Prince (August 6, 2020) – "Cosmic Day" Format: Digital / Streaming

Cosmic Day was made available on streaming and download platforms as a preview of the Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition.

The official announcement stated that The Prince Estate and Warner Records were pleased to release the song and handwritten lyrics for Cosmic Day from Prince’s legendary vault. Cosmic Day was recorded on November 15, 1986 at Sunset Sound, and is one of the most revered recordings from the expanded reissue of Sign O’ The Times.

Sign O’ The Times (Super) Deluxe Edition is an elaborated remastered reissue of Prince’s ninth full-length studio album Sign O’ The Times and the ninth posthumous album release overall. In the three-CD Deluxe Edition, the remastered original album is augmented by one CD containing 13 B-sides, extended versions and edits from the Sign O’ The Times era.

The more elaborate Super Deluxe Edition includes three additional discs containing 45 previously unreleased songs or versions from the Sign O’ The Times era, a two-CD set featuring the 20 June 1987 show in Utrecht, the Netherlands from the Sign O’ The Times Tour, and a 2 hour 13 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. 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 release 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 and July 1987.

Seven tracks 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 prevented them from doing so.

Artist: Prince

Title: Cosmic Day

Label: The Prince Estate / Warner Records

Country: Worldwide

Date: August 6, 2020

Format: Digital / Streaming / Download

Tracklist: Cosmic Day

RECORDING

Recorded on November 15, 1986 at Sunset Sound.

RELEASE HISTORY

Released August 6, 2020 on streaming and download platforms as a preview of Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition. Handwritten lyrics were also released.

Notes: One of the most revered recordings from the expanded reissue of Sign O’ The Times.

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