prince "purple rain"

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   my commercial 45 issued as warner 29174 states a run time on the label as 4:02 but actually runs 4:04 and is just an early fade of the full length cd/lp version.....this 45 run time info should be added to the db....

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edtop40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 14	Post Options Post Reply Quote edtop40 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: prince "purple rain" Posted: 09 March 2009 at 8:31pm
	my commercial 45 issued as warner 29174 states a run time on the label as 4:02 but actually runs 4:04 and is just an early fade of the full length cd/lp version.....this 45 run time info should be added to the db....
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chendagam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 27 August 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote chendagam Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 January 2013 at 7:55pm
	Can someone shed some light on how these versions are edited since they are different from the standard early fade U.S. Version: 12" (UK) * A. "Purple Rain" (long version) – 7:05 * B1. "God (Love Theme from Purple Rain)" (instrumental) – 7:54 * B2. "God" (vocal) – 3:59 7" promo (UK) * A. "Purple Rain" (radio edit) – 4:19 * B. "Purple Rain" (long radio edit) – 5:37

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Online Points: 265	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 January 2013 at 3:24am
	I have the UK 12" of "Purple Rain," which I purchased because it's the only place where the instrumental of "God" was released. I doubt I ever played "Purple Rain" from this 12"; I just assumed it was the full LP version. I'll try to pull it out and make a dub when I get a chance.
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop

chendagam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 27 August 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote chendagam Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 January 2013 at 4:55pm
	Yes this 12" is shorter. The UK 7" has two listed different edits from the US 7".

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Online Points: 265	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 January 2013 at 5:27pm
	I'll let you know ASAP if the actual time matches the printed time of the 12".
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Online Points: 265	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 January 2013 at 8:51pm
	My copy times out to 7:03 and is an early fade of the LP version. The fade starts at 6:45 and ends just before Prince starts "hooooo-ing" at 7:03.
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop

chendagam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 27 August 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote chendagam Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 January 2013 at 5:04pm
	Thanks Aaron...now to find out about those 7" edits...probably just additional early fades.

995wlol Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 December 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote 995wlol Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 January 2013 at 7:38pm
	Here in Minneapolis, WLOL played a version of Purple Rain that faded out around the 6:15 mark. WLOL started charting the song about a month ahead of its Hot 100 debut, so I suppose there was no 7" edit at the time. As far as I can remember they always stuck with the longer version. Did any other stations around the country play the long version during its chart run?

NightAire Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 20 February 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote NightAire Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 January 2013 at 6:26pm
	KELI in Tulsa played the long version on Friday and Saturday nights, but I don't know if that really "counts" because they played the 12" mixes of the hits every Friday and Saturday night(7pm - midnight, as I remember). The rest of the week, they played the edits (including, in this case, the 7" edit of "Purple Rain"). Actually, I'm not aware of them playing the 12" of "Purple Rain;" what they played on Friday and Saturday nights was the full album version.
	Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA

DJghr1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 October 2011 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote DJghr1 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 January 2013 at 8:04am
	Q-107 in Washington, D.C. played a custom mix which took the complete 45 version (up to about 3:45, right up to the word "rain") and tagged on the ending finale (starting about 5:11) of the LP version. They pretty much got the meat & bones of the song, sounded pretty good. Edited by DJghr1