Stream Prince’s Unreleased ‘Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 2)’ | ‘Sign O’ The Times’ Reissue September
The Prince Estate in partnership with Warner Records, have released “Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 2),” a previously unheard recording from Prince’s legendary vault that will be featured on the expanded reissue of Prince’s iconic “Sign O’ The Times” out September 25th.
“Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 2)” was recorded at Sunset Sound, Studio 3 on October 6th, 1986, by engineer Coke Johnson.
When Country music artist Deborah Allen asked Prince if he could write a song for her, he decided to rework “Witness 4 The Prosecution” instead. The original song contained contributions from the Revolution, but this re-recorded version is almost exclusively Prince (with the exception of Eric Leeds and Atlanta Bliss on sax and trumpet respectively), and it includes at least five different Fairlight keyboard tracks and seven layers of Prince’s own background vocals. Prince decided to keep the song, and would instead offer her “Telepathy,” which had been recorded and mixed on the same date.
The new Sign O’ The Times expanded reissue will be available this fall via all physical, digital and streaming partners, with the classic album remastered for the very first time. The Super Deluxe edition features 63 previously unreleased tracks, as well as a previously unreleased 2+ hour video concert performance from the vault.
