1999 Deluxe
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November 1981 - January 1983 |
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Electronic dance music , funk , pop , rock , R&B , rockabilly |
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65 (without DVD) |
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353: 13 (without DVD) |
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Kiowa Trail Home Studio ( Chanhassen ) |
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1999 Deluxe is a reworked reissue based on Prince 's fifth studio album in 1999 and was released posthumously on November 29, 2019 as a five-fold album on the NPG Records / Warner Bros. Records label. Of the total of 65 songs, 15 were previously unreleased, which Prince had already recorded between 1981 and 1983. A live DVD with 12 songs from a concert on the 1999 tour in December 1982 is also included.
The music from 1999 Deluxe belongs to the genres of electronic dance music , funk , pop , rock , R&B and rockabilly , the lyrics are about love, spirituality , sex and lust . Jill Jones , Lisa Coleman , Vanity and Wendy Melvoin are guest singers . Music critics rated Deluxe in some cases as excellent.
The commercially successful 1999 album was originally released as a double album in October 1982, but all songs on 1999 Deluxe were digitally remastered in 2019 . In 1999 Deluxe was not listed separately in the international charts ; the sales figures were added to the original album so that it was listed as a "re-entry".
Emergence
On September 10, 2019 The Prince Estate (dt .: The Princeton announced discount ) on a revised edition of the album in late November 1999 to want to publish. The original album was completed by Prince on August 14, 1982 in Los Angeles , California in the Sunset Sound studio and was released on October 27, 1982 as a double album on record by the music label Warner Bros. Records . 1999 belongs with Purple Rain (1984) and Diamonds and Pearls (1991) to Prince 'three most commercially successful albums in his career.
Recordings Vault, Part 1 from November 1981 to April 1982
In January 1981, Prince lived in a house in Chanhassen , Minnesota, where he installed a home studio called the Kiowa Trail Home Studio. There he recorded the two songs Feel U Up and Irresistible Bitch in the fall , which he recorded one after the other. The versions on 1999 Deluxe were previously unreleased, but revised versions were later released by Prince. He recorded Rearrange on December 7, 1981 in his home studio. The exact date of the two songs Money Don't Grow on Trees and Vagina is unknown to the public, but Prince recorded both songs at the Kiowa Trail Home Studio. He originally placed Vagina on the debut album of his side project The Hookers, a girl group he founded , which he later renamed Vanity 6 . In the end, he didn't release the song.
During a three-week break on his controversy tour Prince played on January 11, 1982 the two songs Bold Generation and You're All I Want in the Kiowa Trail Home Studio; He originally placed Bold Generation on the album What Time Is It? by The Time , but later deleted it from the tracklist. From January 14 to January 20, 1982, Prince rented the Sunset Sound studio in Los Angeles. He recorded International Lover on the first day , the instrumental Colleen on January 15th and Turn It Up on the last day . After the controversy tour, Prince worked again in Sunset Sound and recorded the track If It'll Make U Happy on April 6th, and How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? On April 26th . (Take 2, Live in Studio) and on April 28th Something in the Water (Does Note Compute) (Original Version) .
Recordings Vault, Part 2 from April 1982 to January 1983
In April 1982 Prince played another song with Do Yourself a Favor at the Kiowa Trail Home Studio. The song is based on the piece If You See Me , which Prince recorded as a 17-year-old on December 4, 1975 at Cookhouse Studios in Minneapolis. At that time he worked as a studio musician for the musician Pepé Willie (* 1948) and played guitar for the band founded by Willie called 94 East. Prince recorded two songs on Sunset Sound in Los Angeles; Delirious on May 9, 1982 and Moonbeam Levels on July 6, 1982. He played the piece No Call U on July 23, 1982 at the Kiowa Trail Home Studio.
Prince recorded the five songs Can't Stop This Feeling I Got , Don't Let Him Fool Ya , Purple Music , Teacher Teacher and Yah, You Know all in 1982 at the Kiowa Trail Home Studio, although the respective recording date is publicly unknown . He offered the piece Teacher, Teacher to the American rock band The Three O'Clock, but they turned it down. Prince did not release the song Purple Music during his lifetime, but he played it regularly on his last tour in 2016 under the name Piano & A Microphone , renaming the piece to Welcome 2 the Freedom Galaxy .
The recording date of Possessed (1982 version) is also unknown to the public; Prince played excerpts from the play for the first time on December 10, 1982 at a live concert of his 1999 tour in Chicago , Illinois at the Auditorium Theater. A revised studio version was posthumously released on the album Purple Rain Deluxe in 2017 , which Prince recorded on May 15, 1983.
