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Thread started 08/14/06 1:19pm

DecaturStone

Purple Rain Soundtrack questions

Why wasn't there a 20 Anni release of the Soundtrack? I would really like to see an offical CD release of the entire soundtrack. I mean every actual song that appears in the movie. Poor Dez his song never saw the light of day did it? Was there ever a promo single on the 'Modernaire' song?
I am sure that is has been discussed but I could not find a thread. So nobody call the law ok?
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Reply #1 posted 08/14/06 1:31pm

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I agree that a release like that is long overdue but it won't happen till Princey gets his masters back.

The closest think to a full soundtrack is the Japanese promo release 'Strange Tales From The Rain' which has the Prince, Appollonia and Time tracks in the correct order.

No Modernaire though. sad
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Reply #2 posted 08/14/06 1:35pm

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add the original score to these beast as well.
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Reply #3 posted 08/14/06 1:36pm

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DecaturStone said:

Why wasn't there a 20 Anni release of the Soundtrack? I would really like to see an offical CD release of the entire soundtrack. I mean every actual song that appears in the movie. Poor Dez his song never saw the light of day did it? Was there ever a promo single on the 'Modernaire' song?
I am sure that is has been discussed but I could not find a thread. So nobody call the law ok?


No, the 20 year anniversery thingy was the DVD release, not CD. It has interviews on it, some videos, footage of people attending the "premiere". those are the extras you get on the dvd.
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Reply #4 posted 08/14/06 1:38pm

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soulyacolia said:

I agree that a release like that is long overdue but it won't happen till Princey gets his masters back.

The closest think to a full soundtrack is the Japanese promo release 'Strange Tales From The Rain' which has the Prince, Appollonia and Time tracks in the correct order.

No Modernaire though. sad

Why does Warner have to deal with Prince to release it? Don't they own those masters?
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Reply #5 posted 08/14/06 2:02pm

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DecaturStone said:

soulyacolia said:

I agree that a release like that is long overdue but it won't happen till Princey gets his masters back.

The closest think to a full soundtrack is the Japanese promo release 'Strange Tales From The Rain' which has the Prince, Appollonia and Time tracks in the correct order.

No Modernaire though. sad

Why does Warner have to deal with Prince to release it? Don't they own those masters?

Yes. But they still need Princes approval their hands are pretty much tied. Oh, and going back to your original post Dez Dickerson did release 'Modernaire' on a retrospective CD a while back. You could buy it from his website.
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Reply #6 posted 08/14/06 2:10pm

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WHY wasn't "Computer Blue (Extended Version)" b/w "Darling Nikki (Alternate Version)" EVER RELEASED as a 12"?????WHERE is the "Deleted Scenes", such as Prince Socking Jellybean in the face??? And so on, and so on????? THAT'S what I was looking for in the 20th Anniversary Edition!!!!!
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Reply #7 posted 08/14/06 3:20pm

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DecaturStone said:

Why wasn't there a 20 Anni release of the Soundtrack? I would really like to see an offical CD release of the entire soundtrack. I mean every actual song that appears in the movie. Poor Dez his song never saw the light of day did it? Was there ever a promo single on the 'Modernaire' song?
I am sure that is has been discussed but I could not find a thread. So nobody call the law ok?


'Modernaire' is available on the 2CD Retrospective set available from Dez's official website.

He stated he also has an extended version, but it was too late to add it to the set.
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Reply #8 posted 08/14/06 8:45pm

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NouveauDance said:

DecaturStone said:

Why wasn't there a 20 Anni release of the Soundtrack? I would really like to see an offical CD release of the entire soundtrack. I mean every actual song that appears in the movie. Poor Dez his song never saw the light of day did it? Was there ever a promo single on the 'Modernaire' song?
I am sure that is has been discussed but I could not find a thread. So nobody call the law ok?


'Modernaire' is available on the 2CD Retrospective set available from Dez's official website.

He stated he also has an extended version, but it was too late to add it to the set.


"too late..."?!? I wonder, did he have to get his masters back as well? eek
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Reply #9 posted 08/15/06 7:15am

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xpsiter said:

NouveauDance said:



'Modernaire' is available on the 2CD Retrospective set available from Dez's official website.

He stated he also has an extended version, but it was too late to add it to the set.


"too late..."?!? I wonder, did he have to get his masters back as well? eek


that depends on whether he assigned his rights to it to someone else or not. i think by "too late" he meant in the production stage of finalizing the cd for publication.
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