Was just wondering on why there was never a "special edition" or "Remastered" version to the Purple Rain soundtrack even though there was a double disc special ecition version to the movie. What do you think should be included if there was such a release?

what do u mean if? there is one lol but i'm not telling u where tho

I guess Bettaplace means: an official remastered version of the PR cd ?

That would be a dream come true, incl.:

Let's Go Crazy (Dance mix)
Erotic City
I Would Die 4 U (10 min version)
17 Days
God (vocal + instrumental)

+ outtakes

DJ Foefur put together a good "remaster" as a 2-disc set.

I would leave out Another Lonely Christmas(I don't like Christmas songs on proper albums) and add Possessed, God, God (Love Theme), Father's Song and Electric Intercourse as bonus tracks. I would also have every song in it's longest extended form, including Computer Blue in all it's 14 minute glory as well as the sweet 23 minute I Would Die 4 U.


DJ Foefur Redux Set:

Disc 1

LET'S GO CRAZY (SPECIAL DANCE MIX)
TAKE ME WITH U
THE BEAUTIFUL ONES (full version)
COMPUTER BLUE (7:29min version)
DARLING NIKKI (full version)
WHEN DOVES CRY
I WOULD DIE 4 U
BABY I'M A STAR
PURPLE RAIN

Disc 2

GOD
17 DAYS
EROTIC CITY
I WOULD DIE 4 U (EXTENDED US MIX)
ANOTHER LONELY CHRISTMAS (US MIX)
FATHER'S SONG

squirrelgrease said:

there's a version of "I Would Die 4 U (30:41)" on The Work vol 1, cd 3

thedance said:

Is it that long?

^ yeah, far too long and very repetitious, the US 10 minutes version is fine enough, imo.


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thedance said:

Well, I'm the guy who loves the America 12".

^ I actually agrees with you, I love the America 21 min version too,

it's better, more raw - and a lot funkier than IWD4U

Disc 1- The Original Album
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 2-Bonus Tracks
1.Let's Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix)
2.Computer Blue (Original Mix)
3.I Would Die 4 U (Extended Version)
4.Erotic City
5.17 Days
6.Another Lonely Christmas
7.God (Love Theme)
8.Wednesday
9.Electric Intercourse
10.Possessed

i do not like forfour or however u spell his name. his "remasters" r not as good as u ppl make them out 2 b. and not 2 mention he fucked up the Parade album by takin liberties with the sequencing.

h0uSeQuAkE said:

Fan made stuff is always hit-and-miss. They aren't answering to Prince, though some may try to live vicariously through his product. I've corresponded with Foefur and he's a cool cat. He's really just a fan with a passion for the Purple Scene. I'm pretty sure that you've never paid for anything that you have of his, right?

no maam. ppl shouldnt have 2 pay 4 pirated material. lol when im done workin on tweakin his catalog, im not chargin ppl shit

squirrelgrease said:

yes
I would kill for that

prince should do what pearl jam have just done

PR has 80's cheesy reverb and mic leakage everywhere. I would love a remix and remaster.

Here's the "Special Edition" I put together:

1) Let's Go Crazy
Special Dance Mix

2) Jungle Love (The Time)
Album version from "Ice Cream Castles"

3) Take Me With U
Unreleased full version

4) Modernaire (Dez Dickerson)
Album version from "Dez Dickerson"

5) The Beautiful Ones
Unreleased full version

6) God
Instrumental version

7) When Doves Cry
Album version

8) Father's Song
Movie rip

9) Computer Blue
Edit of the "hallway" version, crossfaded into Darling Nikki just like on the album (a few seconds after the scream)

10) Darling Nikki
Unreleased full version with a forward-playing "backward speech" tacked onto the end

11) Sex Shooter (Apollonia 6)
12" version

12) The Bird (The Time)
Album version from "Ice Cream Castles"

13) Purple Rain
14) I Would Die 4 U
15) Baby I'm A Star
Album versions

BettaPlace2Die said:

The longer versions of "Take Me With U", "the Beautiful Ones", "COmputer BLue" (the whole 15 some odd minute thingamabob), "Darling Nikki", etc.

Also include both versions of "God"
Let's Go Crazy remix
Father's Song
Erotic City
17 Days
and the unreleased "Wednesday"

If there's room, add the 12" singles from The Time and Apollonia 6.

What would be fun is to add some of the background music, perhaps from when Apollonia jumps in the lake, or when Prince's father shoots himself. Michele's score was good.

bluefish said:

This one here sounds pretty awesome indeed.