In January 1983 Prince took a four-week hiatus from his ongoing 1999 tour and recorded the medley Lady Cab Driver / I Wanna Be Your Lover / Head / Little Red Corvette (Tour Demo) , which he specifically used as the intro for the second section of his tour Recorded from February 1, 1983.
Design of the cover
The "Super Deluxe Edition" consists of five CDs and one DVD , each of which is in a separate cardboard cover. The total of six cardboard sleeves each have their own cover and are integrated together in a CD box.
The booklet consists of 52 pages and the liner notes are by David Fricke - music journalist for the US magazine Rolling Stone , Andrea Swensson - radio presenter in Minneapolis (US state Minnesota), Duff McKagan - bassist for Guns n 'Roses , and Prince- Author Duane Tudahl.
In addition, the Prince's booklet includes handwritten lyrics for most of the songs on 1999 Deluxe , as well as images from the analog tape reels in the archive. The photos of Prince were taken by the Minneapolis-born photographer Allen Beaulieu (* 1952), who worked with the musician from the late 1970s to the early 1980s.
The “Super Deluxe Edition” can also be purchased as a box set with 10 LPs, with the DVD being integrated into the last page of the booklet. The 10 LPs are not available in purple vinyl , as is usually the case with The Prince Estate ; only the “Remastered Album”, consisting of a double LP, can be ordered separately in purple vinyl. The box set also includes a flyer with a code to download 1999 Deluxe for free .
Music and lyrics
The music from 1999 Deluxe is a stylistic combination of the music genres funk , pop , rockabilly , rock , R&B and soul . In addition, Prince uses synthesizers and the Linn LM-1 as a drum computer on the album , with which he penetrates music genres such as electro funk and electronic dance music . Ballads can also be heard on the album . In addition to his characteristic falsetto singing , Prince also uses lower voices on the album. In the lyrics , Prince addresses the themes of love, spirituality , sex and lust . Guest singers include Jill Jones , Lisa Coleman , Wendy Melvoin and Vanity .
Vault, Part 1
Prince recorded the two songs Feel U Up and Irresistible Bitch one after the other and merged, there is no break between the two songs. The beat and rhythm of both pieces are similar, with Feel U Up not appearing as funky as the previously released version. Irresistible Bitch is sometimes reminiscent of the genre of electronic pop music and Prince sings the lyrics in a hoarse voice. The lyrics of both songs differ slightly from the previously published versions. Money Don't Grow on Trees is from the field of pop and R&B. In the lyrics, Prince is encouraged by his mother to work hard because "money doesn't grow on trees". That is why he should work from “9 am to 5 pm”, unless he can “ dance like Fred Astaire ”, which is not the case.
Vagina is dominated by rock, Prince's guitar playing, which is accompanied by handclaps . The lyrics deal with a protagonist who is called " Vagina " and is "Half boy, half girl - the best of both worlds". About the song sung by Prince in falsetto, engineer David Z. Rivkin, whose older brother Bobby was the drummer in Prince's band, said: "It wasn't even suggestive, it was an obscene song." Prince Denise originally gave Katrina Matthews the stage name "Vagina" when he hired her as the singer for Vanity 6. But Matthews rejected this name, and instead chose Vanity (dt. Vanity ) as a pseudonym from.
Sound engineer Susan Rogers compared the R&B and rock song Rearrange with the piece Purple Music ; it is not an “outstanding” song and resembles Purple Music , only “much shorter”. In the lyrics of the guitar-heavy song, Prince takes the view that one should be open to change in life “if you want to achieve something”. In 1988 Prince created a remix, but it was never released.
Bold Generation belongs to the funk genre. In late 1989 Prince revised the song and called it New Power Generation , which he released on his album Graffiti Bridge (1990). The Time's Morris Day played drums on the piece. Prince named the guitar-heavy instrumental piece Colleen after the middle name of his then sound engineer Peggy McCreary. The choice of the title name was a spontaneous decision of his. Only when McCreary wanted to document the originally nameless song for the archive did she ask Prince what the song was called. Then he wanted to know her middle name and said: "Call it 'Colleen'". According to McCreary, the song was never finished and never had lyrics.
As with Bold Generation , Morris Day also played drums in the R&B ballad International Lover (Take 1, Live in Studio) , which is prominently featured in the song. In contrast to the 1982 version, Prince does not sing the ballad in falsetto and sometimes the impression is given that the recording is a rehearsal . Turn It Up is a fast rockabilly influenced number consisting of a simple beat generated by a drum machine and synthesizer bass. Prince also added high-pitched synthesizer play. He sings mostly in falsetto and in sexually suggestive lyrics, Prince compares his body to a radio; he begs his lover to “come” and play with his “controls”: “Turn it up, turn it up, baby, work with me like a radio,” is the refrain . Turn It Up is reminiscent of Delirious at times , which is why Prince might have decided not to have released the song during his lifetime.
