The Prince estate has released a new remixed and remastered live version of the late musician’s hit song ‘1999’ – listen to it below.
It’s a preview track from Prince and the Revolution’s historic ‘Purple Rain’ tour performance at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York on March 30, 1985. On June 3, an “entirely enhanced and reconstructed” ‘Prince and the Revolution: Live set’ will be released.
Prince’s gig at the Carrier Dome was part of the ‘Purple Rain Tour’ and was broadcast live internationally via satellite at the time, and was later released as Prince and The Revolution: Live.
According to a press release, Prince and the Revolution: Live will premiere on PBS stations from June 4 and will be distributed globally by Sony Music Entertainment for digital purchase and rental from June 7.
The high-energy, dance version of ‘1999’ can be seen below:
Recently, newly unearthed footage of Prince arguing for better pay for teachers when he was 11 years old has made its way onto the internet.
The rare footage – filmed in 1970 – was discovered in the archive room of Minneapolis television station WCCO by production manager Matt Liddy, who was searching the archives in order to place the teacher’s strike that took place in the same earlier this year into better context.
According to Stereogum, once Liddy came across the footage, he “immediately just went out to the newsroom and started showing people and saying, ‘I’m not gonna tell you who I think this is, but who do you think this is?’”
WCCO then brought in a specialist to restore audio to the footage, and they tracked down a local historian and a childhood friend of Prince’s to confirm that the child in the footage was indeed Prince.
In the video, a young Prince is seen being interviewed about the Minneapolis teacher’s strike that occurred in 1970. “I think they should get a better education too cause, um, and I think they should get some more money cause they work, they be working extra hours for us and all that stuff,” he says.
In other Prince news, Prince: The Immersive Experience will debut in Chicago this summer, where fans can “immerse themselves fully in the music and life of Prince”.
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