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

Prince
"Raspberry Beret"
Late 1982, early 1983 version. From the "1999 tour" rehearsals
RARE
Soundboard HQ

PJ

[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... 😉

[alessandrotinchini]

The instrumental section in the middle is SUPERB.

[papa_pt]

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

[ThesGamingGuy]

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!

[stephaniemeals]

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.

[richardpapper]

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

[MauriceDay-emxy]

This is simply incredible. Prince. No one comes close

[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 :)

[LuciusGraciusMaximus]

My favorite prince track, glad I found this version

[burtmcaster]

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 🤯

[dee]

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

[chiaraacquistapace]

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

[raffaelepigneri]

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

[t-sm]

Stripped down to the strings.love the rawness💔

[wannacat]

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..

[nicksimon]

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

[newhorizonsforfifty]

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

[modifiedcontent]

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

[jeanmarcweill]

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