Purplest of tunes to be released from beyond the grave

Warner Bros Records is about to unveil two projects by the late megastar Prince that include previously unreleased material. Prince 4Ever is a 40-song compilation of his biggest hits from his Warner Bros days along with the previously unreleased song Moonbeam Levels, recorded in 1982. It's due in US stores on November 22 and will feature a booklet with new Prince photos shot by photographer Herb Ritts. Warner Bros also says the Purple Rain deluxe reissue will come early next year. It will feature a second album of unreleased songs. Meanwhile, a US judge has said he'll try to rule quickly on whether Minnesota state law entitles a purported niece, grandniece, and nephew of Prince to press their claims to shares in the late rock superstar's estate. Lawyers for Prince's siblings said that the purported family members' claims should be rejected because they're not Prince's blood relatives, which they argued is required under a 2010 rewrite of the state's probate code. But lawyers for the would-be heirs cited a 2003 Minnesota Supreme Court decision, which they said is still valid, in arguing they don't need a genetic link. But Moonbeam Levels better not suck.