Last night, I got a tip from an industry insider that Warner Bros had registered all the tracks for Purple Rain Deluxe. As a songwriter myself with registered works, I have access to these databases - after following the lead wediscovered the following registrations - all recently registered by Warners marked with a 2017 release date and with full ISRC codes (These codes are used to identify released works across platforms).

Yawn.

SomeSoldier said:

dance4me3121 said:

I'll buy it!!! I'm disappointed that the extended version of "17 Days" isn't included though.

I'm pretty certain that the extended version was a dj made extended version and not from the Prince camp hence the reason why it's not included.

dodgydicko said:

By the way, just want to clarify as someone asked elsewhere - the original tracks in the database from Disc 1 are specifically marked as "2015 Paisley Park Remaster" - obviously, we remember Prince and Warners making the announcement the year before. Guessing that 2015 is when they got finished and/or delivered.... but that's 100% how they appear in the database.

well that's not 2 albums of unreleased music. However disk 3 will be marvellous to have.

dance4me3121 said:

dodgydicko said:

I'm pretty certain that the extended version was a dj made extended version and not from the Prince camp hence the reason why it's not included.

I think it was confirmed on here a few years ago that there's a unreleased version that's a little longer. Cuz the original fades.theres got to be more to it.

lets hope so,i'd love to be proved wrong on this matter.

love2thenines2003 said:

Is this the final tracklist?....or a work in progress? And what about the 5 boX cd/DVD configuration and details? Anyway thanx Militant

This is everything that is registered right now. It would be incredibly unusual for Warners to register everything at different times, as the ISRC codes for the tracks are sequential, so the sequential ISRC codes before and after the ones that belong to these songs, are already done for other Warner Bros releases coming out around the same time.

That said, I can't 100% say this is final, although I strongly believe that it is based on the above and the fact that a June release would mean the packages will be getting manufactured in May.

Disk 3 gets a thumbs up

Wow......they need their asses whipped for this.

This is a MAJOR letdown.

Who the hell needs a disk of 7" edits?

Where is the list of songs from the other artists that appeared on the movie?

There is only 1 song on the Prince Disk 3 that we don't already have.

What a letdown.

Something doesn't compute, here I can see only 1 CD of unreleased tracks, not 2 as announced.


That said, many interesting things inside, something really unexpected.

All in all, I hope this is the real release.

Graycap23 said:

Happy to see CB (Hallway Speech Version) is included. It's all I asked for. However, I was hoping for something introspective in the vein of MJ's Thriller SE where Q and Rod Temperton were interviewed. Would have also liked to here different takes/early versions of When Doves Cry, etc.

Overall, this satisfies me.

Graycap23 said:

Not as bad as I expected - disc 2 a waste of time but disc 3 is great. Bout time I paid back for some of these tracks. I'm probably happier than I expected to be.

I guess this kills ever hearing When Doves Cry with the bass line added in.

kaine said:

We'll I guess that answers the age old question of the Roadhouse Gsrden album. Damn. If they put that on there they should have gone ahead and thrown All Day, All Night and Splash on there too. Yeah WB needs to stop with the damn single edits. I could forgive it once with the 4ever release but this is a damn pattern! But I'm still excited! Party Up!

A very annoying pattern.