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Album details Released: 25 September 2020 Length: 08:01:23 (approx) Label(s): NPG Records / The Prince Estate / Warner Records Studio(s): Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA; Washington Avenue Warehouse, Edina, MN, USA; Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA; Dierks Studio Mobile Trucks (outside Le Zénith, Paris, France); Stadion De Galgenwaard, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Charts, Certifications & Awards Charts iTunes Country: Chart Entry Date Peak Position Weeks in Chart USA: 25 Sept. 2020 20 6 (days) Canada: 25 Sept. 2020 23 4 (days) Australia: 25 Sept. 2020 22 3 (days) UK: 25 Sept. 2020 15 5 (days) Germany: 25 Sept. 2020 70 2 (days) France: 25 Sept. 2020 15 5 (days) Spain: 25 Sept. 2020 42 2 (days) Italy: 25 Sept. 2020 29 3 (days)   America Country: Chart Entry Date Peak Position Weeks in Chart USA: The Billboard 200 10 Oct. 2020 20 2 USA: Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums 10 Oct. 2020 2 1 Certifications This album has not received any certifications in the USA Awards This album has not received any awards in the USA Singles released Sign O’ The Times - The Singles‎ (Collection) Prince.com exclusive b/w (see the set for details) Sign O’ The Times Released as cover mount with the October 2020 edition of Rolling Stone magazine in Germany b/w Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 1) See also Sign O’ The Times (Album) Sign O’ The Times Tour

Sign O’ The Times (Super) Deluxe Edition is an elaborated remastered re-issue of Prince’s ninth full-length studio album Sign O’ The Times and the ninth posthumous album release overall. In the 3CD Deluxe Edition version, the remastered original album is augmented with 1 CD with 13 b-sides, extended versions and edits from the Sign O’ The Times era. The more elaborate Super Deluxe Edition version has fourth, fifth and sixth disc with 45 previously unreleased songs or versions from the Sign O’ The Times era, a 2CD with the 20 June 1987 show in Utrecht, The Netherlands from the Sign O’ The Times Tour as well as a 2 hour 15 minutes DVD release of the concert on 31 December 1987, Paisley Park Studios, New Years Eve show. The DVD also includes the promo videos for Sign O’ The Times, U Got The Look and I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man. Sessions and compiling See Sign O’ The Times for details on recording of the sixteen original tracks. The Prince Estate started to work on Sign O’ The Times Deluxe Edition in 2019, following the release of 1999. The original album was remastered by Bernie Grundman, who also did the mastering of the initial release in 1987. Grundman also worked on the third 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 in 1987. All other songs on the released have [the 2020 remaster] label as well, but are in fact first mastered by Grundman and released for the first time in 2020. The fourth, fifth and sixth volumes of the CD-version, Vault Tracks I, Vault Tracks II and Vault Tracks III contain 29 previously unreleased songs (some in different versions) and eleven previously unreleased versions (alternate or initial takes) of songs recorded between May 1979 (the original version of I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man) and July 1987 (songs intended for a project with Bonnie Raitt) that didn’t come to fruition. It should be noted that while from the right era, some of these songs were never considered for the Sign O’ The Times album. Seven tracks (I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (1979 Version), Power Fantastic (Live In Studio), A Place In Heaven (Prince Vocal), Eggplant, Forever In My Life (Early Vocal Run-Through), Crucial (Alternate Lyrics) and There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool) were mixed by Niko Bolas in 2020 specifically for this release and duplicates as closely as possible the original mixes. The Prince Estate originally intended to also include the Sign O’ The Times film on DVD in the Super Deluxe Edition set, but the legal complications over the rights (which have passed between several companies since they were sold to Cineplex Odeon Films in 1987) prevented them from doing so. Promotion The Prince Estate and The Current radio-station produced an eight-part podcast series, presented by Minneapolis Music journalist Andrea Swensson titled “Prince: The Story of Sign O’ The Times”. In this audio-documentary Susan Rogers, Coke Johnson, Lisa Coleman Wendy Melvoin, Susannah Melvoin, Matt Fink, Brown Mark, Eric Leeds, Atlanta Bliss, Warner Bros executive Lenny Waronker, The Prince Estate archivist Michael Howe, and archivist and author Duane Tudahl, among others, share stories about the making-of the album. Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 1) was streamed on Prince’s Youtube channel and other streaming platforms on 25 June 2020, the day the set’s release was officially announced, followed by I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (1979 Version) in July, and Cosmic Day, Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 2) and Forever In My Life (Early Vocal Run-Through) in August and I Need A Man in September. Charts The album reached position 2 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts and 20 on the Billboard 200. Certifications Certification for this Deluxe edition will be noted as if it were a new release and not linked to the certification of the original edition of Sign O’ The Times. Track listing CD Vinyl Disc 1: Original Album Remastered Sign O’ The Times (5:02) Play In The Sunshine (5:05) Housequake (4:34) The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker (4:04) It (5:10) Starfish And Coffee (2:51) 1  Slow Love (4:18) 2  Hot Thing (5:39) Forever In My Life (3:38) Disc 2: Original Album Remastered U Got The Look (3:58) If I Was Your Girlfriend (4:54) Strange Relationship (4:04) I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (6:31) The Cross (4:46) It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night (8:59) 3  Adore (6:29) Disc 3: Singles Mixes & Edits Remastered Sign O’ The Times (Edit) (3:42) La, La, La, He, He, Hee (3:21) 4  La, La, La, He, He, Hee (Highly Explosive) (10:31) 4  If I Was Your Girlfriend (3:46) Shockadelica (3:30) Shockadelica (Extended Version) (6:12) U Got The Look (Long Look) (6:45) Housequake (Edit) (3:24) Housequake (7 Minutes MoQuake) (7:15) I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Fade) (3:39) Hot Thing (Edit) (3:40) Hot Thing (Extended Remix) (8:32) Hot Thing (Dub Version) (6:53) Disc 4: Vault Tracks part 1 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (1979 Version) (3:12) Teacher, Teacher (1985 Version) (3:07) All My Dreams (7:23) Can I Play With U? (featuring Miles Davis) (6:29) Wonderful Day (Original Version) (3:47) Strange Relationship (Original Version) 6:41) Visions (2:18) 5  The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker (With Horns) (4:56) Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 1) (3:59) Power Fantastic (Live In Studio) (7:18) 6  And That Says What? (1:50) Love And Sex (4:11) A Place In Heaven (Prince Vocal) (2:57) Colors (1:01) 7  Crystal Ball (7″ Mix) (3:29) Big Tall Wall (Version 1) (5:58) Nevaeh Ni Ecalp A (2:33) In A Large Room With No Light (3:27) 6  Disc 5: Vault Tracks part 2 Train (4:22) It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings (2:21) Eggplant (Original Prince Vocal) (5:18) Everybody Want What They Don’t Got (2:08) Blanche (5:36) Soul Psychodelicide (1986 Master) (12:36) The Ball (4:34) Adonis And Bathsheba (5:27) Forever In My Life (Early Vocal Run-Through) (6:25) Crucial (Alternate Lyrics) (6:14) The Cocoa Boys (6:06) When The Dawn Of The Morning Comes (6:17) Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 2) (5:03) It Be’s Like That Sometimes (3:19) Disc 6: Vault Tracks part 3 Emotional Pump (4:59) Rebirth Of The Flesh (Original Outro) (5:28) Cosmic Day (5:39) Walkin’ In Glory (5:14) Wally (4:45) I Need A Man (5:33) Promise To Be True (3:37) Jealous Girl (Version 2) (4:52) There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool (3:48) Big Tall Wall (Version 2) (5:46) A Place In Heaven (Lisa Vocal) (2:45) Wonderful Day (12" Mix) (7:34) Strange Relationship (1987 Shep Pettibone Club Mix) (7:07) Disc 7: Live in Utrecht- June 20, 1987 part 1 Intro / Sign O’ The Times (Live In Utrecht) (5:36) Play In The Sunshine (contains unlisted elements from Shave And A Haircut 8) (Live In Utrecht) (4:36) Little Red Corvette (Live In Utrecht) (1:36) Housequake (Live In Utrecht) (4:52) Girls & Boys (Live In Utrecht) (4:16) Slow Love (Live In Utrecht) (5:05) 2  Take The "A" Train 9/ Pacemaker 10/ I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Live In Utrecht) (10:16) Hot Thing (Live In Utrecht) (6:15) Four (Includes Sheila E. Drum Solo) (Live In Utrecht) (6:11) 11  If I Was Your Girlfriend (Live In Utrecht) (5:17) Disc 8: Live in Utrecht- June 20, 1987 part 2 Let’s Go Crazy (contains unlisted lyrics from Hey! Bo Diddley 12 and musical elements from Shave And A Haircut 8) (Live In Utrecht) (6:10) When Doves Cry (contains unlisted elements from La, La, La, He, He, Hee 4 and It) (Live In Utrecht) (2:46) Purple Rain (Live In Utrecht) (5:40) 1999 (Live In Utrecht) (5:54) Forever In My Life (contains unlisted lyrics from It and Holly Rock) (Live In Utrecht) (13:12) Kiss (Live In Utrecht) (3:33) The Cross (Live In Utrecht) (7:44) It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night3  (contains