Prince Estate Reveals Massive Sign O’ the Times Deluxe Edition: Stream

Lake Schatz

September 25, 2020 at 12:00 AM·6 min read

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Today will feel a lot like Christmas for Prince fans, thanks to the massive new reissue of his seminal album Sign O’ the Times. Hear it in full down below via Apple Music or Spotify.

Along with a newly remastered version of the funk icon’s 1987 double LP, the expanded set boasts 63 unreleased songs retrieved from the vault, many of which were originally recorded between May 1979 and July 1987. One of those is “Cosmic Day”, a track that dates back to 1986. According to a statement, the song is possibly “the most revered recording” of the entire reissue, as it features Prince fantastically singing about Mermen while using his “Camille” alter-ego, pitched-up vocals and all.

The new collection also comes with a complete live audio performance from his “Sign O’ The Times Tour”, recorded at his June 20th, 1987 concert at the Stadium Galgenwaard in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

If that’s not enough, CD and vinyl bundles of the Sign O’ the Times reissue touts a DVD containing Prince’s complete, previously unreleased New Year’s Eve benefit concert at Paisley Park on December 31st, 1987. This show marked The Purple One’s final performance on the “Sign O’ The Times Tour” and featured his only on-stage collaboration with Miles Davis.

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Completing the Super Deluxe Edition box set is a 120-page hardcover book with previously unseen handwritten lyrics, photographs, studio material, and other rarities from the era, along with new liner notes penned by Dave Chappelle, Lenny Kravitz, and longtime engineer Susan Rogers, among others. Grab your copy here.

In further celebration of this reissue, Jack White’s Third Man Records put out a special 7-inch singles box set as a companion collector’s piece. Limited to just 1,987 copies, it sold out quickly.

Sign O’ the Times Super Deluxe Edition Artwork:

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Sign O’ the Times Super Deluxe Edition Tracklist:

CD1 / LP1: Remastered Album (Disc 1)

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 / LP2: Remastered Album (Disc 2)

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 / LP3&4: Single Mixes & 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) (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)

CD4 / LP5&6: Vault, Part 1

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