Prince and the Revolution Live / new official box set

Prince and The Revolution’s 30 March 1985 live concert from the Carrier Dome, Syracuse – which was part of his 1985 Purple Rain tour – will be issued as a standalone release in June.

The spectacular two-hour set was beamed into millions of homes via satellite at the time and features a ridiculously great setlist, including classic hits such as ‘Let’s Go Crazy’, ‘1999’, ‘Little Red Corvette’, ‘When Doves Cry’, ‘Purple Rain’, ‘I Would Die 4 U’; superb B-sides like ‘Irresistible Bitch’ and ‘How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore’; and choice album cuts. In fact, Prince plays the whole of Purple Rain, with the concert ending with side two of that 1984 in sequence.

This performance was issued, in full, on DVD as part of Warner Music’s four-disc deluxe edition of Purple Rain in 2017. That previous edition only offered stereo sound and reasonable, but not outstanding, visuals. Sony (who now have the rights) have gone to town on the new editions.

The two formats are 2CD+blu-ray and a 3LP vinyl edition. The audio for both has been entirely remixed from the original two-inch multi-tracks. Obviously, the triple vinyl offers the newly remixed sound just in stereo but the blu-ray additionally delivers both Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround sound.

For the blu-ray, the picture is said to have been “newly restored” although since this wasn’t shot on film it remains to be seen how good this will actually look.

After the initially extortionate price-tag (in the UK, at least) on the Welcome 2 America box, it’s good to see some sensible pricing with this new release. The 2CD+blu-ray a tad over £20 in the UK and even the 3LP vinyl set a not unreasonable £42. Not including a blu-ray with the vinyl set is a bit strange though, it has to be said.

Prince and The Revolution: Live will be available on 3 June 2022, via Sony Music Catalog.

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Prince and The Revolution

Live 2CD+blu-ray deluxe set

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Prince and The Revolution

Live 3LP vinyl box

Shop Price gbp Stock Amazon uk   41.42 Order Amazon de   50.02 Order Amazon usa   33.99 Order Amazon fr   50.52 Order Amazon it   51.52 Order Amazon es   47.99 Order Amazon ca   54.88 Order JPC de   46.99 Order FNAC fr   57.02 Pre-Order Rough Trade uk   53.99 pre-order

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Tracklisting

Live Prince and the Revolution / 2CD+blu-ray

• • CD 1
    1. Let’s Go Crazy
    2. Delirious
    3. 1999
    4. Little Red Corvette
    5. Take Me With U
    6. Yankee Doodle
    7. Do Me, Baby
    8. Irresistible Bitch
    9. Possessed
    10. How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore
    11. Let’s Pretend We’re Married
    12. International Lover
    13. God
    14. Computer Blue
  • CD 2
    1. Darling Nikki
    2. The Beautiful Ones
    3. When Doves Cry
    4. I Would Die 4 U
    5. Baby, I’m a Star
    6. Purple Rain
  • blu-ray
    1. Let’s Go Crazy
    2. Delirious
    3. 1999
    4. Little Red Corvette
    5. Take Me With U
    6. Yankee Doodle
    7. Do Me, Baby
    8. Irresistible Bitch
    9. Possessed
    10. How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore
    11. Let’s Pretend We’re Married
    12. International Lover
    13. God
    14. Computer Blue
    15. Darling Nikki
    16. The Beautiful Ones
    17. When Doves Cry
    18. I Would Die 4 U
    19. Baby I’m A Star
    20. Purple Rain

Tracklisting

Live Prince and the Revolution / 3LP

• • LP 1

    Side A

    1. Let’s Go Crazy
    2. Delirious
    3. 1999
    4. Little Red Corvette
    5. Take Me With U

    Side B

    1. Yankee Doodle
    2. Do Me, Baby
    3. Irresistible Bitch
    4. Possessed
    5. How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore
  • LP 2

    Side C

    1. Let’s Pretend We’re Married
    2. International Lover
    3. God
    4. Computer Blue

    Side D

    1. Darling Nikki
    2. The Beautiful Ones
    3. When Doves Cry
  • LP 3

    Side E

    1. I Would Die 4 U
    2. Baby, I’m a Star

    Side F

    1. Purple Rain