You're All I Want is a fast-paced blues and rockabilly style rock song. Prince's guitar playing is in the foreground and the piece resembles Horny Toad (1983), the B-side of the single Delirious . Prince sings exclusively in falsetto and performs a recurring motif that serves as the lead synthesizer line for Horny Toad . In addition, the guitar arrangement and the drumming of You're All I Want are reminiscent of the song Jack U Off (1982), which Prince released on his album Controversy . You're All I Want recorded Prince on January 11, 1982, the birthday of his assistant sound engineer Peggy McCreary. She wasn't thrilled that he wanted to record songs on her birthday of all times. After twelve hours of work, she created a compact cassette with the song for Prince . He stood in the door, tossed her the tape and said "Happy Birthday". In retrospect, McCreeary said, “I have an unreleased Prince song. For him it was one of the greatest gifts he could ever give me. At that time I wanted to have my birthday off ". Prince never asked if she liked the song. “That's how he was,” she said. Prince later revised the song and renamed it U're All I Want in 1991 and U're All Eye Want in 2000 .
Something in the Water (Does Note Compute) (Original Version) contains, in contrast to the previously published version, piano playing by Prince and a prominent electric bass , as well as different voices . Due to its piano playing, the song can be classified more in the direction of soul and has additional instrumental music . If It'll Make U Happy is from the field of pop music and has influences from the genre reggae . Three chords repeat themselves throughout and a synthesizer bass plays three notes from start to finish. In the lyrics, Prince regrets leaving his girlfriend. But if she would return to him, he is ready to change his life and soothes her with "I really love you, baby, no matter what your friends say".
The song How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore ?, also previously released in a different version ? (Take 2, Live in Studio) is a ballad that Prince plays exclusively on the piano . The song takes shape around a repeating sequence of four chords with a short chorus added. Prince's multi-track vocal harmony in the chorus creates a gospel- like mood. In the lyrics he describes a typical situation for him; he is still in love with a woman who has left him. From his point of view, there was no reason for separation, which makes the predicament all the more unjust and his loyalty more moving. Towards the end of the song, Prince falls on his knees and begs the woman to come back to him, which he replied with plaintive comments such as "why on earth can't you just pick up the phone?" And it only costs a "lousy cent" underpinned.
Vault, Part 2
Compared to Possessed (1983 Version) , released on Purple Rain Deluxe in 2017 , the Possessed (1982 Version) version is more melodic. The song is also from the genres of electronic dance music and electro funk and has a synthesizer theme that recurs over and over again. The lyrics are identical and, typical for Prince in the 1980s, are about a girl; he is possessed by her and cannot resist her. The two-minute longer version of Delirious (Full Length) is essentially identical to the album version released in 1982; Rockabilly influences can be heard.
Purple Music is a monotonic up-tempo number, based on a Linn LM-1 - drum machine and a synthesizer bass. A choppy rhythm guitar adds spice to the synthesizer-dominated texture . Prince uses the term “purple music” as a metaphor for his own music and the lyrics have an anti-drug message; he compares his music with the effects of drugs and sings in the chorus: “Don't need no reefer, don't need cocaine. Purple Music does the same to my brain, and I'm high, so high ”(Eng .:“ I don't need a joint , no cocaine . Purple Music does the same to my brain, and I'm high , so high ”). Prince's voice is electronically manipulated to give the impression that his music has actually got him high.
The piece Yah, You Know designated saxophonist Eric Leeds as "a cute but kitschy mid-tempo -Song" and sound engineer Susan Rogers described it as "faster, funky Jam". She also said that the phrase “Yah, You Know” would always be used by people “when they thought about how great they were”. Moonbeam Levels is a melodic mid-tempo song from the rock music genre. Typically for Prince, he describes the sometimes spiritually inspired lyrics from the point of view of a male protagonist ; he lost his girlfriend in a "rainstorm", which was painful and sad for him. Therefore, he wishes that he should be sent “moon ray planes” so that he can find “a better place to die”. In the midst of the lyrics, Prince gives the protagonist a twist; he wants to "repeat all the good things he has done before" and "fight for perfect love". At the end of the song, the protagonist decides not to want to die. In 1992 Prince composed the song 3 Chains o 'Gold , which is based in part on verses from Moonbeam Levels . 3 Chains o 'Gold can be found on his album Love Symbol .
The song No Call U , which comes from the rockabilly genre, is sometimes reminiscent of Turn It Up ; Synthesizer bass and drum machines dominate the song. In the lyrics, Prince waits for a phone call from a girl so that she confirms that he is the only man in life for her. Among other things, he sings: "My body wants to call you, but my ego says I have to resist". The line of text "call your ass up on the phone" is also present in the song Irresistible Bitch . Prince also recorded a version with the vocals of Jill Jones , but it was not released.
