01.Electric Intercourse #1 (Aug 83 Rehearsal)
02.Erotic City (Out-take #1)
03.Erotic City (Out-take #2)
04.Computer Blue (#1 out-take)
05.Computer Blue (#3 out-take)
06.Computer Blue (#4 out-take)

Disc Five:
01.I Would Die 4 U 12”(30 minute out-take)
02.It's backwards (from Purple Rain film)
03.Sdrawkcab S'ti (from Purple Rain film)
04.Baby I'm A Star bkwrds msg
05.Purple Rain Film Score #01
06.Purple Rain Film Score #02
07.Purple Rain Film Score #03
08.Purple Rain Film Score #04
09.Purple Rain Film Score #05
10.Purple Rain Film Score #06
11.Purple Rain Film Score #07
12.Purple Rain Film Score #08
13.Purple Rain Film Score #09
14.Purple Rain Film Score #10
15.Purple Rain Film Score #11
16.Purple Rain Film Score #12
17.Purple Rain Film Score #13
18.Purple Rain Film Score #14
19.Purple Rain Film Score #15
20.Purple Rain Film Score #16
21.Purple Rain Film Score #17
22.Purple Rain Film Score #18
23.Purple Rain Film Score #19
24.Purple Rain Film Score #20
25.Loyce Hulton Speech