Purple Rain

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CTL-W-0020 · Work

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Combined Graph record U-00136 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0020. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Album title: Purple Rain Artist: Prince Release year: 1984

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Album title: Purple Rain Artist: Prince Release year: 1984

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Year: 1984
Work type: album

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Album title: Purple Rain Artist: Prince Release year: 1984

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