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Thread started 05/02/13 11:19am

RJSwift

"Purple Rain" (Aborted) Guitar Hero/Rockband Release?

It might be against the rules to post a site link but, here is what I found on it:

"From the Aborted Guitar Hero/Rockband Release of Purple Rain. Prince's camp vetoed the release after Warner Brothers had already given the go-ahead to Electronic Arts. Harmonix Music Systems prepped the Purple Rain songs for release but then later leaked them amongst staff members.

Special thanks to Cyborgtronix for letting this see the light of day."

I didn't know any "Purple Rain" multitracks existed. Here is the list of songs (and their track breakdown) chosen for the game:

Let's Go Crazy Drums
Let's Go Crazy Bass
Let's Go Crazy Guitar 1
Let's Go Crazy Guitar 2
Let's Go Crazy Guitar 3
Let's Go Crazy Keyboards 1
Let's Go Crazy Keyboards 2
Let's Go Crazy Vocals 1
Let's Go Crazy Vocals 2
Take Me With U Drums
Take Me With U Keyboards
Take Me With U Guitar
Take Me With U Bass
Take Me With U Vocals 1
Take Me With U Vocals 2
Take Me With U Vocals 3
The Beautiful Ones Drums
The Beautiful Ones Piano
The Beautiful Ones Guitar
The Beautiful Ones Vocals
Computer Blue Drums
Computer Blue Bass
Computer Blue Guitar 1
Computer Blue Guitar 2
Computer Blue Guitar 3
Computer Blue Keyboards 1
Computer Blue Keyboards 2
Computer Blue Vocals 1
Computer Blue Vocals 2Baby I'm A Star Drums
Baby I'm A Star Keyboards 1
Baby I'm A Star Keyboards 2
Baby I'm A Star Guitar
Baby I'm A Star Bass
Baby I'm A Star Vocals 1
Baby I'm A Star Vocals 2
Purple Rain Drums
Purple Rain Bass
Purple Rain Guitar 1
Purple Rain Guitar 2
Purple Rain Guitar 3
Purple Rain Keyboards 1
Purple Rain Keyboards 2
Purple Rain Vocals 1
Purple Rain Vocals 2
Erotic City Drums
Erotic City Keyboards
Erotic City Guitar
Erotic City Bass
Erotic City Vocals 1
Erotic City Vocals 2
Erotic City Vocals 3
17 Days Drums
17 Days Keyboards
17 Days Guitar
17 Days Bass
17 Days Vocals 1
17 Days Vocals 2

Has anyone else seen or heard about this?

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Reply #1 posted 05/02/13 11:28am

TwiliteKid

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A link to your source would be nice.

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Reply #2 posted 05/02/13 12:00pm

smokeverbs

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Very, very little about this comes up in a google search, at all. Prince turned HMX down in 2009.

The only place claiming to have copies of this, the links are all dead, and the files have been deleted. Not to mention that site looks sketchy as fuck, and the "play button" is merely a PICTURE of a play button. Also, they claim to have Hendrix's "Black Gold" tape. I call major bullshit.

So Good Luck.

[Edited 5/2/13 12:03pm]

Keep your headphones on.
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Reply #3 posted 05/02/13 3:07pm

Dandroppedadim
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As we know most of the tracks from PR were recorded live, so unless Prince gave WB studio versions so the individual tracks could be separate from, then this is bullshnizz.

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Reply #4 posted 05/02/13 6:23pm

bluegangsta

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Always cry 4 love, never cry 4 pain.
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Reply #5 posted 05/02/13 7:38pm

smokeverbs

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lock this crap.

Keep your headphones on.
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Reply #6 posted 05/03/13 7:17am

steakfinger

Dandroppedadime said:

As we know most of the tracks from PR were recorded live, so unless Prince gave WB studio versions so the individual tracks could be separate from, then this is bullshnizz.

Recorded live doesn’t mean with one microphone. If you read the account of how the song was recorded, (link provided below) you’ll notice they rented a multi-track recording truck to use at the venue. Every damned track on Purple Rain and EVERY Prince album, (except the later live ones where the notes explicitly state that it was taken from a 2 track, [which is the minimum to have stereo separation] with no mixing possible) is recorded on a multi-track. Also, the live tracks on the Purple Rain album have LOADS of overdubs and edits and some of the tracks are not even remotely live. There's a famous Thin Lizzy "live record" with so many overdubs that almost literally the only thing they kept from the actual concert was the crowd noise. Not knowing something is no crime, but a touch of research would have produced the following link:

http://mixonline.com/recording/tracking/classic-tracks-prince-revolution-purple-rain/

ENJOY!

Having said all that, yes the multi-track Guitar Hero story is total BS. I saw that long ago and found that blog site full of ridiculous stuff like this, some of it quite obviously just to send fans of various artists on wild goose chases.

[Edited 5/3/13 7:19am]

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Reply #7 posted 05/03/13 3:51pm

Dandroppedadim
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[Edited 5/3/13 15:59pm]

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Reply #8 posted 05/04/13 3:14pm

lust

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Wether this true or not, this thread just broke my heart. neutral
If the milk turns out to be sour, I aint the kinda pussy to drink it!
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Reply #9 posted 05/05/13 12:45pm

CharlieRise

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Did you notice the other posts on that site?

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David Bowie Dead at 65 [Fake]

The Beatles - In The Land of the Never [Fake]

Jimi Hendrix - Black Gold [Never bootlegged]

Bruce Springsteen - Electric Nebraska [Never bootleged]

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And all the comments on the site, from 2012, are basically asking for the right password because they were unable to open the zip files after downloading.

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Also lol at some other stuff on that site

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Microsoft Weight Loss Center

Abraham Lincoln - The Gettysburg Address (the bootleg)

Prince and the (Olson) Twinz Part Deux

Elvis - The Nixon Tapes

tonight the stars are out
there's music in the air
the sounds of joy and celebration
are drowning out despair
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