Purple Rain

Any Prince fan on the planet has been waiting for this for years. It's the last thing prince oversaw before his death, a remaster of his most famous work. Of course its incredible, however the real bonus for purpleheads is the bonus material on offer, and there is a lot - a whole albums worth of 11 songs recorded during the period and never before getting an official release (the moot point being would Prince have wanted this if he were alive, probably not) and another disc of edits, B-sides and 12" Mixes. Most deluxe editions hold little to no value add for even the most ardent fan of the band or artist in question, not the case here - most of the unreleased stuff has been widely bootlegged and is really top class, The Dance Electric and Possessed standing out, while B -Sides 17 Days and Erotic City could have featured on the original album (no higher praise needed). 12" mixes of I Would Die 4 U and Let's Go Crazy improve on the originals, and the 12 minute Computer Blue ("Hallway Speech" version) takes the song to an entirely new place.Prince changed the musical word with Purple Rain. This reissue just might do so again.

I wanted a purple vinyl version to go with my original copy.Great to have, good pressing.I'll listen to Purple Rain maybe once a year, so good to have a new copy. Not his best album and the film hasn't dated well.

Got this yesterday really pleased with it. Although I can't help thinking it could of been even better. I've had many bootlegs over the years and some of the tracks from the purple rain era have not been included on this release i.e. Alt version of the beautiful ones would have been nice and the extended version of 17 days. The picture quality of the DVD ain't great but very enjoyable. These minor disappointments don't lessen the fact this is still awesome.

"Dearly Beloved, We are Gathered Here Today to Celebrate ...Remastered Purple Rain"

Bought this as a collector's piece. It remains unopened.

It’s purple rain

Excellent album re-issued after being re-mastered plus a second disc of bonus tracks. Unfortunately, I did not find many of the bonus ones to be that memorable. I was disappointed that the packing was a cardboard sleeve (like a record) rather than a plastic CD case (which was not stated in the product description).

Extra tracks are great. They make this a really worthwhile purchase.