BettaPlace2Die said:[quote]

bluefish said:

SNIP

I agree with the songs being in the order of the movie. I think "Wednesday" should be on there as a special gem. It's partly why I put together the Purple Rain: Severe Storms Extended Set a few years ago. I liked the order of the songs, and I tried to work in the best copies I could find of the extended or original versions of the songs. It was so much fun putting that together.

I had just as much fun doing the Parade: The Show Will Proceed set as well.

ernestsewell said:[quote]

BettaPlace2Die said:

Googling "Purple Rain: Severe Storms Extended" and "Parade: The Show Will Proceed"

squirrelgrease said:

Check thedatabank.org

kumala75 said:

Wow, I never knew about that site. My Parade thing is on there, but Purple Rain Severe Storms isn't. Hmmmm. How cool. I'm a bootlegger!! hahahaha

Dont forget Possesed was played in the movie too

Mine:
Purple Rain: Three Disc Special Edition

Disc 1:
(See bluefish's post)
Instead of the Album Version there is a close to 4 min version of I Would Die 4 U on The Work Vol. 1

Disc 2:
1. God (Vocal)
2. All Day, All Night
3. 17 Days
4. Wednesday
5. The Dance Electric
6. Another Lonely Christmas (EX)
7. Erotic City (Full)
8-16. Songs from the original 100 songs he made for the movie

Disc 3 DVD:
Prince and the Revolution Live!
Remastered with Dolby 5.1 Surround and extra behind the scenes footage

I would die if that ever gets released.....

PurpleMedley122 said:

Whoops i meant to click Edit...
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^^^ why did u quote your self

kumala75 said:

Databank and Guide2Prince are great ratings sites. But... ahem... I was looking for... :cough:thefiles:cough:

squirrelgrease said:

Honestly i wasnt impressed with this compolation..
I think its something that looks good in print

Here's my Purple Rain comp that I put together:

Slow Groove: An Alternate Universe Purple Rain
Disc One:
01.Intro - Let's Go Crazy 12”
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” (make love not war – erotic city come alive)
02.God (Vocal)
03.Another Lonely Christmas (12” Version)
04.I Would Die 4 U (12” Version)
05.17 Days (12” 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 (Apollonia 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

Notes:
Electric Intercourse (CD1.03 and CD4.01) was to originally be on the Purple Rain record but was replaced by The Beautiful Ones. There is no known studio recording of Electric Intercourse.

Possessed – Instrumental – (CD1.05) can be heard in the Purple Rain film as background music when Morris and Appolonia are sitting together in First Avenue. The vocal version was performed every night of the Purple Rain tour and remains unreleased.

In the Purple Rain film, the cassette that is handed to Prince that contains the song written by Wendy and Lisa that is to become Purple Rain is hand-titled: Slow Groove, hence the titles of CD2.05 & .06 and the title of this compilation.

Purple Rain (CD2.09), Baby I’m a Star – outtake (CD2.05), I would Die 4 U – outtake (CD2.04), Electric Intercourse (CD1.03) and Let’s Go Crazy 12” (CD1.01) were all recorded, pre-edits and overdubs, at First Avenue nightclub in Minneapolis Minnesota on August 3rd 1983. The show cost 10 dollars and was a benefit for ballet choreographer Loyce Houlton’s Minnesota Dance Theatre. MDT was where the Prince crew had been receiving dance lessons in preparation for the upcoming filming of the Purple Rain film. This show is also significant as it was Wendy Melvoin’s (age 19) first show, making the first official Prince and the Revolution show. Two songs here, Electric Intercourse and Purple Rain are taken from an in-house video taping of this show, which still remains the best available source.

Sex Shooter - Vanity Version (CD3.09) Vanity aka Denise Williams sings here on the original pre-Apollonia version of this song.

The backwards message from Baby I’m a Star (CD5.04) is played twice and says the following “So like, fuck them, man! What do they know? All their taste is in their mouth. Really, what the fuck do they know? C’mon baby let’s go…crazy!”

The backwards message from It's backwards (CD5.02 & .03) Is something like “It’s not alright, I don’t’ want to got hell!... I want to goto heaven!” and whole lot more.

Slow Groove: “An Alternate Universe Purple Rain” was compiled at a place very close to where U live.

For further in-depth understanding of Prince and the Revolution during the Purple Rain era we recommend the following: Purple Rain the album, Purple Rain 20th anniversary DVD has all the videos and interviews with rev –Prince. Prince and the Revolution Live Syracuse New York 1985 – an excellent video document of the Purple Rain tour that shows the band at the near height of their powers. This is long out of print, but still fairly easy to find. Prince and the Revolution Live @ First Aug 3rd 1983 video the first Revolution show - strictly a bootleg.

JudasLChrist said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

There is???? Thats news to me.