✦ 1999 – Super Deluxe Edition: Nov. 2019

✦ SUMMARY

Reissued worldwide on November 29, 2019, by Warner Records (catalog number R1 534315), the 2019 remaster of 1999 marked the first time Prince’s landmark 1982 double album was fully restored from the original tapes. Considered one of the most influential albums of the 1980s, 1999 captured Prince at a pivotal moment — breaking out of the R&B charts and into the global mainstream with “Little Red Corvette,” “1999,” and “Delirious.”

This era also marked Prince’s historic breakthrough on MTV, becoming one of the first Black artists to receive heavy rotation. The album’s fusion of rock, funk, R&B, synth‑pop and new wave reshaped the sound of the decade and cemented Prince as a visionary force.

The 2019 reissue — especially the Super Deluxe Edition — revealed just how prolific Prince was during 1981–1982. Alongside the original album, the set included 35 previously unreleased Vault tracks, rare mixes, and two complete live concerts, offering the deepest archival exploration of Prince’s early‑’80s creative universe ever released.

✦ HIGHLIGHTS

• Released November 29, 2019 (worldwide)

• First‑ever full remaster of the original 1982 album

• 35 previously unreleased Vault tracks

• 65 audio tracks across 5 CDs or 10 LPs

• Includes Detroit 1982 live audio + Houston 1982 live DVD

• Features handwritten lyrics, tape‑box scans, and rare photography

• New liner notes by David Fricke, Duff McKagan, Andrea Swensson, and Duane Tudahl

✦ ALBUM CONTEXT

1999 arrived at a turning point in Prince’s career. After years of being categorised primarily as an R&B act, he broke through to a global audience with a sound that defied genre boundaries. The album’s success was driven by a creative explosion: Prince was simultaneously writing for himself, Vanity 6, and The Time, while recording dozens of tracks destined for the Vault.

Prince himself described the period simply:

“I didn’t want to do a double album, but I just kept writing…”

The 2019 reissue captures this momentum in forensic detail, revealing the breadth of Prince’s experimentation — from raw demos to fully‑formed masterpieces.

✦ SUPER DELUXE EDITION CONTENTS

CD 1 – 1999 (Remastered for the first time)

CD 2 – 7" edits, 12" mixes, promo versions

CDs 3 & 4 – 24 Vault tracks (23 previously unreleased)

CD 5 – Live in Detroit – November 30, 1982 (previously unreleased)

DVD – Live in Houston – December 29, 1982 (previously unreleased)

Also includes a 48‑page book featuring:

• new liner notes

• handwritten lyrics

• tape‑reel photographs

• rare Allen Beaulieu photography

✦ PRODUCTION & CONTEXT

The reissue was produced by The Prince Estate in partnership with Warner Records. The remastering process restored the album’s original dynamics and clarity, while the Vault material showcased Prince’s relentless creativity during the early ’80s.

The live recordings — Detroit (audio) and Houston (video) — capture the 1999 Tour at full power, offering an unprecedented look at Prince’s stagecraft during one of his most explosive periods.

✦ PRODUCTION & CONTEXT

The reissue was produced by The Prince Estate in partnership with Warner Records. The remastering process restored the album’s original dynamics and clarity, while the Vault material showcased Prince’s relentless creativity during the early ’80s.

The live recordings — Detroit (audio) and Houston (video) — capture the 1999 Tour at full power, offering an unprecedented look at Prince’s stagecraft during one of his most explosive periods.

✦ LEGACY

The 2019 Super Deluxe Edition of 1999 is widely regarded as one of the most significant archival releases of Prince’s career. It offers the most complete portrait of his early‑’80s creative universe — a period defined by experimentation, ambition, and the birth of the Minneapolis sound.

As David Fricke wrote in the liner notes:

“A landmark collection of vision, craft, and urgency — an unprecedented immersion in the frenetic momentum and private working world of Prince in 1981 and 1982.”

The release reaffirmed 1999 as a cultural milestone and deepened the world’s understanding of Prince’s genius.

TRACK LISINGS

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

1)- 5CD+DVD SUPER DELUXE

CD1 / Remastered Album

1 1999

2 Little Red Corvette

3 Delirious

4 Let’s Pretend We’re Married

5 D.M.S.R.

6 Automatic

7 Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)

8 Free

9 Lady Cab Driver

10 All The Critics Love U In New York

11 International Lover

CD2 / Promo Mixes & B-Sides

1 1999 (7″ stereo edit)

2 1999 (7″ mono promo-only edit)

3 Free (promo-only edit)

4 How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore (“1999″ b-side)

5 Little Red Corvette (7″ edit)

6 All The Critics Love U In New York (7” edit)

7 Lady Cab Driver (7″ edit)

8 Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix promo-only edit)