The version of Can't Stop This Feeling I Got , which is almost two minutes shorter , differs from the one on Graffiti Bridge (1990); Drums and synthesizers are in the foreground and the lyrics sometimes deviate from the Graffiti Bridge version. The song Do Yourself A Favor comes from the field of pop music. In the lyrics of the song, Prince happens to meet his ex-girlfriend in a bar and wants to impress her with his money. When they were both in a relationship, he had no money, but "everything is different now". In addition, the lyrics contain a humorous passage spoken by Prince, in which he mimes an old man; his voice as an old man is known as the "Jamie Starr voice" - Jamie Starr was a pseudonym of Prince in the early 1980s, which he deliberately denied at the time.
The song Don't Let Him Fool Ya , which comes from the funk genre, is based on an arrangement focused on electric bass and drums, decorated with keyboards and rhythm guitar. Prince sings in his typical falsetto singing. In the lyrics, a woman is warned about a man who lusts for her. The piece Teacher, Teacher comes from the genre of pop music and has a distinctive melody . Prince sings the sometimes lewd lyrics from the perspective of a woman and describes how a teacher desires a schoolgirl. The teacher offers her better grades in exchange for sex, but she is no longer interested and tells him, "Why should I get used to someone who is not there?" In 1985, Prince reworked the song and composed a version with Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman , who contributed vocals and a sitar- like sound , creating a psychedelic version that was never released.
The Medley Lady Cab Driver / I Wanna Be Your Lover / Head / Little Red Corvette (Tour Demo) composed Prince specifically as intro for his 1999 tour, but he only once on February 1, 1983 in Lakeland in Lakeland Civic Center presented. In contrast to the other concerts on the 1999 tour, the reviews of this concert were mostly negative, which is why Prince may have decided not to play the medley at the following 49 concerts. The medley consists of a compilation of the respective songs, with I Wanna Be Your Lover on the album Prince (1979) and Head on Dirty Mind (1980).
List of titles and publications
| title | 1999 Deluxe | Duration | Original sound carrier | ||||||
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| 1999 | Remastered album # 1 | 6:13 | 1982: 1999 | ||||||
| Little Red Corvette | Remastered album # 2 | 5:03 | 1982: 1999 | ||||||
| Delirious | Remastered album # 3 | 3:59 | 1982: 1999 | ||||||
| Let's Pretend We're Married | Remastered album # 4 | 7:19 | 1982: 1999 | ||||||
| DMSR | Remastered album # 5 | 8:17 | 1982: 1999 | ||||||
| Automatic | Remastered album # 6 | 9:26 | 1982: 1999 | ||||||
| Something in the Water (Does Not Compute) | Remastered album # 7 | 4:01 | 1982: 1999 | ||||||
| Free | Remastered album # 8 | 5:07 | 1982: 1999 | ||||||
| Lady Cab Driver | Remastered album # 9 | 8:17 | 1982: 1999 | ||||||
| All the Critics Love U in New York | Remastered album # 10 | 5:57 | 1982: 1999 | ||||||
| International lover | Remastered album # 11 | 6:37 | 1982: 1999 | ||||||
| 1999 (7 "Stereo Edit) | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 1 | 3:36 | 1982: vinyl single | ||||||
| 1999 (7 "Mono Promo-Only Edit) | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 2 | 3:35 | 1982: B-side from 1999 (7 "Stereo Mix) promo single | ||||||
| Free (Promo-Only Edit) | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 3 | 4:35 | 1982: B-side of 1999 promo maxi single | ||||||
| How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 4 | 3:54 | 1982: B-side from 1999 | ||||||
| Little Red Corvette (7 "Edit) | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 5 | 3:08 | 1983: vinyl single | ||||||
| All the Critics Love U in New York (7 "Edit) | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 6 | 3:15 | 1983: B-side of Little Red Corvette US single | ||||||
| Lady Cab Driver (7 "Edit) | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 7 | 5:05 | 1983: B-side of Little Red Corvette UK single | ||||||
| Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix Promo-Only Edit) | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 8 | 4:33 | 1983: B-side of Little Red Corvette (Edit) promo single | ||||||
| Little Red Corvette (Special Dance Mix) | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 9 | 8:30 | 1983: Vinyl maxi single | ||||||
| Delirious (7 "Edit) | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 10 | 2:38 | 1983: vinyl single | ||||||
| Horny Toad | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 11 | 2:13 | 1983: B-side of Delirious | ||||||
| Automatic (7 "Edit) | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 12 | 3:39 | 1983: vinyl single | ||||||
| Automatic (video version) | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 13 | 8:20 | 1983: Music Video of Automatic | ||||||
| Let's Pretend We're Married (7 "Edit) | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 14 | 3:44 | 1983: vinyl single | ||||||
| Let's Pretend We're Married (7 "Mono Promo-Only Edit) | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 15 | 3:43 | 1983: B-side of Let's Pretend We're Married (7 "Edit) promo single | ||||||
