Prince - "Raspberry Beret" (late 82, early 83 version)

[@ehlerhog]

This is how it's done. You get the gist of the song structure and while it swims around in your head you start to hear it in different ways. Prince recorded everything and could revisit ideas and iron them out and added flavor and colors til.... wah lah... 😉

[@ethanthomas68]

Indeed! It’s a wonderful thing to listen in on the creative process. It was a rocker at this point, Prince eventually took the edge off to make it more commercial.

[@blueser100]

Yes but the final version arrangement was heavily influenced by David Coleman and Jonathan Melvoin.

[@uploadvidz4490]

​@@blueser100 Clare Fischer definitely had a hand in the record also

[@NOWtheband]

@@uploadvidz4490 - According to the Duane Tudahl book and PrinceVault website, Fischer definitely didn't have anything to do with Raspberry Beret. Of course the song itself was arranged and produced by Prince but the strings on that track were arranged and conducted by Wendy & Lisa (with Lisa's input being more prominent). The earliest input by Fischer was around October 1984 for The Family LP. The strings for Raspberry Beret were done about a month earlier. 🙂

[@papa_pt]

Love how sneaky Prince is with his guitar skills. Most people don't know he can RIP

[@alessandrotinchini1310]

The instrumental section in the middle is SUPERB.

[@decadesmusiclover]

This version is 🔥🔥.

[@MauriceDay-em1xy]

This is simply incredible. Prince. No one comes close

[@nb1hk]

If Raspberry Beret was in Purple Rain or even 1999, this is what it would’ve sounded like.

[@PrinceLeaker]

Glad it was saved late 84-85ish, great tune but it was missing something. Glad it was updated and became the version we all know so well.

[@JANXDPDX]

this would've ruined 1999

[@ronaldnelson6692]

@nb1hk I'm thinking more Controversy. 1999 and Purple rain had a lot of Linn Drums in them.

[@Bloss2187]

It would match that deleted barn scene if Apollonia wore a beret

[@richardpapper186]

My all time favourite prince song just got all kinds of better

[@LJBurns]

Man I love this version more than original....and I LOVE the original. PLEASE RELEASE THE STUDIO VERSION PRINCE ESTATE!

[@ChicagolandAviation747]

This would be a perfect inclusion in a deluxe ATWIAD release

[@jat13]

They looked for it for the 1999 box set but couldn't find any trace of a 1982 version at the time.

[@LJBurns]

@@jat13 wow! source? That'll be truly unfortunate if they are unable to find the studio version...

[@gabriels1869]

@@LJBurns Here's the interview: www.superdeluxeedition.com/interview/prince-archivist-michael-howe-talks-sde-through-1999-bonus-material/ Michael Howe said he thinks Prince overdubbed the 1982 version when he released it in 1985.

[@stephaniemeals4983]

This is what I was just reading about in the Purple Rain sessions book Dez saying there was an earlier demo version, but Susan Rogers didn't recall this demo ever existing.

[@友沢久美-y8g]

Princeは誰よりも偉大。

[@cisumsevolbor]

What a superb pre-example of how a song can be tweaked, adjusted, refined, honed.

[@wrockage]

wow, this version IS a jam! i really like it. love the guitar solo of course. thanks for sharing!

[@avace917]

I wish I could see a good video of them playing this at the Purple Rain Tour. That's how I first heard this song. He introduced it. That's how I knew what it was when it was released a couple of months later Well look at that. Not only did I find it, this very well be the show that I saw. He did 6 shows at Nassau Coliseum

[@The90sGamingGuy]

The final version of this song I've been listening to every day on a station that plays a mix of music. I like this version of the song better than the final cut. Great stuff!

[@blueser100]

One of my all time favs. This song came to life as a result of the involvement of the Colemans and the Melvoins.

[@aprilreign7840]

Long live PRN #legacy!💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@markklimek2657]

This is shockingly good.

[@kchillhall1968]

May u live 2 c the dawn.

[@NAIVADA]

This is great! it was good to wait, for it fits so well on ATWIAD! And retrospectively it really seems like the song "Take me with U" was made as a little cousin for this one :)

[@Mars-pf6vu]

Wow! It's just as well Prince worked on Raspberry Beret before it was released in '85 but this demo sounds pretty good especially his guitarng

[@LuciusGraciusMaximus]

My favorite prince track , glad I found this version

[@burtmcaster4739]

Love this! Prince is one of the greatest guitarists of all time and I don’t think he gets enough credit for that. Would love to see a vid of this performance 🤯

[@wannacat008]

love the raw but the violin additions were ,dare i say, revolutionary..the dude just could'nt lose back then..except that opera stretch back in the early nineties..