9 Little Red Corvette (Special Dance Mix)

10 Delirious (7” edit)

11 Horny Toad (“Delirious” b-side)

12 Automatic (7″ edit)

13 Automatic (video version)

14 Let’s Pretend We’re Married (7″ edit)

15 Let’s Pretend We’re Married (7″ mono promo-only edit)

16 Irresistible Bitch (“Let’s Pretend We’re Married” b-side)

17 Let’s Pretend We’re Married (video version)

18 D.M.S.R. (edit)

CD3 / Vault, Part 1

1 Feel U Up

2 Irresistible Bitch

3 Money Don’t Grow On Trees

4 Vagina

5 Rearrange

6 Bold Generation

7 Colleen

8 International Lover (Take 1, live in studio)

9 Turn It Up

10 You’re All I Want

11 Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) (Original Version)

12 If It’ll Make U Happy

13 How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore? (Take 2, live in studio)

All tracks previously unreleased

CD4 / Vault, Part 2

1 Possessed (1982 version)

2 Delirious (full length)

3 Purple Music

4 Yah, You Know

5 Moonbeam Levels **

6 No Call U

7 Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got

8 Do Yourself A Favor

9 Don’t Let Him Fool Ya

10 Teacher, Teacher

11 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 / Live In Detroit – November 30, 1982 (midnight show)

1 Controversy

2 Let’s Work

3 Little Red Corvette

4 Do Me, Baby

5 Head

6 Uptown

7 Interlude

8 How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?

9 Automatic

10 International Lover

11 1999

12 D.M.S.R.

All tracks previously unreleased

DVD / Live In Houston – December 29, 1982*

1 Controversy

2 Let’s Work

3 Do Me, Baby

4 D.M.S.R.

5 Interlude – piano improvisation (contains elements of “With You”)

6 How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?

7 Lady Cab Driver

8 Automatic

9 International Lover

10 1999

11 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.

2)- 1999 10 LP +DVD SUPER DELUXE

2)- 1999 10 LP +DVD SUPER DELUXE

Side 1

1. 1999 (2019 Remaster)

2. Little Red Corvette (2019 Remaster)

3. Delirious (2019 Remaster)

Side 2

1. Let’s Pretend We’re Married (2019 Remaster)

2. D.M.S.R. (2019 Remaster)

Side 3

1. Automatic (2019 Remaster)

2. Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) [2019 Remaster]

3. Free (2019 Remaster)

Side 4

1. Lady Cab Driver (2019 Remaster)

2. All The Critics Love U In New York (2019 Remaster)

3. International Lover (2019 Remaster)

Side 5

1. 1999 (7″ Stereo Edit) [2019 Remaster]

2. 1999 (7″ Mono Promo-Only Edit) [2019 Remaster]

3. Free (Promo Only Edit) [2019 Remaster]

4. How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore (2019 Remaster)

5. Little Red Corvette (7″ Edit) [2019 Remaster]

Side 6

1. All The Critics Love U In New York (7″ Edit) [2019 Remaster]

2. Lady Cab Driver (7″ Edit) [2019 Remaster]

3. Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix Promo Only Edit) [2019 Remaster]

4. Little Red Corvette (Special Dance Mix) [2019 Remaster]

Side 7

1. Delirious (7″ Edit) [2019 Remaster]

2. Horny Toad (2019 Remaster)

3. Automatic (7″ Edit) [2019 Remaster]

4. Automatic (Video Version) [2019 Remaster]

5. Let’s Pretend We’re Married (7″ Edit) [2019 Remaster]

Side 8

1. Let’s Pretend We’re Married (7″ Mono Promo Only Edit) [2019 Remaster]

2. Irresistible Bitch (2019 Remaster)

3. Let’s Pretend We’re Married (Video Version) [2019 Remaster]

4. D.M.S.R. (Edit) [2019 Remaster]

Side 9

1. Feel U Up

2. Irresistible Bitch

3. Money Don’t Grow On Trees

4. Vagina

Side 10

1. Rearrange

2. Bold Generation

3. Colleen

Side 11

1. International Lover (Take 1) [Live In Studio]

2. Turn It Up

3. You’re All I Want

Side 12

1. Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)