| Irresistible bitch | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 16 | 4:13 | 1983: B-side of Let's Pretend We're Married | ||||||
| Let's Pretend We're Married (Video Version) | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 17 | 4:02 | 1983: Music video of Let's Pretend We're Married | ||||||
| DMSR (Edit) | Promo Mixes & B-Sides # 18 | 5:05 | 1984: Soundtrack of Loose Business | ||||||
| Feel U Up | Vault, Part 1 # 1 | 6:41 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Irresistible bitch | Vault, Part 1 # 2 | 4:39 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Money Don't Grow on Trees | Vault, Part 1 # 3 | 4:19 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| vagina | Vault, Part 1 # 4 | 3:28 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Rearrange | Vault, Part 1 # 5 | 6:11 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Bold generation | Vault, Part 1 # 6 | 5:53 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Colleen (instrumental) | Vault, Part 1 # 7 | 5:29 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| International Lover (Take 1, Live in Studio) | Vault, Part 1 # 8 | 7:19 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Turn it up | Vault, Part 1 # 9 | 5:23 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| You're All I Want | Vault, Part 1 # 10 | 3:00 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Something in the Water (Does Note Compute) (Original Version) | Vault, Part 1 # 11 | 3:59 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| If It'll Make U Happy | Vault, Part 1 # 12 | 4:11 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? (Take 2, Live in Studio) | Vault, Part 1 # 13 | 6:11 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Possessed (1982 version) | Vault, Part 2 # 1 | 8:47 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Delirious (Full Length) | Vault, Part 2 # 2 | 5:59 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Purple Music | Vault, Part 2 # 3 | 10:58 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Yah, you know | Vault, Part 2 # 4 | 3:10 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Moonbeam levels | Vault, Part 2 # 5 | 4:22 | 2016: 4Ever | ||||||
| No call U | Vault, Part 2 # 6 | 4:29 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Can't Stop This Feeling I Got | Vault, Part 2 # 7 | 2:40 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Do Yourself A Favor | Vault, Part 2 # 8 | 9:00 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Don't Let Him Fool Ya | Vault, Part 2 # 9 | 4:34 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Teacher, teacher | Vault, Part 2 # 10 | 3:36 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
| Lady Cab Driver / I Wanna Be Your Lover / Head / Little Red Corvette (Tour Demo) | Vault, Part 2 # 11 | 6:59 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe | ||||||
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1999 Deluxe was released on November 29, 2019, 37 years after the original album on October 27, 1982. 1999 Deluxe is available in various editions; for example as “Super Deluxe Edition” (5 CDs + DVD or 10 LPs + DVD), as “Deluxe Edition” (double CD or 4 LPs) and as “Remastered Edition” (CD or double LP).
Disc I is called Remastered Album and contains the 11 songs from the original album, which were digitally remastered in 2019 . Disc II Promo Mixes & B-Sides contain a total of 18 tracks, which are made up of promotional sound carriers and B-sides . 8 songs were previously released on CD; 1984 DMSR (Edit) on the soundtrack of the US film comedy Risky Business (dt .: Risky Business ) placed the 6 songs 1999 (7 "Stereo Mix) , How Come U Do not Call Me Anymore? , Little Red Corvette ( 7 "Edit) , Delirious (7" Edit) , Horny Toad and Irresistible Bitch can be found on the greatest hits compilation The Hits / The B-Sides (1993) and the maxi single by Little Red Corvette (Special Dance Mix) was released on Ultimate in 2006 .
Disc III and IV are called Vault, Part 1 and Vault, respectively , Part 2 and 15 of the total of 24 songs were previously unreleased. In contrast, 9 tracks have already been released in other versions; Prince placed the three songs Delirious , International Lover and Something in the Water (Does Note Compute) on the 1999 album, How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? serves as the B-side of the 1999 single released in September 1982 , and it can also be found on the girl 6 soundtrack released in March 1996 . Irresistible Bitch is the B-side of the single Let's Pretend We're Married and Possessed , which was released in November 1983, and was first heard on VHS Prince and the Revolution: Live in July 1985. In addition, a studio version was posthumously placed on Purple Rain Deluxe (2017). Feel U Up serves as the B-side of the single Partyman from the album Batman , released in August 1989 . Prince released a revised version of Can't Stop This Feeling I Got in August 1990 on his album Graffiti Bridge . The piece Moonbeam levels was also published posthumously, namely in 2016 on the greatest hits compilation 4Ever .
