The larger than life Prince delivered expressive punches on every album release that he produced. One of his more popular albums was Sign O’ The Times originally released in 1987. And as would be expected from the Prince juggernaut, he kept a massive collection of extras from the recording sessions. And now fans get to hear 63 previously unheard tracks that include a collection of live performance tracks and studio songs. And, as a bonus, the original album remastered. And a strongly assembled package that will be delivered as 2CD, 3CD, DD, 4LP, 2LP peach color vinyl, and two Super Deluxe packages in 8CD/1DVD and 13LP/1DVD configurations. The LPs are 180g-weight. A special Limited Edition vinyl 7″ Singles Box is available as well with seven singles included all housed in color sleeves.

Sign O’ The Times will be reissued on September 25. The Super Deluxe Boxes will add in a 120-page hardbound book. The DVD features a complete and previously unreleased December 31 (1980) New Year’s Eve set at Paisley Park. Fans should be manically enthused.

Sign O’ The Times (Remastered SD Box) – Prince

CD1 (Original Album Remastered)
01 Sign O’ The Times
02 Play In The Sunshine
03 Housequake
04 The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
05 It
06 Starfish And Coffee
07 Slow Love
08 Hot Thing
09 Forever In My Life

CD2 (Original Album Remastered)
01 U Got The Look
02 If I Was Your Girlfriend
03 Strange Relationship
04 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
05 The Cross
06 It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
07 Adore

CD3 (Single Mixes and Edits)
01 Sign O’ The Times (7” single edit)
02 La, La, La, He, He, Hee (7” single edit)
03 La, La, La, He, He, Hee (Highly Explosive) (7” single edit)
04 If I Was Your Girlfriend (7” single edit)
05 Shockadelica (“If I Was Your Girlfriend” B-side)
06 Shockadelica (12” long version)
07 U Got the Look (Long Look) (12” edit)
08 Housequake (7” edit)
09 Housequake (7 Minutes MoQuake)
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)

CD4 (Vault, Part 1 – Previously Unreleased)
01 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (1979 version)
02 Teacher, Teacher (1985 version)
03 All My Dreams
04 Can I Play With U? (featuring Miles Davis)
05 Wonderful Day (original version)
06 Strange Relationship (original version)
07 Visions
08 The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker (with horns)
09 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

CD5 (Vault, Part 2 – Previously Unreleased)
01 Train
02 It Ain’t Over ‘Til The Fat Lady Sings
03 Eggplant (Prince vocal)
04 Everybody Want What They Don’t Got
05 Blanche
06 Soul Psychodelicide
07 The Ball
08 Adonis And Bathsheba
09 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
14 Witness 4 The Prosecution (version 2)
15 It Be’s Like That Sometimes

CD6 (Vault, Part 3 – Previously Unreleased)
01 Emotional Pump
02 Rebirth Of The Flesh (with original outro)
03 Cosmic Day
04 Walkin’ In Glory
05 Wally
06 I Need A Man
07 Promise To Be True
08 Jealous Girl (version 2)
09 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)

CD7/CD8 (Live In Utrecht – 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

DVD (Live At Paisley Park – December 31, 1987 – Previously Unreleased)
01 Sign O’ The Times
02 Play In The Sunshine
03 Little Red Corvette
04 Erotic City
05 Housequake
06 Slow Love
07 Do Me, Baby
08 Adore
09 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 (featuring Miles Davis)

By MARowe