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Prince  – The Crown Jewels
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The Crown Jewels is the seventh promotional compilation album by Prince, available in early-to-mid 1992 (between
the commercial releases Diamonds And Pearls and , to promote the Diamonds And Pearls Tour. It was the first
promotional compilation to be available on CD, and comprises of recordings from nine studio albums, released
originally between 1982 and 1991. The tracks are presented in rough chronological order based on their release
as singles, although this is not followed strictly. 

The compilation is notable for featuring a previously-unavailable edit of Partyman which misses Jack Nicholson's
intro sampled from the Batman movie (presumably for copyright reasons, although Kim Basinger's sampled line of
"Ooh, I love purple" from the movie is still included). This edit was released the following year on the UK
Peach single. 

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Label:  Warner Bros. Records (SAM 1037) / Paisley Park (SAM 1037)

Format:  CD, Compilation, Promo 

Country: UK  

Released: (early) 1992  

Genre:  Funk / Soul, Pop

Studios: Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA;
  First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA;
  Monterey Sound Studios, Glendale, CA, USA; Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA;
  Warner Pioneer Studio, Tokyo, Japan

Length:  61:37

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TRACKLIST:
1 1999 (Album Version)  6:20  
2 Little Red Corvette (Single Edit)  3:09  
3 When Doves Cry (Single Edit)  3:50  
4 Purple Rain (Single Edit)  4:07  
5 Raspberry Beret (Album Version)  3:35  
6 Kiss (Album Version)  3:40  
7 Anotherloverholenyohead (Single Edit)  3:26  
8 Sign "O" The Times (Single Edit)  3:46  
9 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Single Edit)  3:41  
10 Alphabet St. (Single Edit)  2:28  
11 Batdance (Batmix Radio Edit)  4:15  
12 Partyman (Edit)  3:08  
13 Gett Off (UK Single Remix) (Edit)  4:01  
14 Diamonds And Pearls (Album Version)  4:47  
15 Money Don't Matter 2 Nite (Single Edit)  4:14  
16 Thieves In The Temple (Album Version)  3:20  

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COMPANIES ETC.:
Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc. 
Published By – Warner Chappell Music Ltd. 
Published By – Controversy Music 

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CREDITS:
Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Performer – New Power Generation, The (tracks: 13, 14, 15),
Prince (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16), Prince And The Revolution (tracks: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) 

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NOTES:
Made in Germany 
The actual track durations and versions are not printed on the release, but it's mentionable that "1999" is
fade out and "Partyman" does not include the Joker sample (by Jack Nicholson) from the movie Batman™.

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BARCODE AND OTHER IDENTIFIERS:
Matrix / Runout: SAM 1037 WME
Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM