V/A: Purple Snow - Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound

Various Artists

Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound

Numero Group

Here we have a double disc compilation that aims to place some of the antecedents to that disco/funk/soul/R’n’B/pop sound that Prince made his own. A goldmine for deep-cut enthusiasts, Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound features plenty of obvious names including early J…