PRINCE - Sign O' the Times 8CD/1 DVD box

8 CD+Dvd, Deluxe Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Box Set

Prince‘s 1987 album Sign O’ The Times will be reissued and amongst the formats are two enormous CD and vinyl super deluxe editions that offer a massive 63 previously unreleased tracks, including 45 studio ‘vault’ tracks.

The 45 vault tracks are full of unreleased gems including a 1979 version of ‘I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man‘, two unreleased versions of ‘Strange Relationship‘ (including a Shep Pettibone club remix!), alternate versions of ‘The Ballad of Dorothy Parker‘ and ‘Forever in My Life‘ and a fantastic amount of songs that Prince simply never issued, many of which were destined for three aborted albums conceived in 1986: The Dream Factory, Camille and Crystal Ball. These songs include ‘Rebirth of the Flesh‘, two completely different versions of ‘Witness 4 the Prosecution‘ and ‘Wonderful Day‘

Super Deluxe Edition: • The Super Deluxe Edition contains 92 audio tracks, of which 63 are previously unreleased, including 45 studio tracks from Prince’s legendary Vault. • The Super Deluxe Edition opens with Prince’s iconic album, Sign O’ The Times, dazzlingly remastered for the very first time by Prince’s original mastering engineer Bernie Grundman. • The set also includes an entire previously unreleased audio recording of Prince’s Sign O’ The Times tour performance in Utrecht, Netherlands, on June 20, 1987 • The DVD features a complete previously unreleased recording of Prince’s benefit performance at Paisley Park, December 31st, 1987. The show includes Prince’s only on-stage collaboration with Miles Davis. • Both CD and LP sets are housed in a 12” box, and accompanied by a 12” 120 page hardback book featuring: o Brand new liner notes by: William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of African American Studies, Theater Studies, American Studies, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale University – Daphne Brooks; US comedian Dave Chapelle; audio engineer Susan Rogers; and Minneapolis music scene commentator Andrea Swensson. Foreword by Lenny Kravitz. o Detailed notes on the Vault Tracks by Prince scholar Duane Tudahl o Rare and previously unseen photography by Jeff Katz o Prince’s handwritten lyrics

Deluxe Edition: • Prince’s iconic album, Sign O’ The Times, has been remastered for the very first time by Prince’s original mastering engineer Bernie Grundman. • CD1-2 / LP1-2: Sign O’ The Times album (2020 Remaster) • CD3 / LP3-4: 13x singles mixes and edits, all newly remastered

Remastered album: • Prince’s iconic album, Sign O’ The Times, has been remastered for the very first time by Prince’s original mastering engineer Bernie Grundman. • The new remastered 2LP is being pressed on 180g peach coloured vinyl (for initial run only, then reverting to black vinyl)

• - 1 -

  • 1. Sign O' the Times
  • 2. Play In the Sunshine
  • 3. Housequake
  • 4. The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
  • 5. It
  • 6. Starfish and Coffee
  • 7. Slow Love
  • 8. Hot Thing
  • 9. Forever In My Life

• - 2 -

  • 1. U Got the Look
  • 2. If I Was Your Girlfriend
  • 3. Strange Relationship
  • 4. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
  • 5. The Cross
  • 6. It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night
  • 7. Adore

• - 3 -

  • 1. Sign O' the Times (7" Single Edit)
  • 2. La, La, La, He, He, Hee (7" Single Edit)
  • 3. La, La, La, He, He, Hee (Highly Explosive) (7" Single Edit)
  • 4. If I Was Your Girlfriend (7" Single Edit)
  • 5. Shockadelica ("If I Was Your Girlfriend" B-Side)
  • 6. Shockadelica (12" Long Version)
  • 7. U Got the Look (Long Look) (12" Edit)
  • 8. Housequake (7" Edit)
  • 9. Housequake (7 Minutes Moquake) (12" Edit)
  • 10. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (Fade 7" Edit)
  • 11. Hot Thing (7" Single Edit)
  • 12. Hot Thing (Extended Remix)
  • 13. Hot Thing (Dub Version)

• - 4 -

  • 1. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (1979 Version)
  • 2. Teacher, Teacher (1985 Version)
  • 3. All My Dreams
  • 4. Can I Play With U? (Featuring Miles Davis)
  • 5. Wonderful Day (Original Version)
  • 6. Strange Relationship (Original Version)
  • 7. Visions
  • 8. The Ballad of Dorothy Parker (With Horns)
  • 9. Witness 4 the Prosecution (Version 1)
  • 10. Power Fantastic (Live In Studio)
  • 11. And That Says What?
  • 12. Love and Sex
  • 13. A Place In Heaven (Prince Vocal)
  • 14. Colors
  • 15. Crystal Ball (7" Mix)
  • 16. Big Tall Wall (Version 1)
  • 17. Nevaeh Ni Ecalp A
  • 18. In a Large Room With No Light

• - 5 -

  • 1. Train
  • 2. It Ain't Over 'Til the Fat Lady Sings
  • 3. Eggplant (Prince Vocal)
  • 4. Everybody Want What They Don't Got
  • 5. Blanche
  • 6. Soul Psychodelicide
  • 7. The Ball
  • 8. Adonis and Bathsheba
  • 9. Forever In My Life (Early Vocal Studio Run-Through)
  • 10. Crucial (Alternate Lyrics)
  • 11. The Cocoa Boys
  • 12. When the Dawn of the Morning Comes
  • 13. Witness 4 the Prosecution (Version 2)
  • 14. It Be's Like That Sometimes

• - 6 -

  • 1. Emotional Pump
  • 2. Rebirth of the Flesh (With Original Outro)
  • 3. Cosmic Day
  • 4. Walkin' In Glory
  • 5. Wally
  • 6. I Need a Man
  • 7. Promise To Be True
  • 8. Jealous Girl (Version 2)
  • 9. There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool
  • 10. Big Tall Wall (Version 2)
  • 11. A Place In Heaven (Lisa Vocal)
  • 12. Wonderful Day (12" Mix)
  • 13. Strange Relationship (1987 Shep Pettibone Club Mix)

• - 7 -

  • 1. Intro/Sign O' the Times
  • 2. Play In the Sunshine
  • 3. Little Red Corvette
  • 4. Housequake
  • 5. Girls & Boys
  • 6. Slow Love
  • 7. Take the "A" Train/Pacemaker/I Could Never Take the Place of
  • 8. Hot Thing
  • 9. Four

• - 8 -

  • 1. If I Was Your Girlfriend
  • 2. Let's Go Crazy
  • 3. When Doves Cry
  • 4. Purple Rain
  • 5. 1999
  • 6. Forever In My Life
  • 7. Kiss
  • 8. The Cross
  • 9. It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night

• - 9 -

  • 1. Sign O' the Times
  • 2. Play In the Sunshine
  • 3. Little Red Corvette
  • 4. Erotic City
  • 5. Housequake
  • 6. Slow Love
  • 7. Do Me, Baby
  • 8. Adore
  • 9. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
  • 10. What's Your Name Jam
  • 11. Let's Pretend We're Married
  • 12. Delirious
  • 13. Jack U Off
  • 14. Drum Solo
  • 15. Twelve
  • 16. Hot Thing
  • 17. If I Was Your Girlfriend
  • 18. Let's Go Crazy
  • 19. When Doves Cry
  • 20. Purple Rain
  • 21. 1999
  • 22. U Got the Look
  • 23. It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night Medley (Feat. Miles Davis)

EAN Code 0603497847563