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Are you ready to party like it's 1999?
On November 29, The Prince Estate, in association with Warner Records, will celebrate Prince's 1982 classic 1999 with a multi-format reissue encompassing the following versions:
- Super Deluxe Edition (5CD+DVD or 10LP+DVD / audio-only download and streaming)
- Deluxe Edition (2CD or 4LP 180g vinyl / download and streaming)
- Remastered album (1CD or 2LP 180g Purple Vinyl / download and streaming)
Prince's fifth studio album and first to feature an embryonic version of The Revolution, 1999 was a major breakthrough for the artist. "1999," "Little Red Corvette," and "Delirious" - the first three songs on Side One of the original double vinyl - all became major crossover hits on the pop and R&B charts, earning Prince heavy rotation on the burgeoning MTV.
Yet the eleven songs that comprised 1999 were just the tip of the iceberg for the prolific artist-songwriter-producer. During 1981 and 1982, he demoed tracks for Vanity 6 and The Time, not to mention dozens of tracks that went unheard. The Super Deluxe Edition of 1999 will premiere 35 previously unreleased tracks. Its 65 tracks total across five CDs or ten 180-gram vinyl LPs will also include B-sides and single mixes plus the original album remastered for the very first time. It features all of the audio material Prince officially released in and around 1982 plus 23 previously unissued studio tracks recorded between November 1981 and January 1983, plus a complete live performance of the 1999 tour recorded in Detroit at the late show on November 30, 1982. Additionally, both the CD and vinyl Super Deluxe sets contain a DVD with another complete, previously unreleased concert from the 1999 tour, recorded with multiple cameras live at the Houston Summit on December 29, 1982.
The Super Deluxe Edition boasts new liner notes by journalist David Fricke, Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan, Minneapolis radio host Andrea Swensson, and Prince historian Duane Tudahl. It's packaged with a replica of Prince's handwritten lyrics for several songs from the era, including "Little Red Corvette," plus images of the master tapes and rare photography from Prince's then-photographer, Allen Beaulieu. Fricke writes in his essay that the set represents "a landmark collection of vision, craft, and urgency - an unprecedented immersion in the frenetic momentum and private working world of Prince in 1981 and 1982, en route to the profound breakthrough of his fifth studio album, 1999."
The 2-CD or 4-LP iterations have the remastered original album plus the B-sides and alternate mixes disc, while the 1-CD or 2-LP version has the new remaster only. All versions will be available on November 29 from Warner Records and The Prince Estate. You'll find active pre-order links (more to come!) and the full track listing below!
1999: Remastered and Expanded Edition (NPG/Warner, 2019)
1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
5CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
10LP/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
CD 1/LP 1-2: Remastered album (released as Warner Bros. 23720, 1982)
- 1999
- Little Red Corvette
- Delirious
- Let's Pretend We're Married
- D.M.S.R.
- Automatic
- Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
- Free
- Lady Cab Driver
- All The Critics Love U In New York
- International Lover
CD 2/LP 3-4: Promo mixes & B-sides
- 1999 (7″ Stereo Edit)
- 1999 (7″ Mono Promo-Only Edit)
- Free (Promo Only Edit)
- How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
- Little Red Corvette (7″ Edit)
- All The Critics Love U In New York (7″ Edit)
- Lady Cab Driver (7″ Edit)
- Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix Promo-Only Edit)
- Little Red Corvette (Special Dance Mix)
- Delirious (7″ Edit)
- Horny Toad
- Automatic (7″ Edit)
- Automatic (Video Version)
- Let's Pretend We're Married (7″ Edit)
- Let's Pretend We're Married (7″ Mono Promo-Only Edit)
- Irresistible Bitch
- Let's Pretend We're Married (Video Version)
- D.M.S.R. (Edit)
Tracks 1 and 4 released as Warner Bros. single 28926, 1982
Track 2 released on Warner Bros. promo single 28926, 1982
Track 3 released on Warner Bros. 12" promo PRO-A-2042, 1982
Tracks 5-6 released as Warner Bros. single 29746, 1983
Track 7 released on Warner Bros. U.K. single W-9436, 1983
Track 8 released on Warner Bros. promo single 29746, 1983
Track 9 released on Warner Bros. U.K. 12" W-9688T, 1983
Tracks 10-11 released as Warner Bros. single 29503, 1983
Track 12 released on Warner Bros. Australian promo single MX208187-8, 1983
Tracks 13 and 17 previously unreleased on CD
Tracks 14 and 16 released as Warner Bros. single 29548, 1983
Track 15 released on Warner Bros. promo single 29548, 1983
Track 18 released on Risky Business soundtrack - Virgin U.K. V-2302, 1984
CD 3/LPs 5-6: Vault tracks, November 1981-April 1982
- Feel U Up
- Irresistible Bitch
- Money Don't Grow On Trees
- Vagina
- Rearrange
- Bold Generation
- Colleen
- International Lover (Take 1 - Live In Studio)
- Turn It Up
- You're All I Want
- Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
- If It'll Make U Happy
- How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? (Take 2)
CD 4/LPs 7-8: Vault Tracks, April 1982-January 1983
- Possessed (1982 Version)
- Delirious (Full Length)
- Purple Music
- Yah, You Know
- Moonbeam Levels
- No Call U
- Can't Stop This Feeling I Got
- Do Yourself a Favor
- Don't Let Him Fool Ya
- Teacher, Teacher
- Lady Cab Driver/I Wanna Be Your Lover/Little Red Corvette (Tour Demo)
All tracks on Discs 3-4 previously unreleased except Disc 4, Track 5 from 4Ever (NPG/Warner Bros. 558509-2, 2016)
Later version of Disc 3, Track 1 released as the B-side to "Partyman" (Warner Bros., 1989)
Later version of Disc 4, Track 7 released on Graffiti Bridge soundtrack (Warner Bros., 1990)
CD 5/LPs 9-10: Live at Masonic Temple Theater, Masonic Hall, Detroit, MI (Late Show) - 11/30/1982 (previously unreleased)
- Controversy
- Let's Work
- Little Red Corvette
- Do Me, Baby
- Head
- Uptown
- Lisa's Keyboard Interlude
- How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
- Automatic
- International Lover
- 1999
- D.M.S.R.
DVD: Live at The Summit, Houston, TX - 12/19/1982 (previously unreleased)
- Controversy
- Let's Work
- Do Me, Baby
- D.M.S.R.
- Keyboard Interlude
- Piano Improvisation
- How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
- Lady Cab Driver
- Automatic
- International Lover
- 1999
- Head
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This can't be correct:
"The 2-CD or 2-LP iterations have the remastered original album plus the B-sides and alternate mixes disc, while the 1-CD or 1-LP version has the new remaster only."
The studio album takes up two LPs unto itself; there won't be a 1-LP version. Are you saying the 2-LP comes with the B-sides and alternates mixes on CD? There would be no room for them on two vinyl records along with the studio album.
Sorry for the confusion - the typos have been fixed! The 2-LP is the original remastered album; the 4-LP has the remaster plus the B-sides/mixes.
Yeah now we r talking!! This set looks incredible...plus Moonbeam Levels is on here, so that 4Ever set is freed up to keep or trade or sell...with the 3 new Legacy 90s titles out Friday and 1999 SDE announced for end of November, and the German edition of the Sign O The Times BluRay film...hmmmm what's next??
This is a wonderful reissue (like reissues should be). There's more to come next year. 'Parade' is rumoured to be more or less finished for a near future release.
And Joe, thanks for your excellent post. Detailed as ever!
Ay fantastico!!!!! Dare we dream of a deluxe Black Album paired with the Camille sessions - or Dream factory/ Roadhouse Garden -- thanks to the Estate!!!!!!!
Ay fantastico! What a great set - dare we start to dream of a Deluxe edition of the Black Album paired with the Camille sessions? Or maybe an official release of Dream Factory,or Roadhouse Garden? Thanks to the estate for doing such great work.
Just a friendly heads-up: the release calendar says this is to be released on September 29th, but the release is scheduled for November 29th
Oops, fixed our data entry error. Thanks for the heads-up!
Amazon suddenly has a "currently not available" post for this - any idea what's up?