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Oct 21, 2016  This is a quick look at the October 2016 Warner Brothers / NPG Music remastered reissue of Prince's masterpiece, 'Sign O The Times.' SIGN O THE TIMES by PRINCE - Unboxing the Remastered Sign. The Traders' Den is a team of avid music collectors dedicated to the free trading of lossless unofficial (aka bootleg) musical audio and video recordings.

Sign o' the Times (styled Sign '☮' the Times) is a 1987 American concert film written and directed by Prince.^[3]

In 1987, to capitalize on his growing success in Europe, Prince toured extensively to promote the album of the same name and sales increased accordingly. However, the United States remained resistant to his latest album, and sales began to drop; it was at this point that Prince decided to film a live concert promoting the new material, for eventual distribution to theaters in America.

Featuring the band that accompanied Prince on his 1987 Sign o' the Times Tour, including dancer Cat Glover, keyboardist Boni Boyer, bassist Levi Seacer, Jr., guitarist Miko Weaver, drummer Sheila E. and former member of The Revolution keyboardist Dr. Fink, the film sees the group perform live on stage (although 'U Got the Look' is represented by its promotional music video).

Background[edit]

The film was originally intended to consist of live material filmed in the Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands on June 26–28 and in the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium on June 29. However, the footage from these concerts was deemed unsatisfactory, partly due to the film being grainy and unusable, but also because Prince was not satisfied with the sound. Sound engineer Michiel Hoogenboezem stated in Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant that the recording itself was good.^[4]Consequently, the live performance was reshot at Prince's Paisley Park Studios (where the between-song segues were also filmed). According to saxophonist Eric Leeds, around 80% of the final film was drawn from the Paisley Park reshoot.^[5]

Most of the songs are linked by a themed narrative and many film critics were quick to praise Prince as being a better actor live than in the previous year's unsuccessful romantic comedy Under the Cherry Moon. In total, 13 songs appear on the video - 11 from Sign o' the Times and two others - a brief piano version of 'Little Red Corvette' and a cover version of Charlie Parker's 'Now's the Time' (performed without Prince and showcasing each member of the band). Initially, there had been plans to include the full concert which featured many other non-Sign o' the Times songs (including 'Kiss', '1999', 'Purple Rain', 'When Doves Cry', 'Girls & Boys', and 'Let's Go Crazy') but these songs were eventually dropped.

In the musical coda for 'I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man', the horn section, Eric Leeds, and trumpeter Atlanta Bliss lifts a section from 'Rockhard In a Funky Place', a Camille track, also on the Crystal Ball track listing, but lost when the 3-LP set was trimmed down. It would later be heard on The Black Album.

Music[edit]

Set list

1. 'Sign o' the Times'
2. 'Play in the Sunshine'
3. 'Little Red Corvette'/'Housequake'
4. 'Slow Love'
5. 'I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man'
6. 'Hot Thing'
7. 'Now's the Time' (Charlie Parker cover by the band excluding Prince)
8. Drum solo by Sheila E.
9. 'U Got the Look'
10. 'If I Was Your Girlfriend'
11. 'Forever in My Life'/'It'
12. 'It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night'
13. 'The Cross'

Release and reception[edit]

Sign o' the Times premiered in Detroit on October 29, 1987, and was released nationwide in 234 key locations on November 20. Despite critical praise for Prince as a live performer, the film did not perform very well commercially and quickly slipped out of theaters; the sales of the album were not really boosted by the film and it quickly slid out of view in the United States. Nonetheless, when the film was released on VHS the following year, it became extremely popular and received positive reviews, particularly in the United Kingdom. Q magazine gave it four stars, whilst SKY Magazine suggested that it 'was the greatest concert movie ever made'. The film holds an 85% rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 13 critics, with an average rating of 6/10.^[6]

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Home media[edit]

The film was released in early 2005 on DVD in Canada by Alliance Atlantis, although the cut songs still failed to appear with the rest of the footage. The Blu-ray version was released in Australia by Via Vision Entertainment and Madman Entertainment on May 9, 2012. The film has yet to be released on DVD and/or Blu-ray in the United States and has been out of print in the US since 1991. In 2017, Showtime acquired the rights and began airing the film on their premium cable channel.^[7]

Notes[edit]

1. ^'Sign o' the Times (15)'. British Board of Film Classification. June 15, 1988. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
2. ^Sign O' the Times (1987) at Box Office Mojo
3. ^Maslin, Janet (November 20, 1987). 'Film: Prince in 'Sign o' the Times''. The New York Times.
4. ^'Prince klinkt even virtuoos, maar wel wat sterieler'. De Volkskrant. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
5. ^Hahn, A: 'Possessed: The Rise & Fall Of Prince', Billboard, 2003.
6. ^'Sign o' the Times (1987)'. Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
7. ^'Rare Prince Concert Film 'Sign o' the Times' to Air on Showtime'. Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 3, 2018.

External links[edit]

• Sign o' the Times on IMDb
• Sign o' the Times at Box Office Mojo
• Sign o' the Times at Rotten Tomatoes

Remixed vs Remastered Reissues

I've been listening to the 2017 Sgt Pepper's Deluxe Edition, which was given a fresh mix by Giles Martin, the son of Beatles producer George Martin. It's a fascinating experience because the album sounds so much more modern in its balance of instruments and vocals, and yet it's all the same music, same instruments, same voices I've always loved. I don't necessarily think the new mix sounds better, BUT it certainly provides more of an immediate 'wow' than the original mix.

As we contemplate future reissues of Prince's work, it occurs to me that these new remasters we all seek may not be all we need. I'd argue we might more enjoy something akin to what they did for this Pepper Deluxe, where they provided a new MIX that allows the instruments to pop out much more. Of course it's a balancing act -- there's no Prince here to dictate how it should sound, and any departure from his intentions (whatever those were) will create uproar. However, for Prince's music to continue to find a wide audience, I do believe there's a certain sonic quality to these new Pepper mixes that will wrap in many who may have said 'oh, that sounds old.'

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So in my dream of dream worlds, there would be deluxe reissues with both a remaster of Prince's original mix, and a new mix by one of the great producers of the world -- someone like Giles Martin or of that ilk -- who would give a modern interpretation. I'm not talking adding any new sounds at all -- just going through the balance to give each song more depth and image (rather than volume). I feel many of the 80s albums, particularly 1999, Purple Rain, and Sign O the Times could benefit from this.

Over time, there's the danger these 'interpretations' become indistinguishable in the eyes of many from Prince's original. But I'd argue more people will be drawn in, and will seek out the original mix as a result. The hardest part is that, unlike the Beatles, it would be very hard to find anyone truly connected to Prince enough to ensure this was done right. But I still feel it should be considered some day.

Prince's original mixes are uniquely his, and they are the ones I fell in love with. But I don't think it needs to be 'either/or' here. There's room for a new, loving and respecful interpretation.