[@reginaldwoods7954]

Love this version!!!

[@nicksimon7364]

We heard this existed but finally able to hear it 🔥 - now, if we could just get that When Doves Cry w/ bass...

[@3t-sm954]

Stripped down to the strings.love the rawness💔

[@chiaraacquistapace4345]

Thanks for sharing these wonderful tracks, especially all the rehearsals.. They're so precious 💜💜💜

[@gwenrobinson7433]

💜

[@andreaat2757]

Thanks!!! ^^ this is a jewel!!!!

[@tuxthekid]

Simply Amazing Tks 4 sharing

[@raffaelepigneri1413]

Great stuff!!! Keep it coming!!!🤟🏿🤟🏿🤟🏿

[@dee1380]

that guitar solo would have made it chart even in 82 or early 83.

[@jazzbquick389]

This version sounds like it go on the Sign O' The Times album.

[@juniorlee9341]

I agree

[@purpleflowers699]

@Tony 🖤💜🖤Get ready for the new half-ass book that’s coming out, having to do with the making of both the ‘ Parade ‘ and ‘ Sign ‘O The Times ‘ eras. It’s a follow up to the one “ about “ the making of the ‘ Purple Rain ‘ album. Can’t remember the actual name of either book and I’m thankful for that. It’s going to be full of the same W&L crap that the first had. What I don’t get is why is the “ author “ combining ‘ Parade ‘ with ‘ Sign ‘O The Times ‘? If he’s going to do a combination of albums, wouldn’t it had make more sense to combine, ‘ Around The World In A Day ‘, with ‘ Parade ‘? The ‘ Sign ‘O The Times ‘ album ‘ deserves a book of it’s own, and has no real connection to the other two albums, except for the fact that Prince is the creator of all three. None of those books are ever going to be very accurate without the participation of the man who created all of them...Prince. Instead we’ll end up with the usual self grandiose, mis-information, lies and hearsay by those former ex-employees who have an imaginary ax to grind. I got sucked into getting the first volume, it won’t happen again.🖤💜🖤

[@jadasmith5385]

@@purpleflowers699 only Prince books I want are the ones with the pictures of him. Everything else no.

[@brianinglis3805]

@@purpleflowers699All tracks from Around the World in a Day were covered in the Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions: 1983 and 1984 book because they were recorded in 1984, Pop Life was actually recorded a month before When Doves Cry. Some of the tracks that ended up on Sign o the Times were recorded during the Parade sessions that's why the book is called Prince and the Parade and Sign O' The Times Era Studio Sessions: 1985 and 1986.

[@newhorizonsforfifty2833]

Anybody heart the coda at the end of Purple Rain when listening to this?

[@Realigndadjmusic]

E! 🔥 #AnotherGem

[@dizavenue]

What’s this from? It’s AMAZING!! Thanks for posting!!!!!

[@CmputrBlu]

From Prince Vault. "The track was originally recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California on 27 April 1982 (a day before Something In The Water (Does Not Compute), a day a after How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California." I assume that info refers to this version :)

[@safir2115]

Sounds much like rehearsals

[@CmputrBlu]

@@safir2115 I think if it was actually rehearsals you'd hear Prince giving instructions to the band. :)

[@safir2115]

@@CmputrBlu No not necessarily, even on some sound checks you don’t hear him giving instructions during the song. On that one this is an extract, so who can tell he didn’t gave his advices before and/or after they played the song ? Anyway none of us was there that day at this very moment so we can only speculate... rehearsals, sound checks, a work in progress... who knows 😉

[@CmputrBlu]

@@safir2115 But did he actually ever do this version live that it would warrant a rehearsal with the band? I suspect this is just one version Prince recorded on the voyage to the final version. Not that it matters. But you are right, anything is possible :)

[@braviafeed]

What boot is this from? Fantastic upload thx!

[@chrishawkins6535]

Love ya man but album version preferred.{rest in purple}

[@jeanmarcweill6630]

Je croyais qu’elle était apparue lors des rehearsals du PR Tour ...

[@seanmcloughlin3454]

Oh yeah for sure. Could agree more!

[@hiesenberg1724]

the sea is my maiden

[@maddeypuppets]

is it now

[@modifiedcontent]

I love how messy this is, with bad notes and wrong chords. Just a bunch of 20-somethings jamming.

[@rustyglock212]

Was this live at Nassau Coliseum soundcheck?

[@kingsports1113]

Dez

[@lukemccann2024]

Very Steve winwood

[@kerrydougherty166]

BS!