Purple Rain (film and album)
Bibliography
“100 Best Albums of the Eighties." Rolling Stone, November 16, 1989.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-albums-of-the-eighties-150477
Light, Alan. Let’s Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain. New York: Atria Books, 2014.
——— . “Prince / The Revolution: Around The World In A Day.” Pitchfork, April 29, 2016.
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21847-around-the-world-in-a-day
Matos, Michelangelo. “Everybody Is a Star: How the Rock Club First Avenue Made Minneapolis the Center of Music in the ‘80s.” Pitchfork, March 14, 2016.
https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9832-everybody-is-a-star-how-the-rock-club-first-avenue-made-minneapolis-the-center-of-music-in-the-80s
Noran, Rebecca. First Avenue and 7th St. Entry: Your Downtown Danceteria Since 1970. Minneapolis: First Avenue and 7th Street Entry, 2000.
“Oral History: Prince's Life, As Told by the People Who Knew Him Best.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 7, 2019.
https://www.startribune.com/oral-history-prince-s-life-as-told-by-the-people-who-knew-him-best/376586581
Palmer, Caroline. “Dancers Recall Prince as a Hard-Working Darling in Tights and Ballet Slippers.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 5, 2016.
Prince and Dan Piepenbring, ed. The Beautiful Ones. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2019.
Riemenschneider, Chris. “Prince and First Avenue: A History of the Club’s Ties to Its Brightest Star.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 30, 2016.
“Rock’s Reclusive Prince: A Rare Look Inside the Secret World of His Royal Badness.” People, November 1984.
Roise, Charlene, Elizabeth Gales, Kristen Koehlinger, Kathryn Goetz, and Kristen Zschomler. “Music History, 1850–2000: A Context.” Prepared for the City of Minneapolis, December 2018.
https://www.minneapolismn.gov/resident-services/property-housing/preservation/historic-preservation/theme-studies/music-history
“Watch Footage of Prince’s First-Ever Performance of ‘Purple Rain.’” Far Out, August 11, 2021.
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/prince-first-performance-purple-rain-rare-footage
Zschomler, Kristen. “Prince, 1958–1987: Multiple Property Document Form.” State Historic Preservation Office, St. Paul.
https://mn.gov/admin/assets/Prince%20MPDF_tcm36-445058.pdf
Chronology
1977
1980
1982
August 3, 1983
November 2, 1983
May 16, 1984
June 25, 1984
July 27, 1984
1984
January 1985
March 25, 1985
April 7, 1985
May 1985
2004
2012
Bibliography
“100 Best Albums of the Eighties." Rolling Stone, November 16, 1989.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-albums-of-the-eighties-150477
Light, Alan. Let’s Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain. New York: Atria Books, 2014.
——— . “Prince / The Revolution: Around The World In A Day.” Pitchfork, April 29, 2016.
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21847-around-the-world-in-a-day
Matos, Michelangelo. “Everybody Is a Star: How the Rock Club First Avenue Made Minneapolis the Center of Music in the ‘80s.” Pitchfork, March 14, 2016.
https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9832-everybody-is-a-star-how-the-rock-club-first-avenue-made-minneapolis-the-center-of-music-in-the-80s
Noran, Rebecca. First Avenue and 7th St. Entry: Your Downtown Danceteria Since 1970. Minneapolis: First Avenue and 7th Street Entry, 2000.
“Oral History: Prince's Life, As Told by the People Who Knew Him Best.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 7, 2019.
https://www.startribune.com/oral-history-prince-s-life-as-told-by-the-people-who-knew-him-best/376586581
Palmer, Caroline. “Dancers Recall Prince as a Hard-Working Darling in Tights and Ballet Slippers.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 5, 2016.
Prince and Dan Piepenbring, ed. The Beautiful Ones. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2019.
Riemenschneider, Chris. “Prince and First Avenue: A History of the Club’s Ties to Its Brightest Star.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 30, 2016.
“Rock’s Reclusive Prince: A Rare Look Inside the Secret World of His Royal Badness.” People, November 1984.
Roise, Charlene, Elizabeth Gales, Kristen Koehlinger, Kathryn Goetz, and Kristen Zschomler. “Music History, 1850–2000: A Context.” Prepared for the City of Minneapolis, December 2018.
https://www.minneapolismn.gov/resident-services/property-housing/preservation/historic-preservation/theme-studies/music-history
“Watch Footage of Prince’s First-Ever Performance of ‘Purple Rain.’” Far Out, August 11, 2021.
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/prince-first-performance-purple-rain-rare-footage
Zschomler, Kristen. “Prince, 1958–1987: Multiple Property Document Form.” State Historic Preservation Office, St. Paul.
https://mn.gov/admin/assets/Prince%20MPDF_tcm36-445058.pdf