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In this Feb. 18, 1985 file photo, Prince performs at the Forum in
Inglewood, Calif.
Associated Press
‘Purple Rain’ re-issue to feature
unreleased Prince songs
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A remastered version of Prince’s In this Nov. 2, 2016 file photo, Brad Paisley performs at the 50th annual CMA Awards in Nashville,
landmark album “Purple Rain” will be released this Tenn. Paisley’s newest album, “Love and War,” was released this month.
summer with several previously unreleased songs.
NPG Records and Warner Bros. Records announced Associated Press
Friday that two remastered versions of the 1984 album
will be released June 23. The labels said Prince himself Brad Paisley wanted fans to
oversaw the remastering process in 2015 and the two-
disc “Purple Rain Deluxe” set will include six unreleased listen, so he shot a movie
tracks.
Among the unreleased tracks are a solo version of KRISTIN M. HALL stunning and complex have never seen him miss a
the song “Possessed” and a studio version of “Electric Associated Press musical project, which
Intercourse.” NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Paisley said he hasn’t even note on the solos. And that
An expanded edition will include a third disc of B-sides Brad Paisley will do anything watched in its entirety.
and a DVD of a 1985 performance by Prince and the to get fans to listen to an After finishing his record, is crazy to me.”
Revolution in Syracuse, New York. Both releases are entire album front to back, Paisley thought he could
available for pre-order on Friday. q even shoot an hour-long create a story line out of his The video highlights
visual album featuring Mick song sequence.
In this Sept. 19, 2016, file photo, Vogue editor Anna Wintour Jagger, Timbaland, John “Basically we used the Paisley’s natural on-camera
poses for photographers upon arrival at the Burberry Spring/ Fogerty and an unfinished album as a script,” Paisley
Summer 2017 fashion show at London Fashion Week in London. Johnny Cash song. said. “There’s chapters. charisma and his ease
The Grammy-winning There’s couplets.”
Associated Press country singer, songwriter Paisley pulled together at transitioning through
and guitarist spent less an army of people to
Gwyneth Paltrow creating Goop than a month shooting accomplish the task in multiple topics, such as
magazine with Anna Wintour sequences for each one the short time frame and
of the 15 songs on his new included scenes shot on playing the comedian in
NEW YORK (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow and Vogue editor record, “Love and War,” an aircraft carrier, in a
Anna Wintour are teaming up to take the actress’ Goop to make what he’s calling shopping mall, at a burnt a funny segment about
website to print through a partnership with magazine the first visual album in church, at the Grand Ole
publisher Conde Nast. country music. The video is Opry and in his home our selfie-obsessed culture
Wintour, who is also the artistic director at Conde Nast, available for streaming on town square with hundreds
says that through the Goop brand, Paltrow has built a Apple Music on Friday (the of extras. He included but also wielding enough
“thoroughly modern take on how we live today.” album was released last cameos from his actress
The first issue of Goop magazine is slated for a September week). wife, Kimberly Williams- gravitas to call out the lack
newsstand release. The magazine will be published “I am a big fan of Paisley, for a “Stranger
quarterly and will revolve around the wellness themes this art form called an Things”-inspired sequence, of support for veterans in
seen on Goop.com. q album,” Paisley said during as well as David Hasselhoff
an interview Wednesday and KITT the car from another section.
at the Country Music Hall “Knight Rider.”
of Fame and Museum Jeff Venable, one of the “One of those without the
in Nashville, Tennessee, directors on the visual
where he screened the album, said Paisley himself other is either too light or
visual album for the first would spend all night
time for fans. “I have a lot helping to finish the editing too dark,” Paisley said of his
to say and I can’t say it in or shooting scenes in
10 songs.” between his gigs. song choices on the album.
Paisley is not aiming to “There were some days
compete with Beyonce’s where we shot three videos “It’s a Skywalker balance
powerful “Lemonade,” in a day,” Venable said.
which combined songs “The most amazing thing kind of thing.”
and videos into a visually about Brad on camera is I
Finding common ground
is Paisley’s specialty. When
hit-making producer
Timbaland came into the
studio with Paisley, they
found their middle ground
was bluegrass. On the
Jagger-Paisley co-written
“Drive of Shame,” the
impact that the Rolling
Stones had on country
music was the underlying
thread.
“They are the greatest rock
band in the world and
a top five country one,”
Paisley said. “I didn’t have
to change at all because I
have been ripping them off
since I first started.”q
