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|song name = Purple Music | |song name = Purple Music | ||
|single image = [[File:1999_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: 1999 Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] </small> | |single image = [[File:1999_Deluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: 1999 Deluxe]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] </small> | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_29|29 November 2019]] - [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] album | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_29|29 November 2019]] - [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album | ||
|album(s) = [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]<br> | |album(s) = [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
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|previous song = [[Purple Medley]] | |previous song = [[Purple Medley]] | ||
|next song = [[Purple Rain]] | |next song = [[Purple Rain]] | ||
|introduction = '''Purple Music''' is a song, recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/ | |introduction = '''Purple Music''' is a song, recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_22|22 May 1982]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen MN, USA. It is unknown but likely it was considered for inclusion on [[Album: 1999|1999]]. <br> | ||
It was released in 2019 as | It was released in 2019 as the third track on the ''Vault Tracks part 2'' disc of a ''Super Deluxe Edition'' edition of the [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999]] album. | ||
The song is a somewhat monotonous uptempo track, sparsely instrumented by a bouncy drum machine beat provided by the Linn LM-1 and a synth bass line, a scratchy guitar lick reminiscent of [[Controversy]] and a simple synth-lead line, not too far removed from the lead line of [[All The Critics Love U In New York]]. | The song is a somewhat monotonous uptempo track, sparsely instrumented by a bouncy drum machine beat provided by the Linn LM-1 and a synth bass line, a scratchy guitar lick reminiscent of [[Controversy]] and a simple synth-lead line, not too far removed from the lead line of [[All The Critics Love U In New York]]. | ||
It has an anti-drug message in which [[Prince]] says that "purple music" does the same to his brain as reefer or cocaine. [[Prince]] | It has an anti-drug message in which [[Prince]] says that "purple music" does the same to his brain as reefer or cocaine. [[Prince]]’s voice sounds slightly manipulated (although not to the effect that he would later utilize for the [[Album: Camille|Camille]] songs), to suggest he is indeed getting high on his music as he sings. | ||
The song made its first live appearance 28 years after its recording, on [[23_July 2010-am|23 July 2010 (a.m.)]], played in a medley with [[All The Critics Love U In New York]]. | The song made its first live appearance 28 years after its recording, on [[23_July 2010-am|23 July 2010 (a.m.)]], played in a medley with [[All The Critics Love U In New York]]. | ||
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|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/ | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_22|22 May 1982]] | ||
|studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen MN, USA | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen MN, USA | ||
|additional info = | |additional info = Tracking | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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|1= '''Purple Music''' | |1= '''Purple Music''' | ||
|2= 10:58 | |2= 10:58 | ||
|3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']]<br> | |3= [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br> | ||
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
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|1= '''Purple Music''' | |1= '''Purple Music''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
|3= Slightly different mix with extra guitar and vocal differences | |3= Original version before keyboard and synth overdub | ||
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|performed regularly on = [[Prince: Piano & A Microphone 2016|Piano & A Microphone Tour]] | |performed regularly on = [[Prince: Piano & A Microphone 2016|Piano & A Microphone Tour]] | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2010|2010]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2010|2010]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] | ||
|trivia | |trivia = The released mix of this track was done by Niko Bolas specifically for the [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] release. It was made to replicate an original mix from 1982, as much as possible. So even when a slightly different mix of this track might exist, the now released version is not considered a true alternate mix of the track. | ||
|see also = [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Deluxe'']] album | |see also = [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album | ||
|references = | |references = | ||
|categories = [[Category: | |categories = [[Category:2019]][[Category:Recorded 1982]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]] | ||
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