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Prince is one of the most prolific artists in music history. Outside of crafting hits for himself, The Purple One was a prominent songwriter for other artists. As he wrote music for others, Prince would also record those tracks for himself too. However, for years those records were locked away in his Paisley Park vault.

Today (June 7), the Prince estate, with curation from Troy Carter and Jay-Z, releases Originals, an entire LP of Prince’s versions of hit songs he penned for other stars. Songs such as Sheila E.’s “This Glamorous Life,” the Bangles’ “Manic Monday,” “Nothing Compares 2 U,” and a ton more. Originals follows the posthumous LP of demos that the Prince estate released last year titled Piano And A Microphone 1983.

Stream Originals exclusively via TIDAL here. The entire project will have a wide release via Warner Bros. on all the streaming platforms on June 21. A deluxe physical edition of Originals, which will contain a CD and 180-gram purple vinyl, will drop on July 19.

The Prince Estate is teaming up with Warner Bros. Records for a new album of unreleased demos from The Purple One. The project, which is titled Originals, features 15 demos of Prince-written songs later recorded by the Time, Vanity 6, Sheila E., the Bangles, Apollonia 6, and more. Many of these demos went on to become hit records such as the Time’s “Jungle Love,” Sheila E’s “The Glamorous Life,” The Bangles’ “Manic Monday,” Sinead O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U,” among others

Originals will stream exclusively on TIDAL for two weeks starting June 7. On June 21, Warner Bros. Records will release Originals on CD. The LP will also be available on vinyl and CD editions on July 19.

The records on the album were selected collaboratively by Troy Carter, on behalf of the Prince Estate, and JAY-Z. Peep the tracklist below.

In recent news, it was revealed that Prince’s memoir, The Beautiful Ones, is set to drop this year on Oct. 29.

Originals:

01 Sex Shooter (1983)
02 Jungle Love (1983)
03 Manic Monday (1984)
04 Noon Rendezvous (1984)
05 Make-Up (1981)
06 100 MPH (1984)
07 You’re My Love (1982)
08 Holly Rock (1985)
09 Baby, You’re a Trip (1982)
10 The Glamorous Life (1983)
11 Gigolos Get Lonely Too (1982)
12 Love… Thy Will Be Done (1991)
13 Dear Michelangelo (1985)
14 Wouldn’t You Love to Love Me? (1981)
15 Nothing Compares 2 U (1984)