Prince & The New Power Generation - Diamonds And Pearls (Super Deluxe 12LP+Blu-ray Box Set)
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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.
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)
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.
- Side 1 -
1 * Super Deluxe 12LP + Blu-ray Tracklisting
2 * LP 1 & 2 - Diamonds and Pearls (Remastered)
3 Side A:
4 1. Thunder
5 2. Daddy Pop
6 3. Diamonds and Pearls
- Side 2 -
1 Side B:
2 4. Cream
3 5. Strollin'
4 6. Willing and Able
5 7. Gett Off
- Side 3 -
1 Side C:
2 8. Walk Don't Walk
3 9. Jughead
4 10. Money Don't Matter 2 Night
5 11. Push
- Side 4 -
1 Side D:
2 12. Insatiable
3 13. Live 4 Love
4 LP 3 & 4 - Single Mixes & Edits (Remastered)
- Side 5 -
1 Side E:
2 1. Gett Off (Damn Near 10 Min.)
3 2. Gett Off (Houstyle)
- Side 6 -
1 Side F:
2 3. Violet the Organ Grinder
3 4. Gangster Glam
4 5. Horny Pony
5 6. Cream (N.P.G. Mix)
- Side 7 -
1 Side G:
2 7. Things Have Gotta Change (Tony M Rap)
3 8. Do Your Dance (KC's Remix)
4 9. Insatiable (Edit)
5 10. Diamonds and Pearls (Edit)
- Side 8 -
1 Side H:
2 11. Money Don't Matter 2 Night (Edit)
3 12. Call the Law
4 13. Willing and Able (Edit)
5 14. Willing and Able (Video Version)
6 15. Thunder (DJ Fade)
7 * LP 5 & 6 - Vault I
- Side 9 -
1 Side I:
2 1. Schoolyard
3 2. My Tender Heart
4 3. Pain
- Side 10 -
1 Side J:
2 4. Streetwalker
3 5. Lauriann
4 6. Darkside
- Side 11 -
1 Side K:
2 7. Insatiable (Early Mix - Full Version)
3 8. Glam Slam '91
4 9. Live 4 Love (Early Version)
- Side 12 -
1 Side L:
2 10. Cream (Take 2)
3 11. Skip to My You My Darling
4 12. Diamonds and Pearls (Long Version)
5 LP7 - Vault II
- Side 13 -
1 Side M:
2 1. Daddy Pop (12" Version)
3 2. Martika's Kitchen
4 3. Spirit
5 4. Open Book
- Side 14 -
1 Side N:
2 5. Work That Fat
3 6. Horny Pony (Version 2)
4 7. Something Funky (This House Comes) (Band Version)
5 8. Hold Me
6 LP8 - Vault II
- Side 15 -
1 Side O:
2 9. Blood on the Sheets
3 10. the Last Dance (Bang Pow Zoom and the Whole Nine)
4 11. Don't Say U Love Me
5 Vault III
- Side 16 -
1 Side P:
2 1. Get Blue
3 2. Tip O' My Tongue
4 3. the Voice
5 4. Trouble
6 LP9 - Vault III
- Side 17 -
1 Side Q:
2 5. Alice Through the Looking Glass
3 6. Standing at the Altar
4 7. Hey U
5 8. Letter 4 Miles
- Side 18 -
1 Side R:
2 9. I Pledge Allegiance to Your Love
3 10. Thunder Ballet
4 LP 10, 11, & 12: Live at Glam Slam, 1992
- Side 19 -
1 Side S:
2 1. Thunder
3 2. Daddy Pop
4 3. Diamonds and Pearls
- Side 20 -
1 Side T:
2 4. Willing and Able
3 5. Jughead
4 6. the Sacrifice of Victor
- Side 21 -
1 Side U:
2 7. Nothing Compares 2 U
3 8. Thieves in the Temple
4 9. Sexy M.F
- Side 22 -
1 Side V:
2 10. Insatiable
3 11. Cream/Well Done/I Want U/In the Socket (Medley)
- Side 23 -
1 Side w:
2 12. 1999/Baby I'm a Star/Push (Medley)
3 13. Gett Off
4 14. Gett Off (Houstyle)
- Side 24 -
1 Side X:
2 Etching
- Side 25 -
1 * Blu-ray Live at Glam Slam, 1992 Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 11, 1992
2 1. Thunder
3 2. Daddy Pop
4 3. Diamonds and Pearls
5 4. Willing and Able
6 5. Jughead
7 6. the Sacrifice of Victor
8 7. Nothing Compares 2 U
9 8. Thieves in the Temple
10 9. Sexy M.F
11 10. Insatiable
12 11. Cream/Well Done/I Want U/In the Socket (Medley)
13 12. 1999/Baby I'm a Star/Push (Medley)
14 13. Gett Off
15 14. Gett Off (Houstyle)
16 * Special Olympics, Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 1991 Soundcheck - July 19, 1991:
17 1. Let's Go Crazy/Baby I'm a Star/Push (Medley)
18 * Show - July 20, 1991:
19 1. Diamonds and Pearls
20 2. Let's Go Crazy/Baby I'm a Star/Push (Medley)
21 *
22 * Diamonds and Pearls Video Collection
23 1. Introduction
24 2. Thunder (Live)
25 3. Gett Off
26 4. Cream
27 5. Diamonds and Pearls
28 6. Dr. Feelgood (Live)
29 7. Call the Law
30 8. Willing and Able
31 9. Jughead (Live)
32 10. Insatiable
33 11. Strollin'
34 12. Money Don't Matter 2 Night
35 13. Live 4 Love (Live)
36 * 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)
37 * 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