Prince's 'Sign o' the Times' Treated to Massive Reissue

The 8-CD or 13-LP set features 63 unreleased tracks

BY Calum SlingerlandPublished Jun 25, 2020

Prince's 1987 album Sign o' the Times is getting treated to an expanded reissue, complete with 63 previously unreleased tracks and a complete, previously unreleased concert film.

The reissue will arrive in September through Warner in a variety of formats, headed up by a 13-LP/DVD Super Deluxe edition.

As you'll find with the lengthy tracklist below, the set will feature a remastered Sign o' the Times alongside single mixes and edits, a load of tracks from the vault, and a complete live performance in Utrecht from the 1987 "Sign o' the Times Tour."

The DVD included in the package features Prince's previously unreleased New Year's Eve 1987 benefit concert at Paisley Park, which features a live collaboration with Miles Davis.

The Super Deluxe package is rounded out by a 120-page hardcover book featuring handwritten lyrics, unseen images from the era, and images of archive assets including original analog tape reels and studio tracking sheets. The book also includes liner notes from Dave Chappelle, Lenny Kravitz, Prince's longtime engineer Susan Rogers and more.

A Deluxe Edition and a double-disc version of the remastered album are also available, and will arrive September 23, while the Super Deluxe edition will touch down September 25. Pre-orders are now ongoing through Prince's website.

Right now, you can get check out "Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 1)" from the sprawling set below.



Sign O' the Times Super Deluxe Edition:

CD1 / 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

CD2 / 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. It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
7. Adore

CD3 / 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)

CD4 / LP5&6: Vault, Part 1

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

All tracks previously unreleased

CD5 / LP7&8: Vault, Part 2

1. Train
2. It Ain't Over 'Til The Fat Lady Sings
3. Eggplant (Prince vocal)
4. Everybody Want What They Don't 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 Be's Like That Sometimes

All tracks previously unreleased

CD6 / LP9&10: Vault, Part 3

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. 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)

All tracks previously unreleased

CD7&8 / LP11-13: Live In Utrecht – June 20, 1987

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. Let's Go Crazy
12. When Doves Cry
13. Purple Rain
14. 1999
15. Forever In My Life
16. Kiss
17. The Cross
18. It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night

All tracks previously unreleased

DVD: Live At Paisley Park – December 31, 1987

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. 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)

All tracks previously unreleased

Sign O' the Times 7-Inch Singles Boxed Set Tracklist:

1A. Sign "O" The Times (Edit)
1B. La, La, La, He, He, Hee (Edit)

2A. If I Was Your Girlfriend (Edit)
2B. Shockadelica

3A. U Got The Look
3B. Housequake (Edit)

4A. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Fade)
4B. Hot Thing (Edit)

5A. Hot Thing (Edit)
5B. Hot Thing (Edit)

6A. The Cross
6B. Adore

7A. Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 1)
7B. Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 2)

Tracks 7A and 7B previously unreleased

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