This Super Deluxe Edition features the classic album remastered for the very first time, 63 previously unreleased tracks, and a previously unreleased 2+ hour video concert performance from Princes legendary vault that illuminates his wide-ranging and prolific creativity in this era. Following the successful release of the 1999 Super Deluxe Edition in the fall of 2019, the Sign O The Times Super Deluxe Edition represents the deepest dive to date into Princes vault and includes a total of 92 audio tracks across thirteen LPs.
Contents:
92 audio tracks, of which 63 are previously unreleased, including 45 studio tracks from Princes Vault. Opens with Princes iconic album, Sign O The Times, dazzlingly remastered for the very first time by Princes original mastering engineer Bernie Grundman. Includes an entire previously unreleased audio recording of Princes Sign O The Times tour performance in Utrecht, Netherlands, on June 20, 1987. DVD features a complete previously unreleased recording of Princes benefit performance at Paisley Park, December 31st, 1987. The show includes Princes only on-stage collaboration with Miles Davis. Housed in a 12 box, and accompanied by a 12 120-page hardback book featuring: Brand new liner notes by: Princes creative peers and friends Dave Chappelle (in conversation with photographer Mathieu Bitton) and Lenny Kravitz; Princes longtime engineer Susan Rogers; Daphne A. Brooks, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of African American Studies, American Studies and Womens, Gender & Sexuality Studies at Yale University; Minneapolis radio host and author Andrea Swensson, host of the Official Prince Podcast; and Prince scholar Duane Tudahl. Rare and previously unseen photography by Jeff Katz. Princes handwritten lyrics.
Tracklist:
LP1: Remastered Album (Disc 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
LP2: Remastered Album (Disc 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. Its Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
7. Adore
LP3&4: Single Mixes & Edits
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)
LP5&6: Vault, Part 1 (All unreleased)
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
LP7&8: Vault, Part 2 (All unreleased)
1. Train
2. It Aint Over Til The Fat Lady Sings
3. Eggplant (Prince vocal)
4. Everybody Want What They Dont 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 Bes Like That Sometimes
LP9&10: Vault, Part 3 (All unreleased)
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. Theres 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)
LP11-13: Live In Utrecht June 20, 1987 (All unreleased)
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 Your Man
8. Hot Thing
9. Four
10. If I Was Your Girlfriend
11. Lets Go Crazy
12. When Doves Cry
13. Purple Rain
14. 1999
15. Forever In My Life
16. Kiss
17. The Cross
18. Its Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
DVD: Live At Paisley Park December 31, 1987 (All unreleased)
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. Whats Your Name Jam
11. Lets Pretend Were Married
12. Delirious
13. Jack U Off
14. Drum Solo
15. Twelve
16. Hot Thing
17. If I Was Your Girlfriend
18. Lets Go Crazy
19. When Doves Cry
20. Purple Rain
21. 1999
22. U Got The Look
23. Its Gonna Be A Beautiful Night Medley (feat. Miles Davis)