Live in Detroit - November 30, 1982
| No. | title | Duration | Original sound carrier |
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| 1 | Controversy | 5:41 | 1981: Controversy |
| 2 | Let's work | 5:26 | 1981: Controversy |
| 3 | Little Red Corvette | 4:17 | 1982: 1999 |
| 4th | Do me baby | 7:18 | 1981: Controversy |
| 5 | Head | 4:12 | 1980: Dirty Mind |
| 6th | Uptown | 2:54 | 1980: Dirty Mind |
| 7th | Interlude | 2:15 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe |
| 8th | How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? | 7:03 | 1982: B-side from 1999 |
| 9 | Automatic | 7:02 | 1982: 1999 |
| 10 | International lover | 8:40 | 1982: 1999 |
| 11 | 1999 | 10:24 | 1982: 1999 |
| 12 | DMSR | 8:02 | 1980: 1999 |
Disc V is called Live in Detroit - November 30, 1982 and is a live recording of the 1999 tour that Prince started on November 11, 1982 in Chattanooga , Tennessee at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium and on April 10, 1983 in Chicago in Illinois finished in the UIC Pavilion. The tour took place exclusively in the USA, included 83 concerts and brought in ten million US dollars (at that time about 25 million DM ).
The concert took place on November 30, 1982 in Detroit, Michigan at the Masonic Temple and was sold out with 4,300 spectators. It was the 15th of the 83 concerts. Track 7 Interlude is an interlude , a musical interlude that Lisa Coleman plays on the keyboard. The CD Live in Detroit - November 30, 1982 is after One Nite Alone… Live! (2002), One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! (2002), C-Note (2003) and Indigo Nights (2008) Prince's fifth live album .
DVD: Live in Houston - December 29, 1982
| No. | title | Duration | Original sound carrier |
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| 1 | Controversy | 4:54 | 1981: Controversy |
| 2 | Let's work | 5:27 | 1981: Controversy |
| 3 | Do me baby | 6:35 | 1981: Controversy |
| 4th | DMSR | 4:26 | 1982: 1999 |
| 5 | Keyboard interlude | 3:39 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe |
| 6th | Piano improvisation | 1:38 | 2019: 1999 Deluxe |
| 7th | How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? | 8:14 | 1982: B-side from 1999 |
| 8th | Lady Cab Driver | 3:02 | 1982: 1999 |
| 9 | Automatic | 5:44 | 1982: 1999 |
| 10 | International lover | 9:50 | 1982: 1999 |
| 11 | 1999 | 8:08 | 1982: 1999 |
| 12 | Head | 6:02 | 1980: Dirty Mind |
In addition to the five CDs, 1999 Deluxe also includes a DVD called Live in Houston - December 29, 1982 . The DVD is a recording of the concert on December 29, 1982 in Houston, Texas at The Summit , which Prince also completed as part of his 1999 tour. It was the 34th of 83 concerts and sold out with 11,000 spectators.
Track 5 Keyboard Interlude is the keyboard played by Lisa Coleman and titled Interlude on Live in Detroit - November 30, 1982 . Track 6 Piano Improvastion serves as the intro for the following song How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? and is played by Prince on the piano . The set list of the live DVD is representative of the 1999 tour.
Prince's backing band consisted of the following six members during the 1999 tour:
- Bobby Z. (born Robert B. Rivkin on March 9, 1956) - drums
- Brown Mark (born March 8, 1962 as Mark Brown) - bass guitar
- Dez Dickerson (born Desmond D'andrea Dickerson on August 7, 1955) - guitar
- Dr. Fink (born February 8, 1958 as Matthew Robert Fink) - Keyboard
- Jill Jones (born July 11, 1962) - backing vocal in the 1999 song
- Lisa Coleman (born August 17, 1960) - keyboard
After the end of the 1999 tour, Dez Dickerson left the band, who was replaced by Prince by Wendy Melvoin (born January 26, 1964). The four musicians Bobby Z., Brown Mark, Dr. Fink and Lisa Coleman are members of The Revolution then as now . Jill Jones worked with Prince over and over again through the years up to 1989, but did not take part in any of the musician's other tours.
Singles, music videos and covers
In the years 1982 to 1984 the following five singles were released; 1999 , Little Red Corvette , Delirious , Automatic and Let's Pretend We're Married . There are also music videos for the named single releases .
In 2019 two songs were released as single on various music streaming platforms; International Lover (Take 1, Live in Studio) was released on October 11th and the accompanying music video only shows the front cover of 1999 Deluxe as a still image . Don't Let Him Fool Ya was released on November 8th . The music video can also only be seen as a still image and shows the original sticker from the master tape , dated June 28, 1985 as Don't Let Him Fool You . Whether Prince had recorded the song that day or had done further work on the piece is not known to the public.
