On this day in history (October 27, 1982), Prince released his 5th studio album 1999. This was his first album to feature “The Revolution” as his band – which is acknowledged in the letter “I” on the album cover with “and the Revolution” written backwards as “dna eht noituloveR”. This album features the singles 1999, Little Red Corvette, Delerious and Let’s Pretend We’re Married

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The Prince estate will be re-releasing 1999 as a super deluxe 5CD box set next month (Pre-orders available now). The box set features:

Contents:

CD1: 1999 album (remastered for the very first time)

CD2: Promo mixes & B-sides (remastered)

CD3: Vault Tracks part 1 (recorded between November 1981 to April 1982)

CD4: Vault Tracks part 2 (recorded between April 1982 to January 1983)

CD5: previously unreleased concert performance (Live In Detroit, 30th November 1982)

Other info:

The Super Deluxe Edition contains 65 audio tracks, of which 35 are previously unreleased, including 24 tracks from Prince’s legendary Vault

The set also includes an entire previously unreleased audio recording of Prince’s 1999 Tour performance recorded Live In Detroit, 30th November 1982

The DVD features a complete previously unreleased 1999 Tour performance recorded Live In Houston, 29th December 1982

Booklet features: Brand new liner notes by Rolling Stone magazine’s David Fricke, superfan Duff McKagan (of Guns ’N’ Roses), and Minneapolis music scene commentator Andrea Swensson Detailed notes on the Vault Tracks by Prince scholar Duane Tudahl Rare and previously unseen photography by Allen Beaulieu Prince’s handwritten lyrics



Videos

1999

Little Red Corvette

Let’s Pretend We’re Married

Charts

Peaked at #7 in the US Billboard 200 charts

Peaked at #4 in Billboards Top R&B/Hop Hop Albums chart

1999 (the single) peaked at #12 in the US singles chart

Little Red Corvette peaked at #6 in the US singles chart

Delirious peaked at #8 in the US singles chart

Tracklisting