Prince: "Piano & A Microphone 1983" Album (2018)

Prince’s Piano & A Microphone 1983 was released as a CD, vinyl, and digital album in the US by NPG Records and Warner Bros. Records (catalog number 564502-2) on September 14, 2018, as the first album from the Prince Estate consisting solely of material from Prince’s Vault, with a UK release in October 2018.

The album was found as a single cassette tape in Prince's vault at Paisley Park. The music was recorded in one take in 1983 at Prince's Kiowa Trail home studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The session features nearly 35 minutes of Prince's vocals accompanied by piano, transitioning between songs.

The session includes alternative versions of previously released and unreleased songs, cover versions, and song sketches. Four of the album's nine tracks were previously unreleased: "Mary Don't You Weep," "Wednesday" (originally recorded by Jill Jones for a deleted scene in Purple Rain), "Cold Coffee & Cocaine," and "Why the Butterflies."

Side 1:

Sex Shooter (3:06)

Jungle Love (3:04) 1

Manic Monday (2:51)

Noon Rendezvous (3:00) 2

Make-Up (2:27)

Side 2:

100 MPH

You’re My Love

Holly Rock 3

Side 3:

Baby, You’re A Trip

The Glamorous Life

Gigolos Get Lonely Too

Love... Thy Will Be Done 4

Side 4:

Dear Michaelangelo

Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me?

Nothing Compares 2 U