Description
Release : 10-10-2025
One-Step vinyl is the ultimate vinyl pressing. Because Sound Matters’ meticulous One-Step process creates the definitive-sounding audiophile version of the all-time classic album, Prince’s Purple Rain. 192kHz/24bit files transferred from the original EQ’d analog master tapes have been used to ensure Purple Rain has never sounded better!
This initial pressing of this One-Step version is limited to 6,000 copies. The album is housed inside a top-quality, uniquely designed numbered slipcase. The enclosed LP will feature an “Old Style” single pocket gatefold tip-on jacket with original artwork, including the original inner sleeve and poster.
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, they used an original 192kHz/24bit file transfer, as opposed to a more recent 96kHz/24bit update.
They listened and analyzed many different vinyl LP pressings. Most of those sounded very good, but what they accomplished was being able to surpass the sound of original 45RPM 12″ pressings of the singles. Not an easy task considering the length of sides on Purple Rain and, in the process, created the best sounding version of this iconic record ever.
- Numbered, Limited Edition
- First Pressing Limited to 6,000 Copies
- One-Step Vinyl LP
- Neotech VR900-D2 180g High-Definition Vinyl
- Audio Source: 192/24 Files from the Original EQ’d Analog Master Tapes
- Vinyl Mastering by Levi Seitz at Black Belt Mastering
- One-Step Process by Dorin Sauerbier at Record Technology, Inc.
- Pressed at Record Technology Inc.
- Packaging by Stoughton Printing Company
- Top Quality, Uniquely Designed & Branded Because Sound Matters Slipcase
- Gatefold “Old-Style” Tip-On Jacket with Original Artwork, Original Inner Sleeve & Poster
Tracklist:
- 1. Let’s Go Crazy
- 2. Take Me With U
- 3. The Beautiful Ones
- 4. Computer Blue
- 5. Darling Nikki
- 6. When Doves Cry
- 7. I Would Die 4 U
- 8. Baby I’m a Star
- 9. Purple Rain
