This morning, on what would have been Prince’s 60th birthday, his estate and Warner Bros. have announced the release of a live album recorded in 1983. Piano & A Microphone: 1983, out September 21, was recorded during a rehearsal at Prince’s home studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Listen to the record’s version of “Mary Don’t You Weep,” which will feature in Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, below. The album also includes a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You” and versions of “Purple Rain” (which was then unreleased), “17 Days,” and more. See the tracklist below.
Piano & A Microphone: 1983:
01 17 Days
02 Purple Rain
03 A Case Of You
04 Mary Don’t You Weep
05 Strange Relationship
06 International Lover
07 Wednesday
08 Cold Coffee & Cocaine
09 Why The Butterflies
