A popular 1985 Prince and The Revolution concert recording has been totally spruced up and set for June release

On March 30, 1985, Prince and The Revolution's Purple Rain Tour stopped at Syracuse, New York’s Carrier Dome. The show was beamed to millions live via satellite and captured for posterity in the Grammy Award-nominated concert film Prince and The Revolution: Live. 

For the first time, this performance has been entirely enhanced and reconstructed: the original video source was rescanned, restored and color-corrected; and the original multitrack audio master reels have been remixed and remastered onto Blu-ray video with selectable stereo, 5.1 surround and Dolby Atmos sound.

Prince’s late-career and Grammy-nominated recording engineer, Chris James, remixed the recently discovered source audio, which had remained archived in Prince’s Paisley Park vault for over three decades. The new release of Prince and The Revolution: Live will be available June 3, and marks the first time that the concert will be available on vinyl (as a 3-LP set) and on CD (as a 2-CD/Blu-ray set).

In conjunction with the physical formats, Prince and The Revolution: Live is also the first Prince release to be made available to supporting digital streaming platforms in spatial audio, as it will be delivered in Dolby Atmos. 

The first preview track, show opener “Let’s Go Crazy,” was just made available. Pre-order Prince and The Revolution: Live and hear “Let’s Go Crazy”: https://Prince.lnk.to/Live1985PR

Experience the restored picture and watch Prince and The Revolution performing “Let’s Go Crazy” on Prince’s official YouTube channel: https://Prince.lnk.to/LetsGoCrazyLivePR

Additionally, a limited run Collector's Edition of the performance will be available exclusively from the official Prince Store. Housed in a luxe foil box, the set includes the remixed and remastered audio pressed onto 3 colored LPs (purple, red and gold vinyl), 2 CDs, the Blu-ray video, an expansive 44-page book complete with never-before-seen photos of the Purple Rain Tour, new liner notes highlighting stories and memories from all five members of The Revolution, and a 24 x 36 poster. The Collector’s Edition was designed by Grammy-nominated artist Mathieu Bitton and Grammy-nominated creative director and Prince associate Trevor Guy.

“Listening back to that Syracuse show, I’m like, wow, we sound like a freight train just coming out of nowhere,” says The Revolution’s BrownMark. “That was powerful. I’ve been to a lot of concerts, and I’ve never seen anything like that.”

In other Prince news, Chicago will glow purple this summer when Prince: The Immersive Experience makes its worldwide debut on June 9. Presented by Superfly in partnership with The Prince Estate, attendees will be invited to immerse themselves fully in the music and life of Prince. Tickets go on sale Thursday, March 31 at 10 a.m. CT exclusively at PrinceTheExperience.com.

CD/Blu-ray track list:

CD 1

Let's Go Crazy
Delirious
1999
Little Red Corvette
Take Me With U
Yankee Doodle
Do Me, Baby
Irresistible Bitch
Possessed
How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
Let's Pretend We're Married
International Lover
God
Computer Blue

CD 2

Darling Nikki
The Beautiful Ones
When Doves Cry
I Would Die 4 U
Baby, I'm a Star
Purple Rain

Blu-ray (region free)

Let’s Go Crazy
Delirious
1999
Little Red Corvette
Take Me With U
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Do Me, Baby
Irresistible Bitch
Possessed
How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore
Let’s Pretend We’re Married
International Lover
God
Computer Blue
Darling Nikki
The Beautiful Ones
When Doves Cry
I Would Die 4 U
Baby I’m A Star
Purple Rain