Prince’s “1999” album remastered with 35 new tracks

By mbrooks on September 11, 2019

File – Musician Prince is seen on stage at the 36th NAACP Image Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on March 19, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. Prince was honored with the Vanguard Award. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

By Matthew Brooks

Prince’s “1999” album was his breakout hit, and now it has been remastered. The newly reformed double album has an added 35 previously unreleased tracks.

“1999” premiered in October of 1982. It was Prince’s first top ten album.

It contained hits like “Little Red Corvette,” “Delirious,” and “1999.”

Prince recorded the unheard songs from 1981 to 1983, Billboard reports.

The album will be released on CD and vinyl.

The Super Deluxe Edition of the album will feature 65 audio tracks on 5 CDs or 10 vinyl records.

A remastered version will be on one CD or two vinyls.

The deluxe version will be on two CDs or four vinyls.

Both the CD and vinyls have an audio-only feature for digital download and streaming.

All formats will be released on Nov. 29.

The list of tracks below is according to Billboard.

Super Deluxe Edition

CD1 / LP 1&2: Remastered Album

1999
Little Red Corvette
Delirious
Let’s Pretend We’re Married
D.M.S.R.
Automatic
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
Free
Lady Cab Driver
All The Critics Love U In New York
International Lover

CD2 / LP 3&4: Promo Mixes & B-Sides

1999 (7″ stereo edit)
1999 (7″ mono promo-only edit)
Free (promo-only edit)
How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore (“1999″ b-side)
Little Red Corvette (7″ edit)
All The Critics Love U In New York (7” edit)
Lady Cab Driver (7″ edit)
Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix promo-only edit)
Little Red Corvette (Special Dance Mix)
Delirious (7” edit)
Horny Toad (“Delirious” b-side)
Automatic (7″ edit)
Automatic (video version)
Let’s Pretend We’re Married (7″ edit)
Let’s Pretend We’re Married (7″ mono promo-only edit)
Irresistible Bitch (“Let’s Pretend We’re Married” b-side)
Let’s Pretend We’re Married (video version)
D.M.S.R. (edit)

CD3 / LP 5&6: Vault, Part 1

Feel U Up
Irresistible Bitch
Money Don’t Grow On Trees
Vagina
Rearrange
Bold Generation
Colleen
International Lover (Take 1, live in studio)
Turn It Up
You’re All I Want
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) (Original Version)
If It’ll Make U Happy
How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore? (Take 2, live in studio)

All tracks previously unreleased

CD4 / LP 7&8: Vault, Part 2

Possessed (1982 version)
Delirious (full length)
Purple Music
Yah, You Know
Moonbeam Levels **
No Call U
Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got
Do Yourself A Favor
Don’t Let Him Fool Ya
Teacher, Teacher
Lady Cab Driver / I Wanna Be Your Lover / Head / Little Red Corvette (tour demo)

All tracks previously unreleased except **, released on the 2016 compilation, 4Ever

CD5 / LP 9&10: Live In Detroit – November 30, 1982 (midnight show)

Controversy
Let’s Work
Little Red Corvette
Do Me, Baby
Head
Uptown
Interlude
How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?
Automatic
International Lover
1999
D.M.S.R.

All tracks previously unreleased

DVD: Live In Houston – December 29, 1982 *

Controversy
Let’s Work
Do Me, Baby
D.M.S.R.
Interlude – piano improvisation (contains elements of “With You”)
How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?
Lady Cab Driver
Automatic
International Lover
1999
Head (contains elements of “Sexuality”)

All tracks previously unreleased

* N.B. video content is exclusive to the physical DVD and will not appear on digital download or streaming versions of the Super Deluxe Edition set.

Deluxe Edition

CD1 / LP 1&2: Remastered Album

1999
Little Red Corvette
Delirious
Let’s Pretend We’re Married
D.M.S.R.
Automatic
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
Free
Lady Cab Driver
All The Critics Love U In New York
International Lover

CD2 / LP 3&4: Promo mixes & B-Sides

1999 (7″ stereo edit)
1999 (7″ mono promo-only edit)
Free (promo-only edit)
How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore (“1999″ b-side)
Little Red Corvette (7″ edit)
All The Critics Love U In New York (7” edit)
Lady Cab Driver (7″ edit)
Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix promo-only edit)
Little Red Corvette (Special Dance Mix)
Delirious (7” edit)
Horny Toad (“Delirious” b-side)
Automatic (7″ edit)
Automatic (video version)
Let’s Pretend We’re Married (7″ edit)
Let’s Pretend We’re Married (7″ mono promo-only edit)
Irresistible Bitch (“Let’s Pretend We’re Married” b-side)
Let’s Pretend We’re Married (video version)
D.M.S.R. (edit)

Remastered Album

CD1 / LP1&2: Remastered Album

1999
Little Red Corvette
Delirious
Let’s Pretend We’re Married
D.M.S.R.
Automatic
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
Free
Lady Cab Driver
All The Critics Love U In New York
International Lover