2. If It’ll Make U Happy

3. How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore? (Take 2)

Side: 13

1. Possessed (1982 Version)

2. Delirious (Full Length)

Side 14

1. Purple Music

2. Yah, You Know

3. Moonbeam Levels (2019 Remaster)

Side 15

1. No Call U

2. Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got

3. Do Yourself A Favor

Side 16

1. Don’t Let Him Fool Ya

2. Teacher, Teacher

3. Lady Cab Driver / I Wanna Be Your Lover / Little Red Corvette (Tour Demo)

Side 17

1. Controversy (Live at Masonic Hall, Detroit, MI, 11/30/1982 – Late Show)

2. Let’s Work (Live at Masonic Hall, Detroit, MI, 11/30/1982 – Late Show)

3. Little Red Corvette (Live at Masonic Hall, Detroit, MI, 11/30/1982 – Late Show)

4. Do Me, Baby (Live at Masonic Hall, Detroit, MI, 11/30/1982 – Late Show)

Side 18

1. Head (Live at Masonic Hall, Detroit, MI, 11/30/1982 – Late Show)

2. Uptown (Live at Masonic Hall, Detroit, MI, 11/30/1982 – Late Show)

3. Lisa’s Keyboard Interlude (Live at Masonic Hall, Detroit, MI, 11/30/1982 – Late Show)

4. How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore? (Live at Masonic Hall, Detroit, MI, 11/30/1982 – Late Show)

Side 19

1. Automatic (Live at Masonic Hall, Detroit, MI, 11/30/1982 – Late Show)

2. International Lover (Live at Masonic Hall, Detroit, MI, 11/30/1982 – Late Show)

3. 1999 (Live at Masonic Hall, Detroit, MI, 11/30/1982 – Late Show)

Side 20

1. D.M.S.R. (Live at Masonic Hall, Detroit, MI, 11/30/1982 – Late Show)

DVD

Live In Houston – December 29, 1982*

1 Controversy

2 Let’s Work

3 Do Me, Baby

4 D.M.S.R.

5 Interlude – piano improvisation (contains elements of “With You”)

6 How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?

7 Lady Cab Driver

8 Automatic

9 International Lover

10 1999

11 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.

3)- 1999 2CD DELUXE

CD1

Remastered Album

1 1999

2 Little Red Corvette

3 Delirious

4 Let’s Pretend We’re Married

5 D.M.S.R.

6 Automatic

7 Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)

8 Free

9 Lady Cab Driver

10 All The Critics Love U In New York

11 International Lover

CD2 / LP 3&4

Promo mixes & B-Sides

1 1999 (7″ stereo edit)

2 1999 (7″ mono promo-only edit)

3 Free (promo-only edit)

4 How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore (“1999″ b-side)

5 Little Red Corvette (7″ edit)

6 All The Critics Love U In New York (7” edit)

7 Lady Cab Driver (7″ edit)

8 Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix promo-only edit)

9 Little Red Corvette (Special Dance Mix)

10 Delirious (7” edit)

11 Horny Toad (“Delirious” b-side)

12 Automatic (7″ edit)

13 Automatic (video version)

14 Let’s Pretend We’re Married (7″ edit)

15 Let’s Pretend We’re Married (7″ mono promo-only edit)

16 Irresistible Bitch (“Let’s Pretend We’re Married” b-side)

17 Let’s Pretend We’re Married (video version)

18 D.M.S.R. (edit

4)- 1999 4 LP DELUXE

LP 1&2

Remastered Album

1 1999

2 Little Red Corvette

3 Delirious

4 Let’s Pretend We’re Married

5 D.M.S.R.

6 Automatic

7 Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)

8 Free

9 Lady Cab Driver

10 All The Critics Love U In New York

11 International Lover

LP 3&4

Promo mixes & B-Sides

1 1999 (7″ stereo edit)

2 1999 (7″ mono promo-only edit)

3 Free (promo-only edit)

4 How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore (“1999″ b-side)

5 Little Red Corvette (7″ edit)

6 All The Critics Love U In New York (7” edit)

7 Lady Cab Driver (7″ edit)

8 Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix promo-only edit)

9 Little Red Corvette (Special Dance Mix)

10 Delirious (7” edit)

11 Horny Toad (“Delirious” b-side)

12 Automatic (7″ edit)

13 Automatic (video version)

14 Let’s Pretend We’re Married (7″ edit)

15 Let’s Pretend We’re Married (7″ mono promo-only edit)

16 Irresistible Bitch (“Let’s Pretend We’re Married” b-side)

17 Let’s Pretend We’re Married (video version)

18 D.M.S.R. (edit

5)- 1999 2 LP REMASTER

1 1999

2 Little Red Corvette

3 Delirious

4 Let’s Pretend We’re Married

5 D.M.S.R.

6 Automatic

7 Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)

8 Free

9 Lady Cab Driver

10 All The Critics Love U In New York

11 International Lover

6)- 1999 1 CD REMASTER

1 1999

2 Little Red Corvette

3 Delirious

4 Let’s Pretend We’re Married

5 D.M.S.R.

6 Automatic

7 Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)

8 Free

9 Lady Cab Driver

10 All The Critics Love U In New York

11 International Lover