unlisted horn interpolations of Hon E Man, Cold Sweat 14, Take The "A" Train 9 and Pacemaker 10) (Live In Utrecht) (13:55) DVD: Live at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN 12/31/1987 Sign O’ The Times (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Play In The Sunshine (contains unlisted elements from Shave And A Haircut 8) (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Little Red Corvette (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Erotic City (contains unlisted instrumental horn interpolation of Sex Shooter) (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Housequake (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Slow Love (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) 2  Do Me, Baby (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) 15  Adore (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (contains unlisted horn interpolations of Pacemaker 10) (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) What’s Your Name Jam (contains unlisted lyrics from ♥ Or $ and a guitar part from Drive Me Wild (Extended Version)/Let’s Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix)) (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Let’s Pretend We’re Married (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Delirious (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Jack U Off (contains unlisted instrumental interpolation of It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) 16) (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Drum Solo (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Twelve (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Hot Thing (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) If I Was Your Girlfriend (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Let’s Go Crazy(contains elements of Land Of 1,000 Dances17 and Shave And A Haircut 8) (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) When Doves Cry (contains unlisted elements from La, La, La, He, He, Hee 4 and It) (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Purple Rain (includes Auld Lang Syne 8) (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) 1999 (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) U Got The Look (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Chain Of Fools 18/ It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night 3 (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) 19 Original Promotional Videos Sign O’ The Times U Got The Look I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man The Super Deluxe Edition edition contains 13 LPs and the DVD. LP 1: Original Album Remastered Side 1 : Sign O’ The Times (5:02) Play In The Sunshine (5:05) Housequake (4:34) The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker (4:04) Side 2 : It (5:10) Starfish And Coffee (2:51) 1  Slow Love (4:18) 2  Hot Thing (5:39) Forever In My Life (3:38) LP 2: Original Album Remastered Side 1 : U Got The Look (3:58) If I Was Your Girlfriend (4:54) Strange Relationship (4:04) I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (6:31) Side 2 : The Cross (4:46) It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night (8:59) 3  Adore (6:29) LP 3: Singles Mixes & Edits Remastered Side 1 : Sign O’ The Times (Edit) (3:42) La, La, La, He, He, Hee (3:21) 4  La, La, La, He, He, Hee (Highly Explosive) (10:31) 4  Side 2 : If I Was Your Girlfriend (3:46) Shockadelica (3:30) Shockadelica (Extended Version) (6:12) U Got The Look (Long Look) (6:45) LP 4: Singles Mixes & Edits Remastered Side 1 : Housequake (Edit) (3:24) Housequake (7 Minutes MoQuake) (7:15) I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Fade) (3:39) Hot Thing (Edit) (3:40) Side 2 : Hot Thing (Extended Remix) (8:32) Hot Thing (Dub Version) (6:53) LP 5: Vault Tracks Side 1 : I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (1979 Version) (3:12) Teacher, Teacher (1985 Version) (3:07) All My Dreams (7:23) Can I Play With U? (featuring Miles Davis) (6:29) Side 2 : Wonderful Day (Original Version) (3:47) Strange Relationship (Original Version) 6:41) Visions (2:18) 5  LP 6: Vault Tracks Side 1 : The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker (With Horns) (4:56) Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 1) (3:59) Power Fantastic (Live In Studio) (7:18) 6  And That Says What? (1:50) Love And Sex (4:11) Side 2 : A Place In Heaven (Prince Vocal) (2:57) Colors (1:01) 7  Crystal Ball (7″ Mix) (3:29) Big Tall Wall (Version 1) (5:58) Nevaeh Ni Ecalp A (2:33) In A Large Room With No Light (3:27) 6  LP 7: Vault Tracks Side 1 : Train (4:22) It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings (2:21) Eggplant (Original Prince Vocal) (5:18) Everybody Want What They Don’t Got (2:08) Blanche (5:36) Side 2 : Soul Psychodelicide (1986 Master) (12:36) The Ball (4:34) Adonis And Bathsheba (5:27) LP 8: Vault Tracks Side 1 : Forever In My Life (Early Vocal Run-Through) (6:25) Crucial (Alternate Lyrics) (6:14) The Cocoa Boys (6:06) Side 2 : When The Dawn Of The Morning Comes (6:17) Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 2) (5:03) It Be’s Like That Sometimes (3:19) LP 9: Vault Tracks Side 1 : Emotional Pump (4:59) Rebirth Of The Flesh (Original Outro) (5:28) Cosmic Day (5:39) Walkin’ In Glory (5:14) Side 2 : Wally (4:45) I Need A Man (5:33) Promise To Be True (3:37) Jealous Girl (Version 2) (4:52) LP 10: Vault Tracks Side 1 : There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool (3:48) Big Tall Wall (Version 2) (5:46) A Place In Heaven (Lisa Vocal) (2:45) Side 2 : Wonderful Day (12" Mix) (7:34) Strange Relationship (1987 Shep Pettibone Club Mix) (7:07) LP 11: Live in Utrecht- June 20, 1987 Side 1 : Intro/Sign O’ The Times (Live In Utrecht) (5:36) Play In The Sunshine (contains unlisted elements from Shave And A Haircut 8) (Live In Utrecht) (4:36) Little Red Corvette (Live In Utrecht) (1:36) Housequake (Live In Utrecht) (4:52) Side 2 : Girls And Boys (Live In Utrecht) (4:16) Slow Love (Live In Utrecht) (5:05) 2  Take The "A" Train 9/ Pacemaker 10/ I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Live In Utrecht) (10:16) LP 12: Live in Utrecht- June 20, 1987 Side 1 : Hot Thing (Live In Utrecht) (6:15) Four (Includes Sheila E. Drum Solo) (Live In Utrecht) (6:11) 11  If I Was Your Girlfriend (Live In Utrecht) (5:17) Side 2 : Let’s Go Crazy (contains unlisted lyrics from Hey! Bo Diddley 12 and musical elements from Shave And A Haircut 8) (Live In Utrecht) (6:10) When Doves Cry (contains unlisted elements from La, La, La, He, He, Hee 4 and It) (Live In Utrecht) (Live In Utrecht) (2:46) Purple Rain (Live In Utrecht) (5:40) 1999 (Live In Utrecht) (5:54) LP 13: Live in Utrecht- June 20, 1987 Side 1 : Forever In My Life (contains unlisted lyrics from It and Holly Rock) (Live In Utrecht) (13:12) Kiss (Live In Utrecht) (3:33) The Cross (Live In Utrecht) (7:44) Side 2 : It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night 3 (contains unlisted horn interpolations of Hon E Man13, Cold Sweat 14, Take The "A" Train 9 and Pacemaker 10) (Live In Utrecht) (13:55) DVD: Live at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN 12/31/1987 Sign O’ The Times (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Play In The Sunshine (contains unlisted elements from Shave And A Haircut 8) (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Little Red Corvette (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Erotic City (contains unlisted instrumental horn interpolation of Sex Shooter) (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Housequake (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Slow Love (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) 2  Do Me, Baby (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) 14  Adore (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (contains unlisted horn interpolations of Pacemaker 10) (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) What’s Your Name Jam (contains unlisted lyrics from ♥ Or $ and a guitar part from either Drive Me Wild (Extended Version) or Let’s Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix)) Let’s Pretend We’re Married (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Delirious (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Jack U Off (contains unlisted instrumental interpolation of It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)16) (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Drum Solo (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Twelve (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Hot Thing (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) If I Was Your Girlfriend (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Let’s Go Crazy (contains elements of Land Of 1,000 Dances 17 and Shave And A Haircut 8) (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) When Doves Cry (contains unlisted elements from La, La, La, He, He, Hee 4 and It) (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Purple Rain (includes Auld Lang Syne 8) ( (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) 1999 (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) U Got The Look (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) Chain Of Fools 18/ It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night 3  (Live at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN, 12/31/1987) 19  Original Promotional Videos Sign O’ The Times U Got The Look I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man All songs written by Prince except where noted. 