{"id":1465,"date":"2026-06-07T23:39:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=1465"},"modified":"2026-06-07T23:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:39:22","slug":"the-first-major-vault-release-from-prince-in-three-years-is-due-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=1465","title":{"rendered":"The first major Vault release from Prince in three years is due this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prince\u2019s estate has announced the first major release in three years from the Purple One\u2019s storied Vault. The 10-track album \u201cTimeless\u201d is due out Aug. 28 on CD, vinyl and through streaming services.<\/p>\n

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It features previously released songs that trace \u201cPrince\u2019s remarkable artistic evolution across nearly four decades, from his earliest studio recordings as a teenage prodigy in Minneapolis to one of his final recorded performances,\u201d according to a news release.<\/p>\n

The estate issued the first song from the collection, \u201cWith This Tear,\u201d in April on the 10th anniversary of Prince\u2019s death. He originally wrote it in 1991 for Celine Dion after hearing her Disney song \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d on the radio. Thursday, the estate released \u201cStone,\u201d a 1995 number Prince recorded during sessions for \u201cEmancipation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other tracks on the album include a 1978 home recording of \u201cI Am You,\u201d an early version of \u201cTick, Tick, Bang\u201d which he rerecorded for \u201cGraffiti Bridge\u201d and a live version of \u201cHow Come U Don\u2019t Call Me Anymore\u201d from 2016.<\/p>\n

Prince was notorious for recording, and then shelving, entire albums \u2014 as well as his live performances \u2014 and keeping them in storage. In the early years after his death, his estate regularly issued previously unheard music. The most recent major release was 2023\u2019s super deluxe edition of \u201cDiamonds and Pearls,\u201d which included his 1991 album in full along with several dozen other songs from the era and two live concerts.<\/p>\n

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The annual Prince Celebration event kicked off Wednesday at Paisley Park in Chanhassen. It\u2019s tied into his birthday, which is Sunday.<\/p>\n

Friday night, members of his bands the Revolution and New Power Generation will perform at the Armory in downtown Minneapolis with guests Morris Day, Miguel, Tevin Campbell, Bilal, Kat Graham and others. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.<\/p>\n

A free Prince block party and community singalong will take place from 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Prince Mural on North Ninth Street in downtown Minneapolis. A choir of more than 100 vocalists led by Sanford Moore will lead a singalong featuring some of Prince\u2019s most-loved songs.<\/p>\n

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