MIRvmn1 said:

"In addition, the single is being framed as the first in a larger rollout of unreleased recordings tied to a previously unheard Prince album project expected later this year." Spin Magazine https://www.spinmagazine....991-track/ [Edited 4/20/26 22:56pm]

I'll believe it when I see it.

What's really odd - about the video on the Spin Magazine site - is that it's a pretty pensive, emotional song, but most of the footage in the film is of high energy Prince live performances, with endless shots of him doing the splits (for example), it's just completely out of whack with the song.

It's almost like, beyond the initial childhood clips and footage, whoever was editing it, just lost focus on the song and its message / got bored?? and began to just throw live clips into the promo...without feeling any need to match any of the visuals with the message of the song.

It's just head scratching, that something like this could be edited so poorly. Really and truly it's not difficult, it's an emotional track...not sure what else to say.

And why on such a momentous milestone - of this legendary artist - do we get just 1 track (already known about) that was given to Celine Dion??

"Confusion!" (mic drop)

T

I think thhis song's releaae is well timed...it is about pain, loss, and death...

LOSTPASSWORDMAN said:

just heard it on spotify - it's fully produced version - sounds much better quality than the leak - possibly with addiotnal echo shite put on his voice!!!

On a quick listen it didn't shock me as being different than the D&L leak. Did anyone bother to compare the two?

databank said:

LOSTPASSWORDMAN said:

just heard it on spotify - it's fully produced version - sounds much better quality than the leak - possibly with addiotnal echo shite put on his voice!!!

On a quick listen it didn't shock me as being different than the D&L leak. Did anyone bother to compare the two?

Yes, it is identical to the version/production on the Diamonds & Love leak.

It is appreciated by me, I'm glad that this has been added to the Prince canon. I have back to backed the version on Tidal with the diamonds and love FLAC leak and I think I can hear some subtle differences in the strings, but if I was blind listening I'm not so sure...

I'll leave that to younger ears and waveform interpreters🤣

bozojones said:

MIRvmn1 said:

"In addition, the single is being framed as the first in a larger rollout of unreleased recordings tied to a previously unheard Prince album project expected later this year." Spin Magazine https://www.spinmagazine....991-track/ [Edited 4/20/26 22:56pm]

I'll believe it when I see it.

+1

and I fear the "album" could be the O)+> leaked outtakes

themanfromneptune said:

JoeyStarr69 said:

themanfromneptune said:

+1

and I fear the "album" could be the O)+> leaked outtakes

More than likely, but hoping for originals volume 2 (yeah right!)

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With I Hear Your Voice, penned from D&P SDE... It seems to good to be true. Ok, not SO good, but better with this "one song from the vault every year"

themanfromneptune said:

ElGorillos said:

"Credits on Tidal say it's mastered and mixed by Chris James." - VinceNPG

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So the leaked one is a Prince original, the official release is the Chris James version.

MIRvmn1 said:

themanfromneptune said:

+1

and I fear the "album" could be the O)+> leaked outtakes

I think u might be right. Hopefully there will be a few additional songs we don’t already have.

themanfromneptune said:

bozojones said:

I'll believe it when I see it.

+1

and I fear the "album" could be the O)+> leaked outtakes

That would be nice. One of my favorite albums.

MIRvmn1 said:

"In addition, the single is being framed as the first in a larger rollout of unreleased recordings tied to a previously unheard Prince album project expected later this year." Spin Magazine https://www.spinmagazine....991-track/ [Edited 4/20/26 22:56pm]

Let the speculation commence.

So we have a "propter expanded version" of Parade, something related to 3121, a deluxe version of Musicology, a streaming vault jukebox, a album of outtakes, everything "coming later"... no roadmap, no tracklist, no official communication...

