24 August 2023

Prince ‘Diamonds And Pearls’ Super Deluxe Edition Announced

Credit: © Paisley Park Enterprises | Photographer: Randee St. N

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Prince & The New Power Generation’s multi-platinum 1991 album Diamonds And Pearls will be given an expanded reissue on 27 October.

The Super Deluxe edition will feature 47 previously unreleased audio tracks and over two hours of high definition live concert footage. Two previously unreleased taster tracks – Alice Through The Looking Glass and Insatiable (Early Mix – Full Version) – are out now, listen below.

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Diamonds And Pearls will be reissued in the following formats:

• Super Deluxe Edition (7CD+Blu-ray/12LP+Blu-ray/audio-only download and streaming)
• Deluxe Edition (2CD/4LP 180g vinyl)
• Remastered album (1CD/2LP 180g off-white “Pearl” vinyl (USA only)/2LP 180g clear “Diamond” vinyl (ex. USA)/download and streaming)

The set offers a newly remastered version of the album, plus 15 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 11 January 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 the 7CD and 12LP sets.

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, released on 24 November featuring the album in Dolby ATMOS and HD Stereo (24bit / 44.1kHz) formats.

As a companion collector piece, fans have the opportunity to order a numbered 7” singles boxed set, strictly limited to 1,991 units. Containing remastered audio for six official singles released in 1991 & 1992, the set contains a brand new 7” single comprising two previously unreleased tracks, Alice Through The Looking Glass and Horny Pony (Version 2)” The set is available to order now, exclusively via the official Prince Store.

DIAMONDS AND PEARLS – SUPER DELUXE EDITION TRACKLISTING

CD1/LP1&2: DIAMONDS AND PEARLS (REMASTERED)
1. Thunder
2. Daddy Pop
3. Diamonds And Pearls
4. Cream
5. Strollin’
6. Willing And Able
7. Gett Off
8. Walk Don’t Walk
9. Jughead
10. Money Don’t Matter 2 Night
11. Push
12. Insatiable
13. Live 4 Love

CD2/LP3&4: SINGLE MIXES & EDITS (REMASTERED)
1. Gett Off (Damn Near 10 Min.)
2. Gett Off (Houstyle)
3. Violet The Organ Grinder
4. Gangster Glam
5. Horny Pony
6. Cream (N.P.G. Mix)
7. Things Have Gotta Change (Tony M Rap)
8. Do Your Dance (KC’s Remix)
9. Insatiable (Edit)
10. Diamonds And Pearls (Edit)
11. Money Don’t Matter 2 Night (Edit)
12. Call The Law
13. Willing And Able (Edit)
14. Willing And Able (Video Version)
15. Thunder (DJ Fade)

CD3-5/LP5-9: VAULT I, II, III
VAULT I
1. Schoolyard
2. My Tender Heart
3. Pain
4. Streetwalker
5. Lauriann
6. Darkside
7. Insatiable (Early Mix – Full Version)
8. Glam Slam ’91
9. Live 4 Love (Early Version)
10. Cream (Take 2)
11. Skip To My You My Darling
12. Diamonds And Pearls (Long Version)