"On 29 March, 1987, Prince swept the board at the Razzies. ... Behind that dizzying scope lay a disorganised, almost chaotic, recording process. Prince was creatively on fire, sometimes completing two or three songs in a day. At the same time, he got engaged to and separated from his creative muse, Susannah Melvoin; and fired his beloved backing band, The Revolution. The turmoil resulted in a huge outpouring of creativity. Seldom can so much work have been recorded, shelved, recycled or thrown away as in the period 1985 to 1987. In the end, Sign O' The Times was a Frankenstein's monster, stitched together from the remains of three completed, but discarded albums: Dream Factory, Camille and the triple-disc Crystal Ball set. Now, 33 years on, Prince's estate is releasing an expanded version of Sign O' The Times which includes 45 unreleased tracks from the recording sessions. ..."
BBC (Video)
NY Times: Prince’s Vault Reveals a Brilliant Trove With ‘Sign O’ the Times’ (Video)
amazon: Sign O The Times (Deluxe Edition)
The master tapes for Sign O' The Times, submitted to Warner Bros in early 1987
2020 May: “Prince and the Revolution: Live,” the Historic 1985 Concert Is Streaming Online
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