Of all tracks on the original 1982 album, including B-sides How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? and Irresistible Bitch , at least one cover version was produced, which musicians released on one of their respective studio albums. No cover versions are known of the previously unreleased songs on 1999 Deluxe .
reception
Press
1999 Deluxe received similar praise from music critics as the original 1982 album, and Prince's live qualities were described as excellent.
Paul A. Thompson from the music website Pitchfork Media gave the highest number of 10 points and described the original album as a "masterpiece". On the Promo Mixes & B-Sides CD , a large number of the B-sides are “really essential”, such as the “short, lively” piece Horny Toad and the piano ballad How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? . Thompson praised the previously unreleased songs such as "the shimmering" Money Don't Grow on Trees or Rearrange , which Prince lively vocalizes and also plays "jagged" electric guitar. The CD Live in Detroit - November 30, 1982 “is bursting with the energy that Prince routinely brought to the stage.” In conclusion, Thompson said that the five-fold album delivers what box sets “almost never do: the thrill of Discovery, the feeling that a really great song is finally free ”.
Hal Horowitz from the US songwriting magazine American Songwriter also gave the highest number with 5 points. The original album was "an amazing revelation of the many talents" of Prince as a writer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer; it has turned out to be a “dynamic one-man music tornado”, an “eclectic force of nature that merged records from funk, disco, rock, soul and even jazz into a kind of Prince music”. The "extensive" fivefold album 1999 Deluxe collects "probably all the material" from the years 1981 to 1982 and shows not only how productive Prince was, but also his "consistent creativity". The second CD Promo Mixes & B-Sides contains rare B-sides, such as the "hyper-dynamic" Horny Toad and How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? which has one of Prince's "most emotional vocals". According to Horowitz, however, the two CDs Vault, Part 1 and Vault, Part 2 could be the "most informative and interesting"; on the songs Feel U Up , You're All that I Want and "the number simply" called Vagina , Prince was "clearly in a playful, sexy mood". The two live concerts captured his energy and intensity. Unsurprisingly, there was "a lot of iterations" on 1999 Deluxe ; For example, in 1999 the song was represented five times in different versions. Most songs are "duplicated about three times", but "for the sake of completeness, it is encouraging to know that all of this is ultimately summarized under one title". In conclusion, Horowitz said that all songs on 1999 Deluxe , regardless of whether they were recorded in the studio or live, “retain the power and magnetic, manic dynamics that attracted attention almost four decades ago and that never sounded better”.
Kory Grow from the US music magazine Rolling Stone gave the album almost the highest number with four and a half stars out of five; Although was Purple Rain (1984) Prince 'best-selling and "probably the best album, but 1999 was his most important." 1999 Deluxe combined the original album with two additional CDs, as well as with “electrifying live recordings from this time” - it was “like an alternative universe for the album”. The keyboard line in Feel U Up sounds like an extension of the “synth masterpiece” DMSR and the versions of International Lover (Take 1, Live in Studio) and How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? (Take 2, Live in Studio) described Grow as "breathtaking," as did Prince's guitar solo on the song Rearrange . The piece Can't Stop This Feeling I Got is a rock song with a Farfisa - organ accent and on If It'll Make U Happy Prince even experiments with the genre reggae. The song Vagina is a “guitar rocker” about a hermaphrodite , which however would have fit “perfectly” into the Dirty Mind (1980) or Controversy (1981) era. Grow described the title name "Vagina" as "unfortunate". 1999 Deluxe also contains songs like Possessed (1982 version) , of which Prince fans "have read for a long time, but never heard", and in the piece Purple Music Prince sings "as one of the first times" about his favorite color purple. In conclusion, Grow drew that none of the bonus songs were better than the pieces placed on the original album, but they represented his "curiosity" at the time to try out new and different ideas, "musical topics that he would still explore in the following decades" . 1999 Deluxe represents "not only Prince's genius", "but also the breadth of his brilliance at the time".
Sassan Niasseri from the German edition of the music magazine Rolling Stone also gave four and a half stars out of five. Even when listening to the original album in 1982 it was “clear” that Prince's music “will never be forgotten”. On 1999 Deluxe , many of the previously unreleased songs were "so good" that Prince could later "use them or at least plan" as album tracks or for side projects, such as Bold Generation , Can't Stop This Feeling I Got and Feel U Up . Niasseri described the CD Promo Mixes & B-Sides as a “ waste of space!” And took the view that songs like Extraloveable , Lust U Always or a piano demo version of Raspberry Beret , all of which Prince recorded in 1982, should have been placed should. In contrast, the live recordings are "invaluable," which the DVD Live in Houston - December 29, 1982 documents.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote of the original album that while Prince stretches "a little too much" over the course of the album, the result is "a breathtaking display of raw talent." After his death, The Prince Estate started several projects, "but none was as extensive or stunning" as 1999 Deluxe . The bonus material doubled the funk, craziness, hooklines, and humor. If you listen to the five-fold album in full, Prince's "excess of ideas makes you dizzy" and is "intoxicating". The same applies to the CD Live in Detroit - November 30, 1982 , which is “the best officially released Prince Live Set to date” and “whets the appetite for many more”. Most of 1999 Deluxe show how "great Prince is for himself" and the live recordings prove that he has "far exceeded the limits of his music studio". Erlewine 1999 Deluxe did not give a grade .
