New Prince compilation to feature rare vault tracks

Prince’s estate has unveiled plans for a new album of unreleased material from his archives, set to arrive on 28th August through Legacy Recordings.

The ten-song collection, called Timeless, draws on recordings made across nearly the entirety of his career, stretching from the late 1970s right up until his death in 2016, and lands at a poignant moment as fans mark a decade since he passed.

To introduce the project, the estate has put out a song called “Stone,” a track laid down in the mid-90s that had never seen an official release until now. Reports about the tracklist suggest the album moves roughly in chronological order, opening with material from the late seventies — including a home recording that Prince apparently only ever performed live a couple of times before shelving it. Other songs reportedly come from the early eighties, with an early version of a track that would later resurface in reworked form on one of his soundtrack albums, plus mid-eighties and late-eighties recordings that have circulated among collectors for years without ever being officially issued.

The collection is also said to include a song from the mid-2000s and wraps up with a live recording of a fan-favourite B-side from the late nineties. Also featured is a gentle, stripped-back piano performance that the estate had already shared with fans earlier in the year, timed to the actual anniversary of his passing in April.

Timeless will be the first full archival project from the estate since a 2021 release that compiled songs from a single recording session — this new one takes a broader approach, pulling from many different points across his working life.

Physical copies will be available on CD and vinyl, including a limited purple-coloured pressing, with pre-orders already open.

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