Prince & New Power Generation - Diamonds And Pearls (2LP Milky White Marble Vinyl, Deluxe 4LP or Super Deluxe 12LP+Blu-ray Box Set)
Prince & New Power Generation - Diamonds And Pearls
- Available in 3 different LP Editions: Standard 2LP Milky White Marble Vinyl, Deluxe 4LP, Super Deluxe 12LP+Blu-ray Box Set
RELEASE DATE: 10/27/2023
DESCRIPTION
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.
Deluxe 4LP Edition
LP1-2: Diamonds And Pearls - Remastered for the very first time
LP3-4: 15x newly Remastered Singles Mixes & Edits
The Deluxe Edition contains 28 audio tracks on 4 black 180 gram LPs, capturing the very most important tracks released by Prince & The New Power Generation in 1991/92.
The 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.
Super Deluxe 12LP + Blu-Ray Edition
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 (1992)
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, 1992.
- The Blu-ray features the previously unreleased Live At Glam Slam 1991 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 1992. 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.
TRACKLIST
LP1-2:
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
LP2-4: SINGLE MIXES & EDITS:
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)
LP5-9:
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)
1. Daddy Pop (12" Version)
2. Martika’s Kitchen
3. Spirit
4. Open Book
5. Work That Fat
6. Horny Pony (Version 2)
7. Something Funky (This House Comes) (Band Version)
8. Hold Me
9. Blood On The Sheets
10. The Last Dance (Bang Pow Zoom And The Whole Nine)
11. Don’t Say U Love Me
1. Get Blue
2. Tip O’ My Tongue
3. The Voice
4. Trouble
5. Alice Through The Looking Glass
6. Standing At The Altar
7. Hey U
8. Letter 4 Miles
9. I Pledge Allegiance To Your Love
10. Thunder Ballet
LP10-12: LIVE AT GLAM SLAM, 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.
1. Insatiable
2. Cream/Well Done/I Want U/In The Socket (Medley)
3. 1999/Baby I’m A Star/Push (Medley)
4. Gett Off
5. Gett Off (Houstyle)
BLU-RAY:
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)
15. Let’s Go Crazy/Baby I’m A Star/Push (Medley)
16. Diamonds And Pearls
17. Let’s Go Crazy/Baby I’m A Star/Push (Medley)
18. Introduction
19. Thunder (Live)
20. Gett Off
21. Cream
22. Diamonds And Pearls
23. Dr. Feelgood (Live)
24. Call The Law
25. Willing And Able
26. Jughead (Live)
27. Insatiable
28. Strollin’
29. Money Don’t Matter 2 Night
30. Live 4 Love (Live)
LABEL: Sony Legacy