Holy Christmas, Batman! It’s been announced that my favorite Prince album, Sign o’ the Times, will be released in an 8 CD/1 DVD Super Deluxe Edition this coming September.
The Super Deluxe Edition includes all the audio material that Prince officially released in 1987, as well as 45 previously unissued studio songs recorded between May 1979 and July 1987, and a complete live audio performance from the June 20, 1987 stop on the “Sign O’ The Times” Tour at Stadium Galgenwaard in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Also included is a brand-new DVD containing the complete, previously unreleased New Year’s Eve benefit concert at Paisley Park on December 31, 1987, which was Prince’s final performance of the “Sign O’ The Times” Tour stage show and his only on-stage collaboration with jazz legend Miles Davis.
The Super Deluxe Edition set also features a 120-page hardcover book containing Prince’s previously unseen handwritten lyrics for many of the songs from the era, including the hits “U Got The Look,” “I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man,” and “Hot Thing,” iconic unseen images from the era taken by Prince’s primary photographer in the mid-1980s to early 90s, Jeff Katz, plus images of archive assets including original analog tape reels and studio tracking sheets.
It retails at a hefty $160 …. but, damn … I NEED THIS! *drools*
Track listing
Remastered Album (CD 1)
- Sign O’ The Times
- Play In The Sunshine
- Housequake
- The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
- It
- Starfish And Coffee
- Slow Love
- Hot Thing
- Forever In My Life
Remastered Album (CD 2)
- U Got The Look
- If I Was Your Girlfriend
- Strange Relationship
- I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
- The Cross
- It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
- Adore
Single Mixes & Edits (CD 3)
- Sign O’ The Times (7” single edit)
- La, La, La, He, He, Hee (7” single edit)
- La, La, La, He, He, Hee (Highly Explosive) (7” single edit)
- If I Was Your Girlfriend (7” single edit)
- Shockadelica (“If I Was Your Girlfriend” B-side)
- Shockadelica (12” long version)
- U Got the Look (Long Look) (12” edit)
- Housequake (7” edit)
- Housequake (7 Minutes MoQuake)
- I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Fade 7” edit)
- Hot Thing (7” single edit)
- Hot Thing (Extended Remix)
- Hot Thing (Dub Version)
Vault, Part 1 (CD 4)
All tracks previously unreleased
- I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (1979 version)
- Teacher, Teacher (1985 version)
- All My Dreams
- Can I Play With U? (featuring Miles Davis)
- Wonderful Day (original version)
- Strange Relationship (original version)
- Visions
- The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker (with horns)
- Witness 4 The Prosecution (version 1)
- Power Fantastic (live in studio)
- And That Says What?
- Love And Sex
- A Place In Heaven (Prince vocal)
- Colors
- Crystal Ball (7” mix)
- Big Tall Wall (version 1)
- Nevaeh Ni Ecalp A
- In A Large Room With No Light
Vault, Part 2 (CD 5)
All tracks previously unreleased
- Train
- It Ain’t Over ‘Til The Fat Lady Sings
- Eggplant (Prince vocal)
- Everybody Want What They Don’t Got
- Blanche
- Soul Psychodelicide
- The Ball
- Adonis And Bathsheba
- Forever In My Life (early vocal studio run-through)
- Crucial (alternate lyrics)
- The Cocoa Boys
- When The Dawn Of The Morning Comes
- Witness 4 The Prosecution (version 2)
- It Be’s Like That Sometimes
Vault, Part 3 (CD 6)
All tracks previously unreleased
- Emotional Pump
- Rebirth Of The Flesh (with original outro)
- Cosmic Day
- Walkin’ In Glory
- Wally
- I Need A Man
- Promise To Be True
- Jealous Girl (version 2)
- There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool
- Big Tall Wall (version 2)
- A Place In Heaven (Lisa vocal)
- Wonderful Day (12” mix)
- Strange Relationship (1987 Shep Pettibone Club Mix)
Live In Utrecht (CD 7 & CD 8)
All tracks previously unreleased
- Intro/Sign O’ The Times
- Play In The Sunshine
- Little Red Corvette
- Housequake
- Girls & Boys
- Slow Love
- Take The “A” Train/Pacemaker/I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
- Hot Thing
- Four (With Sheila E. Drum Solo)
- If I Was Your Girlfriend
- Let’s Go Crazy
- When Doves Cry
- Purple Rain
- 1999
- Forever In My Life
- Kiss
- The Cross
- It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
Live At Paisley Park – December 31, 1987 (DVD)
All tracks previously unreleased
- Sign O’ The Times
- Play In The Sunshine
- Little Red Corvette
- Erotic City
- Housequake
- Slow Love
- Do Me, Baby
- Adore
- I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
- What’s Your Name Jam
- Let’s Pretend We’re Married
- Delirious
- Jack U Off
- Drum Solo
- Twelve
- Hot Thing
- If I Was Your Girlfriend
- Let’s Go Crazy
- When Doves Cry
- Purple Rain
- 1999
- U Got The Look
- It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night Medley (featuring Miles Davis)