1  Lyrics written by Prince and Susannah Melvoin 2  Lyrics written by Prince and Carole Davis 3  Music written by Prince, Dr. Fink and Eric Leeds 4  Lyrics written by Prince and Sheena Easton 5  Written by Lisa Coleman 6  Written by Prince, Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman 7  Written by Wendy Melvoin 8  Authors unknown 9  Written by Billy Strayhorn NB: Take The "A" Train is listed as part of “I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man” on the DVD, but it’s not actually in this rendition. It is an interpolation in “It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night”, where it is not listed. 10  Written by Eric Leeds NB: Pacemaker is listed as part of the intro of “I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man”, but it’s in the coda of this rendition. It is also an interpolation in “It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night”, where it is not listed. 11  Drum solo credited to Sheila E. 12  Written by Bo Diddley 13  Written by Sheila E., Levi Seacer, Jr. & Constance Guzman 14  Written by James Brown and Pee Wee Ellis 15  Written by André Cymone and Prince 16  Written by Duke Ellington 17  Written written by Chris Kenner 18  Written by Don Convay 19  Contains unlisted horns interpolations of Six, Movie Star, Housequake, Cold Sweat and Mother Popcorn (both written by James Brown and Pee Wee Ellis), Lines (written by Eric Leeds and Matt Blistan), lyrics from Alphabet St. and The Line and a chant from Land Of 1,000 Dances (written by Chris Kenner). Personnel Musicians Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (credited as Camille for lead vocals on Housequake, U Got The Look, If I Was Your Girlfriend and Strange Relationship) Susannah Melvoin - background vocals on Play In The Sunshine, The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker, Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 1), Crystal Ball, In A Large Room With No Light, Soul Psychodelicide, The Ball and The Cocoa Boys, vocals on It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night Eric Leeds - saxophone on Housequake, Slow Love, Hot Thing, It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night, Adore, La, La, La, He, He, Hee, Can I Play With U?, The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker (With Horns), Witness 4 The Prosecution, And That Says What?, In A Large Room With No Light, Train, It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings, Eggplant, Soul Psychodelicide, The Cocoa Boys, Emotional Pump, Rebirth Of The Flesh, Wally, I Need A Man, Jealous Girl, Promise To Be True and There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool, flute on Power Fantastic (Live In Studio), flugelhorn, flute, saxophone on Adonis & Bathsheba, saxophone and spoken voiceThe Ball Atlanta Bliss - trumpet on Housequake, Slow Love, It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night, Adore, La, La, La, He, He, Hee, Witness 4 The Prosecution, Power Fantastic (Live In Studio), And That Says What?, It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings, In A Large Room With No Light, Train, Eggplant, Soul Psychodelicide, Adonis & Bathsheba, The Cocoa Boys, Emotional Pump, Rebirth Of The Flesh and Wally, trumpet and spoken voice on The Ball Gilbert Davison - party voice on Housequake Coke Johnson - party voice on Housequake Todd H. - party voice on Housequake Susan Rogers - party voice on Housequake Mike S. - party voice on Housequake Brad M. - party voice on Housequake The Penguin (a plush prop, not an actual person) - party voice on Housequake Wendy Melvoin - guitar and backing vocals on Slow Love, Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 1), In A Large Room With No Light and Soul Psychodelicide, tamborine and congas on Strange Relationship, guitar and backing vocals on It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night, bass, acoustic and electric guitar and background guitar Teacher, Teacher, co-lead vocals on Wonderful Day (12" Mix), guitar on Eggplant and Colors and Power Fantastic (Live In Studio), bass on It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings, background vocals on All My Dreams, A Place In Heaven (Lisa Vocal) Lisa Coleman - backing vocals on Slow Love and All My Dreams, (Fairlight) sitar and wooden flute on Strange Relationship, keyboards and backing vocals on It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night, In A Large Room With No Light and Soul Psychodelicide, sitar (Fairlight) and background vocals on Teacher, Teacher, co-lead vocals on Wonderful Day (12" Mix), piano on Visions and It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings, organ on Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 1), keyboards