Prince Purple Rain Dolby Atmos Blu-ray edition to be released
By Dan Biggane | March 6, 2025
A Prince Purple Rain Dolby Atmos Blu-ray edition is to be released this April.
NPG Records and Paisley Park Enterprises, in partnership with Warner Records, have announced the release of a brand new audiophile Blu-ray featuring 2024’s Dolby Atmos mix of Prince And The Revolution’s iconic 1984 album, Purple Rain.
The release, which also includes Prince’s original 1984 stereo mix, in high-definition 24bit / 96kHz audio, will be available on sale from 25 April.
Prince shattered all expectations and made music history when he released the album Purple Rain, followed by the hit movie of the same name weeks later. The nine-track LP went on to win two Grammy awards, two American Music Awards, a Brit Award, and an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score.
In 2012 the Library of Congress added the album to the National Recording Registry, which only accepts sound recordings that “are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States.”
Purple Rain spent 24 weeks at No.1 on the Billboard album charts, sold over 25 million copies worldwide, and appears on countless ‘Best Of’ polls, most recently achieving the No.4 spot on Apple Music’s Top 100 Albums Of All Time.
Iconic Work
Paisley Park Enterprises said: “In 2024 we started our year-long celebration of the 40th anniversary of Purple Rain, we are thrilled to present Prince’s masterpiece in ATMOS, providing an immersive, surround auditory experience of Prince’s legendary album.
“This highly crafted release will present Prince’s iconic work with more space and depth while preserving the beautiful songs that have shaped music and popular culture, and touched the lives of countless fans around the world.”
Warner Bros Discovery also reissued a newly restored 4K version of the Purple Rain motion picture on 25 June 2024 with a limited theatrical run. In addition to these Purple Rain reissues, his catalogue is also now available in full on Snapchat and other social media for the next generation of fans to engage, discover and enjoy.
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