Sign “☮︎” the Times (super deluxe / 2020 remaster)

~ Release by Prince (see all versions of this release, 27 available)

Annotation

"The Super Deluxe Edition includes all the audio material that Prince officially released in 1987, as well as 45 previously unissued studio songs recorded between May 1979 and July 1987, and a complete live audio performance from the June 20, 1987 stop on the Sign O’ The Times Tour at Stadium Galgenwaard in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Also included is a brand-new DVD containing the complete, previously unreleased New Year’s Eve benefit concert at Paisley Park on December 31, 1987, which was Prince’s final performance of the Sign O’ The Times Tour stage show and his only on-stage collaboration with jazz legend Miles Davis.

The Super Deluxe Edition set also features a 120-page hardcover book containing Prince’s previously unseen handwritten lyrics for many of the songs from the era, including the hits “U Got The Look,” “I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man,” and “Hot Thing,” iconic unseen images from the era taken by Prince’s primary photographer in the mid-1980s to early 90s, Jeff Katz, plus images of archive assets including original analog tape reels and studio tracking sheets."

Annotation last modified on 2020-09-25 21:30 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Sign “☮︎” the Times
2▶CD: Sign “☮︎” the Times
3▶CD: Single Mixes & Edits
4▶CD: Vault Tracks
5▼CD: Vault Tracks
#TitleRatingLength
1Train
recording of:
Train
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
4:22
2It Ain’t Over ’Til the Fat Lady Sings
bass:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1986-07-09)
cello:
Fred Seykora (on 1986-08-18), Jim Arkatoff (American cellist and photographer) (on 1986-08-18), Ray Kramer (on 1986-08-18) and Ray Kelley (cellist) (on 1986-08-18)
double bass:
Árni Egilsson (on 1986-08-18) and Chuck Domanico (American bassist) (on 1986-08-18)
drums (drum set):
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1986-07-09)
French horn:
David Duke (horn) (on 1986-08-18), Joe Myer (French horn player) (on 1986-08-18), Marni Johnson (on 1986-08-18), Brian O’Connor (French hornist) (on 1986-08-18), Calvin Smith (Nashville-based french horn player) (on 1986-08-18) and Jim Thatcher (hornist from United States) (on 1986-08-18)
percussion and timpani:
Brent Fischer (on 1986-08-18)
piano:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1986-07-09)
saxophone:
Eric Leeds (saxophonist) (on 1986-07-09)
trombone:
Garnett Brown (on 1986-09-04), Charles Loper (American trombonist) (on 1986-09-04), Morris Repass (on 1986-09-04) and Bill Watrous (on 1986-09-04)
trumpet:
Atlanta Bliss (on 1986-07-09), Al Vizutti (American trumpeter) (on 1986-08-18), Ray Brown (soul/jazz trumpet player Raymond Lee Brown, 75-) (on 1986-08-18), Rich Cooper (trumpet) (on 1986-08-18), Bob Findley (on 1986-08-18), Larry Ford (trumpet) (on 1986-08-18) and Bob O'Donnell (on 1986-08-18)
tuba:
Tommy Johnson (session tuba player) (on 1986-08-18)
viola:
Myer Bello (on 1986-08-18), Alan DeVeritch (on 1986-08-18), Norman Forrest (on 1986-08-18), Allan Harshman (violist) (on 1986-08-18), Margot Maclaine (on 1986-08-18), Jorge Moraga (on 1986-08-18), Carol Mukagawa (on 1986-08-18), Pam Goldsmith (American violist) (on 1986-08-18) and David Stock (American composer and conductor) (on 1986-08-18)
violin:
Bill Hymanson (on 1986-08-18), Ron Clark (violinist) (on 1986-08-18), Isabelle Daskoff (on 1986-08-18), Don Palmer (US violinist and concertmaster) (on 1986-08-18), Assa Drori (on 1986-08-18), Erne Granat (Hungarian violinist) (on 1986-08-18), Henry Ferber (on 1986-08-18), Janice Gower (on 1986-08-18), Ed Green (US violinist/percussionist) (on 1986-08-18), Reggie Hill (on 1986-08-18), Bill Hybel (on 1986-08-18), Joe Schonbrun (violinist) (on 1986-08-18), Pat Johnson (violinist) (on 1986-08-18), Karen Jones (violinist) (on 1986-08-18), Mari Botnik (aka Mari Tsumura‐Botnick) (on 1986-08-18), Betty Moor (on 1986-08-18), Irma Neumann (on 1986-08-18), Oscar Chasow (American violinist and session musician) (on 1986-08-18), Pam Gates (US violinist) (on 1986-08-18), Terry Schoenburn (violinist) (on 1986-08-18), Sheldon Sanov (violinist) (on 1986-08-18), Francine Walsh (on 1986-08-18) and Harold Wolf (on 1986-08-18)
woodwind:
Don Ashworth (woodwind) (on 1986-08-18), Bob Tricarico (on 1986-08-18), Gene Cipriano (on 1986-08-18), John Clark (flute & horn player) (on 1986-08-18), Dave Edwards (saxophone) (on 1986-08-18), Gary Foster (woodwind instrumentalist) (on 1986-08-18), Jim Kanter (clarinetist) (on 1986-08-18), John Lowe (woodwind) (on 1986-08-18), Dick Mitchell (woodwind) (on 1986-08-18), Jack Nimitz (American saxophonist and clarinet player) (on 1986-08-18) and Joe Soldo (on 1986-08-18)
recording of:
It Ain’t Over ’Til the Fat Lady Sings (from 1986-07-09 until 1986-09-04)
composer:
Eric Leeds (saxophonist) and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
2:22
3Eggplant (original Prince vocal)
recording of:
Eggplant
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
5:19
4Everybody Want What They Don’t Got
recording of:
Everybody Want What They Don’t Got
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
2:09
5Blanche
recording of:
Blanche
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
5:37
6Soul Psychodelicide (1986 master)
recording of:
Soul Psychodelicide (1986 song)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
12:37
7The Ball
recording of:
The Ball
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
4:34
8Adonis and Bathsheba
recording of:
Adonis and Bathsheba
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
5:28
9Forever in My Life (early vocal run‐through)
recording of:
Forever in My Life
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
6:25
10Crucial (alternate lyrics)
recording of:
Crucial (original lyrics)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
6:15
11The Cocoa Boys
recording of:
The Cocoa Boys
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
6:06
12When the Dawn of the Morning Comes
recording of:
When the Dawn of the Morning Comes
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
6:17
13Witness 4 the Prosecution (version 2)
recording of:
Witness 4 the Prosecution (version 2)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
5:03
14It Be’s Like That Sometimes
recording of:
It Be’s Like That Sometimes
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
3:19
6▶CD: Vault Tracks
7▶CD: Live in Utrecht 6/20/87
8▶CD: Live in Utrecht 6/20/87
9▶DVD-Video: Live at Paisley Park 12/31/87

Credits