Modernaire is released!!!!!

Hi all -- I've been waiting for a week to post this (as a newbie to the site one has to wait) but just in case you didn't all know Dez Dickerson's "Modernaire" from Purple Rain has at last been released for consumption! It's a vinyl only release in the UK but I for one am terribly excited . . . here's a link:

http://www.juno.co.uk/ppp...701-01.htm

Are there any unreleased tracks left from Purple Rain?

Peace
Blaksoulfire

Cool!

You can also get it directly from Dez, on CD. And, his MySpace site says you can download it:

http://www.myspace.com/dezdickerson

Thanks for the info!

wow - only 25 years later! However, I still do want to hear the entire song as it is a underground classic track from Purple Rain

RodeoSchro said:

Love Life,
Love God,
And Only Do Drugs You Need

Pichu..Pichu...

The mixes are all pretty crappy. I'm guess the source for this is no different than that of the release on Dez's 2CD set?

Still a nice little (semi-official?) item for those who never picked up the Retrospective set a few years back



[Edited 9/22/08 2:48am]

did Prince write this song?

garganta said:

Official release, Dez approved it !!

xenophobia2002 said:

NouveauDance said:

Ugh. This vinyl release is just a straight pirate. The other mixes have nothing to do with the original. Poor Dez. I doubt he even knows this is out there. What a shame.

SoulAlive said:

Copped it. Thanks.

Warner's should have released this the summer of 84. This single would have been a HUGE hit for them and Dez.

garganta said:

blackguitaristz said:

The source is the same as the Retrospective set (thought as much).

Back of the record says "mastered from an analogue recording of the original master".

Also credits are:

Written by Dez Dickerson
Lead vocals by Dez Dickerson; guitars, synthesizers and backing vocals by Prince
Produced and recorded at the Purple House basement studio Chanhassen.

IIRC, there were no such writing credits on the Retrospective CD set or the book(let) that came with it.


Edit:

Jestyr said:

mplsmike said:

RodeoSchro said:

You can also get it directly from Dez, on CD. And, his MySpace site says you can download it

I found a copy of Modernaire almost 2 maybe 3 years ago... and its taken from cd.

here's a link directly to the site that's selling the single, with info about the download version as well:

http://www.citinite.com/

SoulAlive said:

Kinda blows that you pay 16.50 for the vinyl and they still want $1.35 per track for digital downloads as well.

ElCapitan said:

Was I what u wanted me 2 b?
Snooze Crew - founding member

Just downloaded the original version. Oh well, only took 24 years for me to get it!

Sounds so nice! Would go well with Sex Shooter, etc from the same era on a compilation.

Hell, I've had this one for years.

Wave your wildsigns high!!

Ummm...way to ride that wave, Dez...

Just kidding...I'll be looking to download this one!

It wasn't that special then and i assume it will sound the same now...
NEXT.....

You can get the download here:

http://www.zero-inch.com/label/citinite

I LOVE "MODERNAIRE" but I must say, it has kinda become "larger than life" because of it's absence...
It's a fun little track, the full version is cool..that is all..