Prince — Studio Nights: Demos & Outtakes 1976–1987
 
The Earliest Prince Recordings Ever Assembled — In One Collection
 
Studio Nights is one of the most historically significant Prince collector sets in existence. Spanning over a decade from his earliest pre-Warner Brothers recordings through to the Purple Rain era and beyond, this multi-disc collection documents Prince at his most raw and unguarded — working alone in a room, building the foundations of one of the most extraordinary careers in music history.
 
Why This Collection Is Extraordinary
 
The pre-Warner Brothers Boom Box Tapes on Disc One are among the rarest Prince recordings in circulation. Captured before his first album existed, before Owen Husney had secured the deal, before the world had any idea who Prince was — these are home recordings and early session tapes that include the earliest known versions of Wouldn't You Love To Love Me, For You, and Soft And Wet alongside a run of untitled instrumentals that reveal a teenage Prince finding his sound in real time.
 
Disc Two brings The Rebels — the short-lived band project that preceded Prince's solo debut — with eight tracks including You, Loving You, and Turn Me On, followed by the K-Funk Interview and rare standalone Prince recordings Baby Baby Baby and Nadeara.
 
Disc Three covers the Sound 80 studio demo sessions — Just As Long As We're Together, My Love Is Forever, We Can Work It Out, and Make It Through The Storm among them — capturing Prince in a professional studio environment for the first time and hearing how quickly his songwriting and arrangement instincts were developing.
 
Discs Four and Five move through instrumental sessions and rare 1980s demos including Tick Tick Bang, Turn It Up, D.M.S.R., Delirious, and Something In The Water Does Not Compute in early form.
Disc Six closes with Erotic City, the full Computer Blue / Darling Nikki sequence, and rare tracks from Brownmark and the Get On Up / U Gotta Shake Something period.
 
Tracklisting
 
Disc 1 — Work In Progress: The Pre-Warner Brothers Boom Box Tapes
 
#
Track
1
Sweet Thing
2
Wouldn't You Love To Love Me?
3
Spending My Time
4
Rock Me, Baby
5–14
Untitled (multiple)
15
Telephone Conversation
16–20
Untitled (multiple)
21
Soft And Wet
22–23
For You (two versions)
24
Untitled
 
Disc 2 — The Rebels + Bonus
 
#
Track
Artist
1
You
The Rebels
2
Too Long
The Rebels
3
Loving You
The Rebels
4
Thrill Or Kill You
The Rebels
5
Disco Away
The Rebels
6–7
Instrumentals
The Rebels
8
If I Love You Tonight
The Rebels
9
Turn Me On
The Rebels
10
Baby, Baby, Baby
Prince
11
Nadeara
Prince
12
K-Funk Interview
—
 
Disc 3 — Prince Sound 80: Demos & Instrumentals
 
#
Track
1
Just As Long As We're Together
2
Baby
3
Soft And Wet
4
My Love Is Forever
5
We Can Work It Out
6
Make It Through The Storm
7–9
Instrumentals
10
Just As Long As We're Together
11
Wouldn't You Love To Love Me?
12
I Miss You
13
Donna
14
Down A Long Lonely Road
 
Disc 4 — Instrumental Sessions
 
#
Track
1–16
Instrumentals (16 tracks)
 
Disc 5 — Untitled Sessions
 
#
Track
Artist
1
Just As Long As We're Together
Prince
2
Trouble (Instrumental)
André Cymone
3
So Fine (Instrumental)
André Cymone
4
Broken, Lonely And Crying
Prince
5
(Gotta Stop) Messin' About
Prince
6
Tick, Tick, Bang
Prince
7
Turn It Up
Prince
8
D.M.S.R.
Prince
9
Delirious
Prince
10
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
Prince
 
Disc 6 — 1983–1987 Sessions
 
#
Track
Artist
1
Erotic City
Prince
2
Computer Blue / Darling Nikki
Prince
3
Darling Nikki
Prince
4
Miss Understood
Prince
5
Suzie Lovelace
Brownmark
6
Get On Up
Prince
7
U Gotta Shake Something
Prince
 
Product Details
 
 
 
Format
6-Disc CD Set (CD-R)
Years Covered
1976–1987
Content
Demos, outtakes, instrumentals, boom box tapes, studio sessions
Packaging
Discs only — no case. Cover artwork emailed after purchase
Availability
Very rare — hard to find
Note
Unofficial collector's edition — not an official release
 
Delivery Info
 
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