on Power Fantastic (Live In Studio), And That Says What? and Eggplant, lead vocals on A Place In Heaven (Lisa Vocal) and Nevaeh Ni Ecalp A Clare Fischer - Orchestral arrangements on Slow Love and Crystal Ball. Uncertain involvement on Crucial. Sheena Easton - vocals on U Got The Look Sheila E. - drums and percussion on U Got The Look, percussion and transmississippirap on It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night, vocal and percussion on La, La, La, He, He, Hee, drums, percussion and background vocals on In A Large Room With No Light, drums on Walkin’ In Glory Bobby Z. - drums on It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night and Power Fantastic (Live In Studio) and Soul Psychodelicide. Brown Mark - bass guitar on It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night and Soul Psychodelicide. Miko Weaver - guitar on It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night and Soul Psychodelicide Dr. Fink - keyboards on It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night, And That Says What? and Soul Psychodelicide Jill Jones - vocals on It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night Greg Brooks - backing vocals on It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night, Soul Psychodelicide and The Ball Wally Safford - backing vocals on It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night, Soul Psychodelicide and The Ball Jerome Benton - backing vocals on It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night, Soul Psychodelicide and The Ball Miles Davis - trumpet on Can I Play With U? Adam Holzman - synth on Can I Play With U? Marcus Miller - bass guitar on Can I Play With U? Levi Seacer, Jr. - bass guitar on In A Large Room With No Light (uncertain involvement on La, La, La, He, He, Hee) Norbert Satchell - saxophone on In A Large Room With No Light Bonnie Raitt - credited for vocals and slide guitar on I Need A Man (contribution unconfirmed) Live at Stadion de Galgenwaard, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 6/20/1987 and Live at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN 12/31/1987 (DVD) Prince - vox, guitar, keyboard, drums, percussion Sheila E. - drums, vox Levi Seacer, Jr. - bass, vox, drum Miko Weaver – guitar, drum Dr. Fink - keyboards Boni Boyer – keyboards, drum Eric Leeds - saxophone, flute, drum Atlanta Bliss – trumpet, drum Cat - vox Wally Safford - vox, drum Greg Brooks - vox, drum Miles Davis (Live at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN 12/31/1987 DVD only) Production Prince - producer and arranger Susan Rogers - engineer Coke Johnson - engineer Todd Herreman - engineer Eddie Garcia - engineer David Z. - engineer Bob Mockler - engineer David Tickle - engineer Shep Pettibone - additional production and remix on Hot Thing (Extended Remix), Hot Thing (Dub Version) and Strange Relationship (1987 Shep Pettibone Club Mix) Junior Vasquez - edit on Hot Thing (Extended Remix) and Hot Thing (Dub Version) Niko Bolas - mixing on I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (1979 Version), Power Fantastic (Live In Studio), A Place In Heaven (Prince Vocal), Eggplant, Forever In My Life (Early Vocal Run-Through), Crucial (Alternate Lyrics) and There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool Bernie Grundman - remastering, mastering and audio enhancement DVD Archival Producer: Duane Tudahl Audio Enhancement and Mastering: Bernie Grundman Video Editing: David Dieckman for Craigman Digital DVD Authoring: Craig Anderson for Craigman Digital Thanks Art Direction & Design: Alex Tenta and Trevor Guy Archival Producer/A&R: Michael Howe Photography: Jeff Katz Thanks to: Roy Bennett, Mathieu Bitton, Allison Boron, Jason Boyarski, Maddie Brady, Daphne A. Brooks, Troy Carter, Dave Chappelle, Rob "Cubby" Colby, Lisa Coleman, Jason Day, Sheryl Farber, Matt Fink, Andy Fischer, Tim Fraser-Harding, Cara Hutchinson, Kevin Gore, Coke Johnson, Kirk Johnson, Karen Krattinger, Lenny Kravitz, Eric Leeds, Max Lousada, Peggy McCreary, Susannah Melvoin, Wendy Melvoin, Julian Petty, Mark Pinkus, Susan Rogers, Angelo Schifano, Giancarlo Sciama, Levi Seacer, Jr., Julian Stockton, Andrea Swenson, Daniele Taska, Julie Temkin, Jonna Terrasi, Duane Tudahl, Shannon Ward, Lenny Waronker, Mike Wilson Very Special Thanks to: Alfred Jackson (in memoriam), John R. Nelson, Norrine P. Nelson, Omarr Baker, Sharon L. Nelson, Tyka, and all Prince fams (and fans) worldwide The Prince Estate

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Additional Information Promotion (at time of release) Trivia References Podcast: Prince: The Story of Sign O’ The Times, the complete series by Andrea Swensson (The Current, 19 October 2020)

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