Prince's 'Sign O' The Times' reissued box set announced

New 26/06/2020

Prince's Sign O' The Times will be getting a reissued box set this 25th September.

For the first time, the original album will be getting a remaster with three box set variants available to purchase, including the Super Deluxe Edition which features all of Prince's music released in 1987 and 45 previously unreleased studio songs recorded between May 1979 and July 1987. A Netherlands live performance from 20th June 1987 will also be included.

Additionally, a 120-page hardcover book containing rare photographs and Prince's handwritten lyrics for songs like 'U Got The Look', 'I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man' and 'Hot Thing'.

That's not all, the Super Deluxe Edition also gives you a DVD of a complete and previously unreleased New Year's Eve benefit concert from 31st December 1987 at Paisley Park, marking his final show as part of the Sign O' The Times tour. Jazz legend Miles Davis was a special guest in the show.

A numbered 7-inch singles box set is also available as a limited edition companion collector piece and is available for pre-order now, limited to only 1,987 units.

See below for the full tracklist. You can pre-order the box sets here.

Prince, 'Sign 'O the Times' 2020 Reissue - 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
  6. Shockadelica (12" Long Version)
  7. U Got the Look (12" Edit)
  8. Housequake (7" Single 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? (feat. 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

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

CD6 / LP9&10: Vault, Part 3

  1. Emotional Pump
  2. Rebirth of the Flesh (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)

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 (Includes Sheila E. Drum Solo)
  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

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. Chain of Fools / It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night