Charts
The original album from 1982 to 2018
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
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- (- Where.) | - |
 Austria (Ö3)
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- (- Where.) | - |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
|
51 (3 weeks) | 3 |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
|
28 (25 weeks) | 25th |
 United States (Billboard)
|
7th (162 weeks) | 162 |
Re-entry through 1999 Deluxe in 2019
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
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Germany (GfK)
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37 (1 week) | 1 |
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Austria (Ö3)
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72 (1 week) | 1 |
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Switzerland (IFPI)
|
26th (1 week) | 1 |
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United Kingdom (OCC)
|
46 (1 week) | 1 |
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United States (Billboard)
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45 (1 week) | 1 |
Of the six posthumously released Prince albums to date , only the greatest hits compilation 4Ever achieved gold status in Great Britain for 100,000 records sold.
literature
- Jason Draper: Prince - Life & Times (Revised & Updated Edition). Chartwell Books, New York 2016, ISBN 978-0-7858-3497-7 .
- Per Nilsen: DanceMusicSexRomance - Prince: The First Decade. Firefly Publishing, London 1999, ISBN 0-946719-23-3 .
- Matt Thorne: Prince - The Biography. Edel Germany GmbH, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-8419-0523-9
- Duane Tudahl: Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition). Rowman & Littlefield, London 2018, ISBN 978-1-5381-1462-9 .
- Uptown: The Vault - The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince. Nilsen Publishing, Linköping 2004, ISBN 91-631-5482-X .
Web links
- Princevault , information on 1999 Deluxe album
Individual evidence
- ↑ Booklet of the CD 1999 Super Deluxe Edition by Prince, Warner Bros. Records / NPG Records, 2019
- ↑ Nilsen (1999), p. 279.
- ↑ Chris Eggertsen: Prince '1999' Reissue to Feature 35 Unheard Songs. In: billboard.com. October 9, 2019, accessed November 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Nilsen (1999), pp. 261-262.
- ↑ Nilsen (1999), p. 263.
- ↑ a b c d Nilsen (1999), p. 262.
- ↑ Nilsen (1999), p. 259.
- ^ No Call U. In: princevault.com. November 24, 2019, accessed November 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Tudahl (2018), p. 84.
- ↑ a b Paul Sinclair: Prince archivist Michael Howe talks SDE through '1999' bonus material. In: superdeluxeedition.com. September 12, 2019, accessed November 28, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Uptown (2004), p. 663.
- ↑ a b Uptown (2004), p. 520.
- ↑ a b c d e Uptown (2004), p. 519.
- ↑ Bold Generation. In: princevault.com. November 25, 2019, accessed November 28, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Jon Bream: Sometimes he dreamed his songs: A portrait of Prince in the recording studio. In: startribune.com. June 6, 2019, accessed November 28, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Uptown (2004), p. 518.
- ^ Uptown (2004), p. 428.
- ^ Uptown (2004), p. 431.
- ↑ Uptown (2004), p. 20.
- ↑ Nilsen (1999), p. 101.
- ↑ Uptown (2004), p. 37.
- ↑ Tudahl (2018), p. 61.
- ^ Uptown (2004), p. 38.
- ^ Paul A. Thompson: Prince - 1999. In: pitchfork.com. December 2, 2019, accessed December 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Hal Horowitz: '1999-Super Deluxe' Showcases All Things Prince. In: americansongwriter.com. December 2, 2019, accessed December 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Kory Grow: Prince's '1999' Box Set Contains Incredible Alternate Universe of Unreleased Songs. In: rollingstone.com. November 26, 2019, accessed December 5, 2019 .
- ^ Sassan Niasseri: Prince - 1999. In: rollingstone.de. November 27, 2019, accessed January 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Prince - 1999 [Super Deluxe Edition]. In: allmusic.com. 2019, accessed December 5, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Prince. officialcharts.de, accessed on November 28, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Prince. austriancharts.at, accessed on November 28, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Prince. hitparade.ch, accessed on November 28, 2019 .
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- ^ A b Prince - Chart History. billboard.com, accessed November 28, 2019 .