Difference between revisions of "Album: Purple Rain Deluxe"

* [[The Dance Electric]] was originally offered to and released by [[André Cymone]] on his [[Album: A.C.|A.C.]] album in 1985. The song was first recorded by [[Prince]] with [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]] at [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]] in Eden Prairie, Minnesota in August 1984, well after the release of [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]].

* [[Love And Sex]] is from February 1984 and was recorded by [[Prince]] alone at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, California. The title was in fact found on a handwritten sequence for the album, although it was crossed out on there and was likely never seriously considered to be featured on the album.

* [[Computer Blue]] from August 1984 is the full take of the song on [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], which was then edited down to accommodate the inclusion of [[Take Me With U]] on the original album. This version was dubbed ''“Hallway Speech” version'' by fans, to indicate it includes a segment where [[Prince]] relates a story of a man living in a mansion, escorting a woman to his bedroom, naming the hallways after emotions including lust, fear, insecurity, hate and pain as they pass them. Oddly, the unofficial 'Hallway Speech' name is attributed to the track on this release. There is an even longer, over 14-minute version of the track, but the extra length in that comes from the 'crashing guitar-feedback sounds at the end (on the released original version segueing into [[Darling Nikki]]), running for two more minutes.

* [[Electric Intercourse]] (attributed here as 'Studio Version', presumably to distinguish it from a much bootlegged live/rehearsal version) was originally recorded in the spring of 1983. The studio version here appears to be somewhat sparse and seemingly unfinished. A live version of the song was recorded on [[03 August 1983|3 August 1983 at First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA]] (during the same concert where overdubbed live versions of [[I Would Die 4 U]], [[Baby I'm A Star]] and [[Purple Rain]] featured on [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] were recorded). This live rendition of [[Electric Intercourse]] was also overdubbed in September 1983, a few days prior to [[Prince]] recording [[The Beautiful Ones]], which ultimately replaced [[Electric Intercourse]] on the album. It is likely that [[Prince]] not only chose to replace it because [[The Beautiful Ones]] is arguably a better song, but also because the raw sexual lyrics of [[Electric Intercourse]] fitted (being sung to) the persona of [[Vanity]], but not so much her replacement [[Apollonia]].

* [[Our Destiny]] and [[Roadhouse Garden]], segued together as one track were never considered for [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], as the albums release date in June 1984 conflicts with the recording of these songs. They were played live together at a [[07 June 1984|7 June 1984 birthday show]], but were initially worked on in the studio as separate tracks. [[Our Destiny]] was recorded by [[Prince]] alone in early June 1984. But the version here uses the basic tracks recorded on [[07 June 1984|7 June 1984]], albeit seemingly overdubbed so extensively that elements of the live version are very hard to distinguish.  Overdubs, including a string and horn section on [[Our Destiny]] were done at [[Sunset Sound]] in September 1984, when the lead vox by [[Lisa Coleman]] was also recorded. The version of [[Roadhouse Garden]] used here was cut from scratch in the [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]] studio in June and was among  the first songs recorded there.

* [[Possessed]] is presented here as the '1983 version', but it is in fact the version recorded in March 1984. The 1983 version was recorded with the full band at the [[St. Louis Park Warehouse|The Warehouse]] in St. Louis Park, Minnesota in mid 1983, while the version here was a solo-effort by [[Prince]] done at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California. part of this 1984 version can be heard as an instrumental in the movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. It is unclear why the version here is attributed to be the 1983 version.

* [[Wonderful Ass]] dates from early 1983 and was recorded at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen. The song was written about [[Vanity]] and while it may have been considered for the movie at some point, it never made it to any configuration, possibly in part due to the fact [[Vanity]] left the [[Prince]] camp and would no longer be in the movie.

* Recorded in April 1983, [[Velvet Kitty Cat]] was originally created for [[Vanity 6]]'s second album and later also considered for the [[Album: Apollonia 6| Apollonia 6]] album, but was never placed on any [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] configuration.

* [[Katrina's Paper Dolls]] is another song that might have been written with [[Vanity]] in mind ([[Vanity]]'s real name was Denise Katrina Matthews). It was likely recorded in the spring of 1983 at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen. It is not known if it was ever linked to, or considered for the film.

* [[We Can Fuck]] is the original version of the [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] song [[We Can Funk]]. It was recorded on New Years eve 1983 at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California. In 1986 [[Prince]] would re-record a version of it with [[The Revolution]], which remains unreleased, but this original version stays much closer to the released [[We Can Funk]], although it is featured in full length here and obviously misses contributions from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] and his musicians that are on the [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] version.

Although not a true single, [[Electric Intercourse]] was released as a 'digital single' ahead of the album on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_28|28 April 2017]]. On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_12|12 May]] It was followed by a 'digital single' of [[Our Destiny]] / [[Roadhouse Garden]].

|singles = * None at the time of release, although both [[Electric Intercourse]] and [[Our Destiny]] / [[Roadhouse Garden]] were issued as 'digital singles' ahead of the album in 2017 and in 1984/1985 [[Let's Go Crazy]], [[Take Me With U]], [[When Doves Cry]], [[I Would Die 4 U]] and [[Purple Rain]] were all issued as charting singles.<br>}}

|references            = * ''Prince  and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984'', Duane Tudahl (2017)