Prince – Purple Rain – 180g 33RPM Warner Records One Step Vinyl

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.

Purple Rain was recorded, mixed and mastered on analog tape including a couple live performances captured at First Avenue in Minneapolis. Only a ¼” EQ’d analog master tape was ever delivered to Warner Bros. by Prince — clearly a sign that was the source he ALWAYS wanted to be used in manufacturing. After 40 years, Because Sound Matters did not want to run the risk of additional wear and tear on this iconic tape as several playbacks would be necessary in the One-Step process — so, we used an original 192kHz/24bit file transfer, as opposed to a more recent 96kHz/24bit update.

We listened and analyzed many different vinyl LP pressings. Most of those sounded very good, but what we accomplished was being able to surpass the sound of original 45 RPM 12″ pressings of the singles. Not an easy task considering the length of sides on Purple Rain … we hope you agree we did, and in the process created the best sounding version of this iconic record ever.