The Prince Estate has unveiled a previously unheard track, in anticipation of the forthcoming expanded reissue of Sign O’ The Times.

The track, ‘I Need A Man’, was helmed back in January, 1987. Recorded by engineer Susan Rogers at the Washington Avenue Warehouse mere months before Prince’s Paisley Park Studios opened.

Prince offered the track to singer and guitarist Bonnie Raitt after operations at Paisley Park kicked off. It marked the first of four songs he offered to the musician — who was once contemplating signing with Prince’s Paisley Park label, before ultimately going with Capitol.

Listen to ‘I Need A Man’ by Prince:

The Sign o’ the Times reissue will arrive on September 25th. The release will see the album’s original tracks remastered, in addition to over 60 previously unreleased tracks from the Purple One’s vault and two concert recordings: An audio version of Prince’s 1987 concert at Stadium Galgenwaard in the Netherlands, and a DVD of the New Year’s Eve benefit concert that he held at Paisley Park on December 31, 1987.

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This September 25, The Prince Estate, in partnership with @warnerrecords, will reissue Prince’s epochal double album Sign O’ The Times via all physical, digital and streaming partners. 🟣 In addition to the newly remastered album, the Super Deluxe Edition features over 60 previously unreleased audio tracks and two complete concert recordings, including Prince’s only on-stage collaboration with Miles Davis. 🟣 Overflowing with musical ideas and topical lyrics that sound just as relevant today as they did when they were initially released, Prince’s iconic double album Sign O’ The Times captured the artist in a period of complete reinvention. The prolific period of late 1985 to early 1987 saw the dissolution of his band The Revolution, the construction of his innovative recording complex, @officialpaisleypark, and the creation (and ultimate abandonment) of the albums Dream Factory, Camille, and Crystal Ball. 🟣 The Super Deluxe #PrinceSOTT features a 120-page hardcover book containing handwritten lyrics for many of the songs from the era, unseen images by Jeff Katz, and liner notes by @davechappelle (in conversation w/ @candyTman), @LennyKravitz, Susan Rogers, Daphne A. Brooks, @slingshotannie & Duane Tudahl. 🟣 Pre-order the remastered, Deluxe and Super Deluxe reissues of #PrinceSOTT now via the official Prince Store (link in bio).

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