Third Man Records to Issue Prince’s Previously Unreleased 1986 Album ‘Camille’

Third Man Records have revealed plans to issue Prince’s previously unreleased 1986 album Camille. “We’re finally going to put it out,” label co-founder Ben Blackwell told Mojo. “Prince’s people agreed – almost too easy.” The late musician originally planned on dropping the LP under his pseudonym Camille, a feminine alter-ego he embodied through pitched-up vocals and androgynous fashion, but the album was shelved shortly after getting a test pressing.

Camille includes eight tracks in total, all of which have been officially released—although hard to track down, to some extent—over the years. “Housequake,” “Strange Relationship,” and “If I Was Your Girlfriend” appear on Sign o’ the Times; “Feel U Up” is the B-side to Batman single “Partyman;” “Shockadelica” is the B-side to 1987 single “If I Was Your Girlfriend;” “Good Love” appears on the Bright Lights, Big City soundtrack; “Rockhard in a Funky Place” is on The Black Album; and lastly “Rebirth of the Flesh” was recently added to the 2020 super deluxe reissue of Sign o’ the Times.

Next month, Alamo Drafthouse will screen a 4K restoration of Sign o’ the Times in theaters nationwide. Welcome 2 America, Prince’s first posthumous album of all unreleased material, came out in 2021. It was preceded by a handful of never-before-heard songs: “Cosmic Day,” “Born 2 Die,” and “Hot Summer.”

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Courtesy Pitchfork.com.