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+ | [[Prince]]’s estate started to work on '''1999 Deluxe''' in 2017, following the release of [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain Deluxe]], although [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano And A Microphone]] and [[Album: Originals|Originals]] were released in the meantime, in 2018 and 2019 respectively. The original album was remastered by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Grundman Bernie Grundman], who also did the mastering of the initial release in 1982. Grundman also worked on the second disc, ''Promo mixes and B-Sides Remastered'' which contains all the edited versions, remixes and B-sides that were officially released on singles to promote the album between 1982 and 1983. The edited version of [[D.M.S.R]] comes from the [[Soundtrack: Risky Business|Risky Business]] soundtrack. | ||
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+ | The third and fourth volume, ''Vault Tracks I'' and ''Vault Tracks II'' contains 12 previously unreleased songs ([[Money Don't Grow On Trees]], [[Vagina]], [[Rearrange]], [[Colleen]], [[Turn It Up]], [[You're All I Want]], [[If It'll Make U Happy]], [[Purple Music]], [[Yah, You Know]], [[No Call U]], [[Don't Let Him Fool Ya]] and [[Teacher, Teacher]]) and 11 previously unreleased versions (alternate or initial takes of ([[Feel U Up]], [[Irresistible Bitch]], [[Bold Generation]], [[International Lover]], [[Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)]], [[How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore]], [[Possessed]], [[Delirious]], [[Moonbeam Levels]], [[Can't Stop This Feeling I Got]] and [[Do Yourself A Favor]]) recorded between November 1981 and Summer 1982, during sessions for the original [[Album: 1999|1999]] album, although some of these songs were never considered for that record. Additionally, the ''Vault Tracks II'' contains a solo ‘Tour Demo’ medley of [[Lady Cab Driver]] / [[I Wanna Be Your Lover]] / [[Head]] / [[Little Red Corvette]] recorded by [[Prince]] between the two legs of the [[1999 Tour]] in 1983. [[Prince]]’s Estate archivist, Michael Howe, wanted to include the initial version of [[Baby I'm A Star]] recorded in December 1981, but this specific recording was not found. The songs of the ''Vault Tracks'' discs are sequenced chronologically with accompanying notes by Duane Tudahl. 16 tracks were mixed by Nick Bolas in 2019 specifically for this release as some of the original mixes made by [[Prince]] or one of his engineer at that time were found only on cassettes. Bolas duplicated as closely as possible those mixes by working with the master tapes. | ||
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+ | With the exception of drums played by [[Morris Day]] on 2 tracks ([[Bold Generation]] and [[International Lover]] (Take 1) [Live In Studio]) and the backing vocals provided by [[Dez Dickerson]] on [[If It'll Make U Happy]], all of songs and versions that make up the ''Vault Tracks'' discs are solo recordings by [[Prince]]. This material was recorded at his [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota and the [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, California. | ||
+ | ''Vault Tracks I'' and ''Vault Tracks II'' contains the initial versions or alternate takes of songs that were re-recorded or edited for the [[Album: 1999|1999]] album: | ||
+ | * [[International Lover]] (Take 1) [Live In Studio]: This version was recorded live with [[Morris Day]] on drums and [[Prince]] on piano. [[Prince]] re-recorded the song solely shortly thereafter. | ||
+ | * [[Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)]] (Original Version) was recorded in April 1982 by [[Prince]] at his home studio. The album version released in 1982 was a re-recording made a few weeks later at the [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, California. | ||
+ | * [[Delirious]] is the full version that was edited down for the original album. | ||
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+ | Two alternate recordings of songs that were released as b-sides between 1982 and 1983 are included: [[How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore]] (Take 2) and [[Irresistible Bitch]]. A third song, [[Feel U Up]] recorded around the same time as ([[Irresistible Bitch]] (and mixed together) was re-recorded from scratch in 1986 and released as the b-side of [[Single: Partyman|Partyman]] in 1989, eight years after its initial tracking. | ||
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+ | [[Turn It Up]], [[If It'll Make U Happy]], [[Purple Music]], [[Moonbeam Levels]] were or may have been considered for the original [[Album: 1999|1999]] album in 1982 but were discarded. This version of [[Moonbeam Levels]] is slightly longer than the one included on the [[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]] posthumous compilation released in 2016. The 1982 version [[Possessed]] is entirely different from the version that appeared on [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain Deluxe]]. | ||
+ | [[You're All I Want]] bears similarities with two other songs written and released around that time (namely [[Delirious]] and [[Horny Toad]]). [[You're All I Want]], and [[Money Don't Grow On Trees]] were planned for [[Album: The Hookers (1982)|'''The Hookers''']] album, which was left unfinished. [[Vagina]] was long thought to have been also recorded for possible use on [[Album: The Hookers (1982)|'''The Hookers''']] album, but its lyrics do not support this idea. Lead vocal overdubs were recorded by [[Vanity]] for [[No Call U]] but the song was not included on the [[Album: Vanity 6|Vanity 6]] album. [[You're All I Want]] was later offered to [[Eric Leeds]] for a new [[Madhouse]] album (later called [[Album:_Times_Squared#Quotations_and_trivia|26]] and was listed (as '''U're All Eye Want''') as one of 22 tracks [[Prince: A Celebration]] attendees could vote on for inclusion in the [[Album: Crystal Ball Volume II|Crystal Ball Volume II]] release but nothing came of it. | ||
+ | The music and arrangement of [[Rearrange]] are very similar to the later recorded [[Lady Cab Driver]] but it is not known if it was recorded for [[Album: 1999|1999]] or another project. [[Rearrange]] ‘s lyrics are thematically linked with [[Bold Generation]]. Like [[Feel U Up]], [[Bold Generation]] was reworked and released eight years after its creation as [[New Power Generation]] on the [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] album. [[Can't Stop This Feeling I Got]] was also reworked by [[Prince]] for inclusion on [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. This song was re-recorded in 1986 and offered to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_O%27Clock Three O'Clock] for their [[Paisley Park Records]] album [[Album: Vermillion|Vermillion]] along with a revamped version of [[Teacher, Teacher]]. | ||
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+ | [[Colleen]], [[Yah, You Know]] and [[Don't Let Him Fool Ya]] were not recorded for a specific project at that time or known to have been offered later to another artist or group. [[Do Yourself A Favor]] is a cover of a song by [[Pepé Willie]] ('''If You See Me''') that [[Prince]] first recorded with [[94 East]] in 1976. The song was still unreleased in 1982 and according to [[Pepé Willie]], [[Prince]] did not have a copy of the song re-recorded it from memory. [[Jesse Johnson]] released a version, clearly inspired by [[Prince]]'s 1982 take, also titled '''Do Yourself A Favor''' (and misses [[Prince]]'s own lyrical contribution to the track, a humorous spoken section in his "[[Jamie Starr]]" voice), on his album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockadelica ''Shockadelica'']. Oddly, the credits on both [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockadelica ''Shockadelica''] and [[Album: 1999 Deluxe|1999 Deluxe]] are shared by [[Pepé Willie]] and [[Jesse Johnson]]. The original version of '''If You See Me''' would be released 10 years after [[Prince]]’s solo version. | ||
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+ | The last track of ''Vault Tracks II'', the ‘Tour Demo’ medley of [[Lady Cab Driver]] / [[I Wanna Be Your Lover]] / [[Head]] / [[Little Red Corvette]] was played live only once on [[01 February 1983|1 February 1983]] at Lakeland, Florida. | ||
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