Prince

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Release Date: 10/03/2025
Format: LP
Label: NPG Records / Warner Records / Rhino
Release type: Indie Exclusive 180 Gram High Performance Vinyl LP Pressing. 

One-Step vinyl is the ultimate vinyl pressing. 
Because Sound Matters' meticulous One-Step process creates the definitive sounding audiophile version of the all-time classic album, Prince ‘Purple Rain’. 
192kHz/24bit files transferred from the original EQ’d analog master tapes have been used to ensure ‘Purple Rain’ has never sounded better!

This initial pressing of this One-Step version is limited to 6,000 copies. The album is housed inside a top quality, uniquely designed numbered slipcase. The enclosed LP will feature an “Old Style” single pocket gatefold tip-on jacket with original artwork, including the original inner sleeve and poster.

Special care has been taken to faithfully preserve the original sound with exceptional clarity and depth, capturing the recording's nuances and subtleties at every step, in order to create the best sounding record possible. 

The One-Step process is highly regarded among audiophiles and collectors for its unparalleled sound fidelity and represents the pinnacle of vinyl manufacturing craftsmanship.
BSM One-Step Details:

Audio Source:  192kHz/24bit files transferred from the original EQ’d analog master tapes

Vinyl Compound: Neotech VR900-D2 180g High Performance Vinyl

Vinyl Mastering: Levi Seitz at Black Belt Mastering

One-Step Process: Dorin Sauerbier at Record Technology, Inc.

Pressing: Record Technology, Inc.

Packaging & Print: Stoughton Printing Company

Backdrop  
Having sold over 25 million copies ‘Purple Rain’ isn’t only one of the best-selling records of all time, it is considered a creative masterpiece. A classic for all time! 

In 2010, ‘Purple Rain‘ was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.  In 2012, the album was added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important".  In 2019 the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.

In the United States, Purple Rain debuted at number 11 on the Billboard Top 200 the week of July 14, 1984.  After four weeks on chart, it reached number one on August 4, 1984.  The album spent 24 consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Top 200 from August 4, 1984, to January 18, 1985, and more than 32 weeks in the top 10, becoming one of the most successful soundtracks ever. Prince also joined Elvis Presley and The Beatles being the only artists to have the number one album, single and film in the US all at the same time 

1. Let's Go Crazy 
   
2. Take Me With U 
   
3. The Beautiful Ones 
   
4. Computer Blue 
   
5. Darling Nikki 
   
6. When Doves Cry 
   
7. I Would Die 4 U 
   
8. Baby I'm A Star 
   
9. Purple Rain