The agreement for the two films is said to potentially be a “multi-million dollar deal” thanks to the rarity of the footage. The concert film covers Prince’s August 3, 1983 show in Minneapolis, at which time he debuted numerous songs for the first time from the soundtrack to Purple Rain<\/em>, which released in theaters the year after in 1984. The footage is said to be exhaustive enough that the winning streaming service could use it to create and produce a documentary about the making of the concert film.<\/p>\n The lucky streaming service isn\u2019t likely to be Carter\u2019s employer, though: the estate is talking to a range of Spotify\u2019s rivals including Apple Music, sources say.<\/p>\n The storied show at Minneapolis\u2019s First Avenue nightclub was a surprise gig billed as a benefit for the Minnesota Dance Theatre, with a set list that included \u201cLet\u2019s Go Crazy\u201d and \u201cPurple Rain.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Demand for Prince’s robust back catalogue of songs has increased following the artist’s death in April of 2016, and this past February his music became available to stream<\/a> on Apple Music, as well as services like Spotify, Google Play Music, and Pandora. Prince’s music was previously exclusive to Tidal after he pulled all of his tracks from everything but the Jay Z-owned service in July of 2015.<\/p>\n If Apple acquired rights to Prince’s unreleased concert footage, the late artist’s films would be the newest in a line of exclusive music documentaries that Apple Music has acquired over the past few years. In the first year of Apple’s music streaming service, it launched Taylor Swift’s 1989 World Tour LIVE<\/a> film, and last month announced that Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs’ documentary Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop<\/em><\/a> will be hitting Apple Music this June.<\/p>\n Discuss this article<\/a> in our forums<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/05\/prince-purple-rain-concert.jpg\")
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\nHelping to negotiate terms of the deal is Troy Carter, an executive from Spotify and advisor to the Prince estate, but the sources believe that Spotify “isn’t likely” to become the exclusive home of the Prince films.
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