Prince/Diamonds And Pearls [12LP]

12LP + Blu-ray - Limited Super Deluxe Edition Box Set. Remastered for the very first time by Prince’s original mastering engineer Bernie Grundman. Includes a total of 75 audio tracks across 12x 180g vinyl records. 

Blu-ray disc that accompanies both Super Deluxe Edition formats, in Stereo, 5.1 Dolby True HD, and Dolby ATMOS audio formats. The Blu-ray also features Prince & The New Power Generation’s performance at The Special Olympics at the Metrodome in Minneapolis in July 1991 (also in Stereo, 5.1, and ATMOS), as well as a previously unseen soundcheck.

Paisley Park Enterprises, in Partnership with Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Records, announces expanded reissue of Prince & the New Power Generation’s multi-platinum album Diamonds And Pearls. This 12LP+ Blu-ray features 47 previously unreleased tracks and over two hours of live filmed concert footage in high definition.

Following the successful release of the 1999 Super Deluxe Edition (2019), and Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition (2020), the Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition represents the third deep dive into Prince’s vault. It includes a total of 75 audio tracks across 7x CDs and 12x 180g vinyl records.

The set offers a newly remastered version of the album, plus 15 of the incredible remixes and B-sides from the era, including the never commercially released “Gett Off (Damn Near 10 Min.)” mix. The Super Deluxe Edition also features 33 previously unheard studio gems from Prince’s Illustrious vault, ranging from alternate versions of album tracks to numbers Prince gave away to other artists, and songs recorded while on the road in 1990.

Prince & The NPG previewed the Diamonds And Pearls Tour at Prince’s Minneapolis club, Glam Slam, on January 11, 1992. The sweaty, sold-out, last-minute show captures the sheer joy and sense of endless possibility that came to define this era. This previously unreleased live concert performance has been mixed from the 24-track master and rounds out the audio content of this 12LP set.

This same previously unreleased concert is also presented in stunning 2K video on the Blu-ray disc that accompanies both Super Deluxe Edition formats, in Stereo, 5.1 Dolby True HD, and Dolby ATMOS audio formats. The Blu-ray also features Prince & The New Power Generation’s performance at The Special Olympics at the Metrodome in Minneapolis in July 1991 (also in Stereo, 5.1, and ATMOS), as well as a previously unseen soundcheck.

The Blu-ray is completed by the long out of print Diamonds And Pearls Video Collection, originally released on VHS and LaserDisc in 1993. The 120-page hardback book which accompanies the SDE set features unseen photos by Randee St. Nicholas, and essays by: author & broadcaster Andrea Swensson; Archivist and Senior Researcher for the Prince Estate Duane Tudahl; British music critic and Prince expert Jason Draper; De Angela L. Duff, an Industry Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering in Brooklyn; Social Media Personality KaNisa Williams; and an introduction from Public Enemy founder, Chuck D.

In addition, there will be a brand-new Dolby ATMOS mix of Diamonds And Pearls. This marks the very first time a Prince studio album has been mixed in ATMOS, and it will feature on an audiophile Blu-ray, featuring the album in Dolby ATMOS and HD Stereo (24bit / 44.1kHz) formats.

Diamonds And Pearls is the thirteenth studio album by Prince, and was the first with his new backing band, The New Power Generation. Featuring six massive international singles, including the hits “Gett Off”, “Cream”, and the iconic title track, the album was a worldwide smash reaching multi-platinum status in the USA and the UK, where it remains his best-selling album.

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A
1. Thunder
2. Daddy Pop
3. Diamonds And Pearls

SIDE B
1. Cream
2. Strollin’
3. Willing And Able
4. Gett Off

SIDE C
1. Walk Don’t Walk
2. Jughead
3. Money Don’t Matter 2 Night
4. Push

SIDE D
1. Insatiable
2. Live 4 Love

SIDE E
1. Gett Off (Damn Near 10 Min.)
2. Gett Off (Houstyle)

SIDE F
1. Violet The Organ Grinder
2. Gangster Glam
3. Horny Pony
4. Cream (N.P.G. Mix)

SIDE G
1. Things Have Gotta Change (Tony M Rap)
2. Do Your Dance (KC’s Remix)
3. Insatiable (Edit)
4. Diamonds And Pearls (Edit)

SIDE H
1. Money Don’t Matter
2 Night (Edit)
2. Call The Law
3. Willing And Able (Edit)
4. Willing And Able (Video Version)
5. Thunder (DJ Fade)

SIDE I
1. Schoolyard
2. My Tender Heart
3. Pain

SIDE J
1. Streetwalker
2. Lauriann
3. Darkside

SIDE K
1. Insatiable (Early Mix - Full Version)
2. Glam Slam ’91
3. Live 4 Love (Early Version)

SIDE L
1. Cream (Take 2)
2. Skip To My You My Darling
3. Diamonds And Pearls (Long Version)

SIDE M
1. Daddy Pop (12" Version)
2. Martika’s Kitchen
3. Spirit
4. Open Book

SIDE N
1. Work That Fat
2. Horny Pony (Version 2)
3. Something Funky (This House Comes) (Band Version)
4. Hold Me

SIDE O
1. Blood On The Sheets
2. The Last Dance (Bang Pow Zoom And The Whole Nine)
3. Don’t Say U Love Me

SIDE P
1. Get Blue
2. Tip O’ My Tongue
3. The Voice
4. Trouble

SIDE Q
1. Alice Through The Looking Glass
2. Standing At The Altar
3. Hey U
4. Letter 4 Miles

SIDE R
1. I Pledge Allegiance To Your Love
2. Thunder Ballet

SIDE S
1. Thunder
2. Daddy Pop
3. Diamonds And Pearls

SIDE T
1. Willing And Able
2. Jughead
3. The Sacrifice Of Victor

SIDE U
1. Nothing Compares 2 U
2. Thieves In The Temple
3. Sexy M.F.

SIDE V
1. Insatiable
2. Cream/Well Done/I Want U/In The Socket (Medley)

SIDE W
1. 1999/Baby I’m A Star/Push (Medley)
2. Gett Off
3. Gett Off (Houstyle)

SIDE X
Etching