Prince’s ‘1999’ album gets deluxe reissue with unreleased tracks

The Prince Estate has recently announced that it will reissue a remastered version of the musician’s iconic double album “1999” which was first released in 1982.

This “Super Deluxe Edition” sprawls across five CDs and a DVD or ten LPs and a DVD, featuring B-sides and extended remixes from “1999” as well as 35 previously unreleased tracks.

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As Variety points out, most of these unreleased tracks were recorded between November 1981 and January 1983, some of which have since circulated on bootlegs.

Among them are alternate versions of “Something in the Water”, “How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore” along with re-recorded versions of “Feel U Up”, “Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got” and “Irresistible B**ch”.

Other highlights from the deluxe edition include the live recording of a late-night concert Prince performed in Detroit on Nov. 30, 1982, and the concert film of a gig at the Houston Summit on Dec. 29, 1982, shot with multiple cameras.

American singer Prince, photo taken in February 1985 on stage in Paris. Image: AFP/Pascal George via AFP Relaxnews

The reissue also comes with a booklet that features images of the analog tape reels from the vault, rare photographs by Allen Beaulieu, as well as Prince’s unseen handwritten lyrics for several songs dating from 1981 and 1982.

The accompanying book also includes new liner notes that were authored by Guns N’ Roses’ bassist Duff McKagan, Prince scholar Duane Tudahl, radio host Andrea Swensson, and critic David Fricke.

The “Super Deluxe Edition” of “1999” will arrive on Nov. 29 via Warner Records.

Since the artist’s death in 2016, the Prince Estate has released several albums from his catalog, including a deluxe edition of “Purple Rain”, “Piano & a Microphone 1983” and the collection “Originals”. JB

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