Prince & The New Power Generation – Diamonds And Pearls (Super Deluxe Edition) (2023) (Limited Edition 12LP + Bluray Vinyl Boxset)

DIAMONDS AND PEARLS (super deluxe 12LP + 1Blu-ray) Product Description:

• LP1-2: Diamonds And Pearls - Remastered for the very first time

• LP3-4: 15x newly Remastered Singles Mixes & Edits

• LP5-9: 33x previously unreleased studio recordings from Prince’s Vault

• LP10-12: 14x live tracks, comprising a complete previously unreleased concert performance recorded Live At Glam Slam (01/11/92)

• Blu-ray: three hours of video, comprising the previously unreleased Live at Glam Slam (01/11/92), Special Olympics Concert (07/20/91) and Special Olympics Soundcheck (07/19/91), plus the restored Diamonds And Pearls Video Collection (1993)

Overview:

• 12 LPs on 180 Gram black vinyl plus a Blu-ray

• The Super Deluxe Edition contains 75 audio tracks across of which 47 are previously unreleased, including 33 studio tracks from Prince’s legendary Vault.

• The Super Deluxe Edition opens with Prince & The New Power Generation’s multi-platinum album, Diamonds And Pearls, dazzlingly remastered for the very first time by Prince’s original mastering engineer Bernie Grundman.

• Also included are 15 of the incredible remixes and B-sides from the era, including the never commercially released “Gett Off (Damn Near 10 Min.)” mix, all of which have also been remastered for the very first time.

• At the heart of the set sit 33x previously unreleased studio recordings from Prince’s legendary Vault, making up three hours of audio.

• The set also includes an entire previously unreleased audio recording of Prince & The New Power Generation’s preview performance of the Diamonds And Pearls tour at Prince’s Minneapolis club, Glam Slam, on January 11th, 1991.

• The Blu-ray features the previously unreleased Live At Glam Slam 19991 show (presented in 2K video with Dolby ATMOS / Dolby True HD 5.1 / Stereo audio), as well as the Special Olympics Concert recorded and broadcast on July 20th, 1991 (in 1080p HD video with Dolby ATMOS / Dolby True HD 5.1 / Stereo audio) and Special Olympics Soundcheck recorded on July 19th, 1991 (in 2K video with Stereo audio).

• The Blu-ray content is completed by the inclusion of a restored version of the Diamonds And Pearls Video Collection (in 1080p video with Stereo audio), originally released in 1993. The Video Collection features the original promo videos for “Gett Off”, “Cream”, “Diamonds And Pearls”, “Insatiable”, “Strollin’”, “Money Don’t Matter 2 Night”, and “Call The Law”, as well as live videos of “Thunder”, “Jughead”, and “Live 4 Love”.

• Housed in a telescoping 12” box, and accompanied by a 12” 120 page hardback book featuring:

• Brand new 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.

• Rare and previously unseen photography by Randee St. Nicholas.

• Prince’s handwritten lyrics.

• The package is completed by a fold-out double-sided poster.

FORMAT: Vinyl LP
CONDITION: Brand New
DISC SIZE: 12"
GENRE:  Pop / R&B
LABEL: Sony Legacy
UPC: 194399784013
NO OF DISCS: 12

TRACKLIST:
LP1&2: DIAMONDS AND PEARLS (REMASTERED)
Side One
1. Thunder
2. Daddy Pop
3. Diamonds And Pearls

Side Two
1. Cream
2. Strollin’
3. Willing And Able
4. Gett Off

Side Three
1. Walk Don’t Walk
2. Jughead
3. Money Don’t Matter 2 Night
4. Push

Side Four
12. Insatiable
13. Live 4 Love


LP3&4: SINGLE MIXES & EDITS (REMASTERED)
Side One
1. Gett Off (Damn Near 10 Min.)
2. Gett Off (Houstyle)

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

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

Side Four
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)

BLU-RAY
LIVE AT GLAM SLAM, 1992
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, JANUARY 11, 1992
1. Thunder
2. Daddy Pop
3. Diamonds And Pearls
4. Willing And Able
5. Jughead
6. The Sacrifice Of Victor
7. Nothing Compares 2 U
8. Thieves In The Temple
9. Sexy M.F.
10. Insatiable
11. Cream/Well Done/I Want U/In The Socket (Medley)
12. 1999/Baby I’m A Star/Push (Medley)
13. Gett Off
14. Gett Off (Houstyle)

All tracks previously unreleased

SPECIAL OLYMPICS, METRODOME, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, JULY 1991

SOUNDCHECK – JULY 19, 1991:
1. Let’s Go Crazy/Baby I’m A Star/Push (Medley)

All tracks previously unreleased


SHOW – JULY 20, 1991:
1. Diamonds And Pearls
2. Let’s Go Crazy/Baby I’m A Star/Push (Medley)

All tracks previously unreleased

DIAMONDS AND PEARLS VIDEO COLLECTION
1. Introduction
2. Thunder (Live)
3. Gett Off
4. Cream
5. Diamonds And Pearls
6. Dr. Feelgood (Live)
7. Call The Law
8. Willing And Able
9. Jughead (Live)
10. Insatiable
11. Strollin’
12. Money Don’t Matter 2 Night
13. Live 4 Love (Live)

Blu-ray is presented in: Stereo, 5.1 Dolby True HD (Special Olympics show and Glam Slam only) and Dolby ATMOS (Special Olympics show and Glam Slam only).
* N.B. video content is exclusive to the physical Blu-ray and will not appear on digital download or streaming versions of the Super Deluxe Edition set.
LP5-6: VAULT I
Side One
1. Schoolyard
2. My Tender Heart
3. Pain

Side Two
1. Streetwalker
2. Lauriann
3. Darkside

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

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

All tracks previously unreleased

LP7-9: VAULT II
Side One
1. Daddy Pop (12" Version)
2. Martika’s Kitchen
3. Spirit
4. Open Book

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

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

Side Four
1. Get Blue
2. Tip O’ My Tongue
3. The Voice
4. Trouble

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

Side Six
1. I Pledge Allegiance To Your Love
2. Thunder Ballet

All tracks previously unreleased

LP10-12: LIVE AT GLAM SLAM, 1992
Side One
1. Thunder
2. Daddy Pop
3. Diamonds And Pearls

Side Two
1. Willing And Able
2. Jughead
3. The Sacrifice Of Victor

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

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

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

Side Six
Etching

All tracks previously unreleased