Purple Rain Single

Remix/Remaster out today

In the first week of December 1984 I recorded a cover of Prince’s Purple Rain. I loved the song Purple Rain at the time, and must have felt like I could do it justice. Whether I did or not is another question. That was nearly 40 years ago now. It was recorded on half-inch 8 track tape. At the time I think I had my Gibson Melody Maker, a Prophet 600 synth, an Oberheim DX drum machine, a Fender Twin Reverb and a Rockman. I’d love to take that drum machine out , but its still in there. I guess it’s a vintage sound now.

This track was included on the unreleased collection of songs titled ‘Inner Dialogues’, and was one of only a handful of cover songs I’d attempted at the time.  And I’m pretty sure it’s still the only 5 minute guitar solo I’ve ever recorded.

When he passed in April of 2016 I did a quick release of the original mix, which was pretty quickly removed from the streaming sites by Prince’s estate. I re-released the same mix two years later, and it stayed up that time. I had forgotten that I had removed it last fall from the streaming sites due to the licensing expiring. I decided to remix it from the original 8 track tapes and remaster it this time around. I hope you like this moment in time…

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