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|song name = Purple Rain | |song name = Purple Rain | ||
|album image = [[File:Purplerain.jpg|100px|link=Album: Purple Rain]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]</small> | |album image = [[File:Purplerain.jpg|100px|link=Album: Purple Rain]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]</small> | ||
− | |single image | + | |single image = [[File:Purplerain single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Purple Rain]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]</small> |
|performer = [[Prince and the Revolution]] | |performer = [[Prince and the Revolution]] | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 25|25 June 1984]] - [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] album | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 25|25 June 1984]] - [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] album | ||
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In 2006, the track was included as the eighth track on the first disc of the compilation album [[Album: Ultimate|Ultimate]]. | In 2006, the track was included as the eighth track on the first disc of the compilation album [[Album: Ultimate|Ultimate]]. | ||
− | [[Prince and the Revolution]] recorded the song live on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 3|3 August 1983]] at [[First Avenue]], Minneapolis, | + | [[Prince and the Revolution]] recorded the song live on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 3|3 August 1983]] at [[First Avenue]], Minneapolis, Minnesota (at the same concert where [[Electric Intercourse]], [[I Would Die 4 U]] and [[Baby I'm A Star]] were also recorded). |
− | This live version was worked on further between late August and September 1983, at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, | + | This live version was worked on further between late August and September 1983, at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, California, where the track was edited to omit a verse and a solo, and a new string section was overdubbed over the finale of the track (during the same set of sessions as [[The Beautiful Ones]], a studio version of [[Computer Blue]], a re-recording of [[Irresistible Bitch]] and [[Sugar Walls]]). |
It was included as the sixth track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_7|7 November 1983]] configuration of [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], before becoming the eighth and final track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_23|23 March 1984]] configuration. It became the ninth and final track on the final [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 14|14 April 1984]] configuration after some tracklist changes to the album. | It was included as the sixth track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_7|7 November 1983]] configuration of [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], before becoming the eighth and final track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_23|23 March 1984]] configuration. It became the ninth and final track on the final [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 14|14 April 1984]] configuration after some tracklist changes to the album. | ||
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[[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]<br> | [[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]<br> | ||
|4= Live with overdubs | |4= Live with overdubs | ||
− | |5= [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, | + | |5= [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] |
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|3= Live concert radio broadcast<br> | |3= Live concert radio broadcast<br> | ||
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
− | |5= [[28 January 1985|28 January 1985, American Music Awards, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, | + | |5= [[28 January 1985|28 January 1985, American Music Awards, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California]] |
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|3= Live awards performance TV broadcast<br> | |3= Live awards performance TV broadcast<br> | ||
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
− | |5= [[08_February 2004|8 February 2004, 46th annual Grammy Awards Ceremony, Staples Center, Los Angeles, | + | |5= [[08_February 2004|8 February 2004, 46th annual Grammy Awards Ceremony, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California]]; with Beyonce |
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|1= '''Purple Rain''' | |1= '''Purple Rain''' | ||
|2= Live | |2= Live | ||
− | |3= [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, | + | |3= [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]]; contains extra verse |
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|1= '''Purple Rain''' | |1= '''Purple Rain''' | ||
|2= Live with overdubs | |2= Live with overdubs | ||
− | |3= [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, | + | |3= [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]]; contains extra verse and string overdubs |
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− | |first live appearance = [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983: First Avenue, Minneapolis, | + | |first live appearance = [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983: First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] <br> |
* [[14_April_2016-2|14 April 2016 (Show 2): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA]] | * [[14_April_2016-2|14 April 2016 (Show 2): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA]] | ||
|performed regularly on = [[Purple Rain Tour]] | |performed regularly on = [[Purple Rain Tour]] |
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