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.
TRACKLIST
A1: Thunder
A2: Daddy Pop
A3: Diamonds And Pearls
B1: Cream
B2: Strollin’
B3: Willing And Able
B4: Gett Off
C1: Walk Don’t Walk
C2: Jughead
C3: Money Don’t Matter 2 Night
C4: Push
D1: Insatiable
D2: Live 4 Love
E1: Gett Off (Damn Near 10 Min.)
E2: Gett Off (Houstyle)
F1: Violet The Organ Grinder
F2: Gangster Glam
F3: Horny Pony
F4: Cream (N.p.g. Mix)
G1: Things Have Gotta Change (Tony M Rap)
G2: Do Your Dance (Kc’s Remix)
G3: Insatiable (Edit)
G4: Diamonds And Pearls (Edit)
H1: Money Don’t Matter 2 Night (Edit)
H2: Call The Law
H3: Willing And Able (Edit)
H4: Willing And Able (Video Version)
H5: Thunder (Dj Fade)
I1: Schoolyard
I2: My Tender Heart
I3: Pain
J1: Streetwalker
J2: Lauriann
J3: Darkside
K1: Insatiable (Early Mix - Full Version)
K2: Glam Slam ’91
K3: Live 4 Love (Early Version)
L1: Cream (Take 2)
L2: Skip To My You My Darling
L3: Diamonds And Pearls (Long Version)
M1: Daddy Pop (12" Version)
M2: Martika’s Kitchen
M3: Spirit
M4: Open Book
N1: Work That Fat
N2: Horny Pony (Version 2)
N3: Something Funky (This House Comes) (Band Version)
N4: Hold Me
O1: Blood On The Sheets
O2: The Last Dance (Bang Pow Zoom And The Whole Nine)
O3: Don’t Say U Love Me
P1: Get Blue
P2: Tip O’ My Tongue
P3: The Voice
P4: Trouble
Q1: Alice Through The Looking Glass
Q2: Standing At The Altar
Q3: Hey U
Q4: Letter 4 Miles
R1: I Pledge Allegiance To Your Love
R2: Thunder Ballet
S1: Thunder
S2: Daddy Pop
S3: Diamonds And Pearls
T1: Willing And Able
T2: Jughead
T3: The Sacrifice Of Victor
U1: Nothing Compares 2 U
U2: Thieves In The Temple
U3: Sexy M.f
V1: Insatiable
V2: Cream/Well Done/I Want U/In The Socket (Medley)
W1: 1999/Baby I’m A Star/Push (Medley)
W2: Gett Off
W3: Gett Off (Houstyle)
X1: Etching