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from the album 1999 Deluxe Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 29 November 2019 - 1999 Deluxe album Album(s): 1999 Deluxe Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 23 July 2010 (a.m.): New Morning, Paris, France (medley with All The Critics Love U In New York) 25 March 2016 (show 2): Sony Centre For The Performing Arts, Toronto, ON, Canada Performed regularly on tour: Piano & A Microphone Tour Performed occasionally in shows: 2010, 2016

Purple Music is a song, recorded on 22 May 1982 at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen MN, USA. It is unknown but likely it was considered for inclusion on 1999. It was released in 2019 as the third track on the Vault Tracks part 2 disc of a Deluxe edition of the 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. 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 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 (a.m.), played in a medley with All The Critics Love U In New York. When Prince started playing it regularly on the Piano & A Microphone Tour in 2016 the song was listed on setlists as Welcome 2 The Freedom Galaxy. It is possible Prince worked on an updated studio version in 2016. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 22 May 1982 Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen MN, USA Basic tracking Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments Don Batts - engineer Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Purple Music 10:58 1999 Deluxe Studio Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Purple Music Studio Slightly different mix with extra guitar and vocal differences

Additional Information See also Trivia 1999 Deluxe album The released mix of this track was done by Nick Bolas specifically for this release. It was made to replicate the original mix from the time the song was initially tracked, 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. References

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