Prince And The New Power Generation - Diamonds And Pearls

Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition 180-gram 12LP and Blu-ray box set!

Contains 75 total audio tracks, 47 tracks previously unreleased!

Tracks include 33 studio tracks from Prince's legendary vault!

Includes newly remastered version of the album, plus 15 incredible remixes and B-sides from the era!

Special Olympics concert recorded in 1991 and Special Olympics soundcheck

Housed in a 12" box and includes a 120-page hardback book!

Blu-ray includes more than two hours of live filmed concert footage in high definition!

Diamonds And Pearls is the 13th studio album by Prince, and was the first with his new backing band, The New Power Generation. Featuring six massive international singles, including the hits "Gett Off," "Cream," and the iconic title track, the album was a worldwide smash reaching multi-platinum status in the U.S.A. and the U.K., where it remains his best-selling album.

Paisley Park Enterprises, in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Records, will reissue Diamonds And Pearls via all physical, and digital partners, with the classic album remastered for the very first time, and featuring 47 previously unreleased tracks, as well as a previously unreleased 2+ hours of video concert performances from Prince's legendary vault.

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. Here it includes a total of 75 audio tracks across twelve 180-gram 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 the 12LP set.

This same previously unreleased concert is also presented in stunning 2K video on the Blu-ray disc that accompanies the Super Deluxe Edition format, 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 1992.

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.

The Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition holds a magnifying glass to the prolific output of this truly unique musician, songwriter, producer, and performer who started the 1990s writing and recording at such a rapid pace that his next album would be practically complete by the time the Diamonds And Pearls Tour debuted in Tokyo that April.

 

Disc 1 & 2: DIAMONDS AND PEARLS (REMASTERED)

Side A

Thunder

Daddy Pop

Diamonds And Pearls

Side B

Cream

Strollin’

Willing And Able

Gett Off

Side C

Walk Don’t Walk

Jughead

Money Don’t Matter 2 Night

Push

Side D

Insatiable

Live 4 Love

Disc 3 & 4: SINGLE MIXES & EDITS (REMASTERED)

Side E

Gett Off (Damn Near 10 Min.)

Gett Off (Houstyle)

Side F

Violet The Organ Grinder

Gangster Glam

Horny Pony

Cream (N.P.G. Mix)

Side G

Things Have Gotta Change (Tony M Rap)

Do Your Dance (KC’s Remix)

Insatiable (Edit)

Diamonds And Pearls (Edit)

Side H

Money Don’t Matter 2 Night (Edit)

Call The Law

Willing And Able (Edit)

Willing And Able (Video Version)

Thunder (DJ Fade)

LP 5 - 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

LIVE AT GLAM SLAM, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, JANUARY 11, 1992

Thunder

Daddy Pop

Diamonds And Pearls

Willing And Able

Jughead

The Sacrifice Of Victor

Nothing Compares 2 U

Thieves In The Temple

Sexy M.F.

Insatiable

Cream/Well Done/I Want U/In The Socket (Medley)

1999/Baby I’m A Star/Push (Medley)

Gett Off

Gett Off (Houstyle)

SPECIAL OLYMPICS, METRODOME, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, JULY 1991

SOUNDCHECK – JULY 19, 1991:

Let’s Go Crazy/Baby I’m A Star/Push (Medley)

SHOW – JULY 20, 1991:

Diamonds And Pearls

Let’s Go Crazy/Baby I’m A Star/Push (Medley)

DIAMONDS AND PEARLS VIDEO COLLECTION

Introduction

Thunder (Live)

Gett Off

Cream

Diamonds And Pearls

Dr. Feelgood (Live)

Call The Law

Willing And Able

Jughead (Live)

Insatiable

Strollin’

Money Don’t Matter 2 Night

Live 4 Love (Live)

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