“With This Tear” is a previously unreleased studio recording from Prince’s legendary vault. Recorded in November 1991 at Paisley Park, the track has been newly mixed and mastered by GRAMMY-nominated engineer/producer Chris James (Frank Ocean, Miguel, Janelle Monáe), a longtime Prince collaborator (HITnRUN Phase Two, Art Official Age, Plectrumelectrum) and features Prince producing, arranging, composing, and performing all instrumentation. Shortly after its creation, Prince offered the song to Céline Dion, who recorded her own version in 1992. This track is the beginning of a number of unreleased Prince recordings scheduled for release this year, as part of a never before released Prince album project.

This press release definitely rings a bell... and reminds me of this press release from 2023 :

"The two recordings were previewed last month at Paisley Park’s Celebration 2023, where attendees were gifted the tracks on special cassette-shaped USB keys. The two Vault releases are now available to all Prince fans worldwide for the first time, as part of an emerging Prince Vault Series and as a followup to Celebration 2023."

It's true that we've had an impressive Vault Series since 2023...

We've been fooled before so I'll believe it when I see it.

[Edited 4/21/26 12:53pm]

fredmagnus said:

“With This Tear” is a previously unreleased studio recording from Prince’s legendary vault. Recorded in November 1991 at Paisley Park, the track has been newly mixed and mastered by GRAMMY-nominated engineer/producer Chris James (Frank Ocean, Miguel, Janelle Monáe), a longtime Prince collaborator (HITnRUN Phase Two, Art Official Age, Plectrumelectrum) and features Prince producing, arranging, composing, and performing all instrumentation. Shortly after its creation, Prince offered the song to Céline Dion, who recorded her own version in 1992. This track is the beginning of a number of unreleased Prince recordings scheduled for release this year, as part of a never before released Prince album project.

This press release definitely rings a bell... and reminds me of this press release from 2023 :

"The two recordings were previewed last month at Paisley Park’s Celebration 2023, where attendees were gifted the tracks on special cassette-shaped USB keys. The two Vault releases are now available to all Prince fans worldwide for the first time, as part of an emerging Prince Vault Series and as a followup to Celebration 2023."

It's true that we've had an impressive Vault Series since 2023...

We've been fooled before so I'll believe it when I see it.

[Edited 4/21/26 12:53pm]

https://princevault.com/i...ries_Vol.1

That "Vol. 1" has always mystified me. Like the "Pt. 1" in "The Work Pt. 1".

[Edited 4/21/26 14:21pm]

fredmagnus said:

“With This Tear” is a previously unreleased studio recording from Prince’s legendary vault. Recorded in November 1991 at Paisley Park, the track has been newly mixed and mastered by GRAMMY-nominated engineer/producer Chris James (Frank Ocean, Miguel, Janelle Monáe), a longtime Prince collaborator (HITnRUN Phase Two, Art Official Age, Plectrumelectrum) and features Prince producing, arranging, composing, and performing all instrumentation. Shortly after its creation, Prince offered the song to Céline Dion, who recorded her own version in 1992. This track is the beginning of a number of unreleased Prince recordings scheduled for release this year, as part of a never before released Prince album project.

This press release definitely rings a bell... and reminds me of this press release from 2023 :

"The two recordings were previewed last month at Paisley Park’s Celebration 2023, where attendees were gifted the tracks on special cassette-shaped USB keys. The two Vault releases are now available to all Prince fans worldwide for the first time, as part of an emerging Prince Vault Series and as a followup to Celebration 2023."

It's true that we've had an impressive Vault Series since 2023...

We've been fooled before so I'll believe it when I see it.

[Edited 4/21/26 12:53pm]

Bingo. They've been talking out of their asses for 3+ years and making promises they never follow up on. Not sure why people keep running at the football like Charlie Brown.

bizzie said:

ElGorillos said:

"Credits on Tidal say it's mastered and mixed by Chris James." - VinceNPG

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So the leaked one is a Prince original, the official release is the Chris James version.

Wasn't the leak from the D&L project, thus James' mix? Or was there another leak before that?