Prince and The Revolution

2CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2CD/3LP/BD: Official Prince Store

NPG and Legacy Recordings premiere a physical audio release of Prince and The Revolution Live, a 1985 concert feature recorded at The Carrier Dome in Syracuse, NY on March 30, 1985, toward the end of the Purple Rain tour and less than a month before the release of follow-up Around The World In a Day.  He's backed by an expanded version of The Revolution; original members Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman (guitar and keyboards), Dr. Matt Fink (keyboards), Brownmark (bass) and Bobby Z (drums) are joined by guitarist Miko Weaver, saxophonist Eddie Mininfield, percussionists Sheila E. and her brother Juan Escovedo and the members of Apollonia 6 for a hits-packed concert that almost completely draws from Purple Rain and its predecessor 1999 from two years before.

The original concert video was included in the deluxe edition of Purple Rain released by Warner in 2017; during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the concert streamed in full on YouTube to raise money for the World Health Organization and the audio - remastered by Bernie Grundman - was made available digitally. Legacy's reissue, available on two CDs or three colored LPs (purple, red and gold), ups the ante in every way, offering a new mix of the concert done from the original 2" reels by Chris James, the concert's original engineer, and a new master of that mix by Grundman. Included with the CD set is a Blu-ray Disc featuring the concert video in stereo, 5.1 surround and Dolby Atmos options and enhanced picture quality.  A deluxe edition in a foil box combines CDs, LPs and Blu-ray alongside a 44-page booklet offering never-before-seen photos from the Purple Rain tour and new liner notes drawing from conversations with Wendy, Lisa, Fink, Mark and Bobby, as well as a 24" x 36" poster.