Prince - Exodus: Original Configurations (2CD, 2019)

It’s been a little over a year since Prince’s death at the age of 57, and today, on what would have been his 58th birthday, we have this trove of never-before-published photographs of Prince Rogers Nelson by Nicole Nodland, an L.A. photographer who while visiting her family in Minnesota in 1994 cold-called Paisley Park and offered her services. Prince, as he was wont to do—the first-hand accounts are many and never not entertaining—invited this perfect stranger to come by. She arrived at midnight, and ended up sticking around for two years, traveling the world with him on tour (this was during the famous “symbol” years). It’s no surprise that along the way Nodland, who is now the editor of the indie publication Us of America, found many iconic moments to document. Until his death, Prince was a prodigious producer of not just an endless stream of songs—surely, there will be many posthumous releases to come—but of fashion moments and awed anecdotes that only served to enhance his aura.

Track List:
[01:38] 01. Prince - NPG Bum Rush The Ship
[10:44] 02. Prince - The Exodus Has Begun [Version #1]
[00:34] 03. Prince - NPG Operator
[05:57] 04. Prince - Get Wild
[00:48] 05. Prince - Sonny Turns The TV Off [Later Renamed 'Count Segue' - 'Segue']
[03:24] 06. Prince - Count The Days
[00:23] 07. Prince - DJ Gets Jumped
[03:58] 08. Prince - New Power Soul [Version #1]
[00:45] 09. Prince - DJ Seduces Sonny
[03:59] 10. Prince - It Takes 3
[00:16] 11. Prince - Rain [Later Renamed 'Segue']
[11:02] 12. Prince - Hallucination Rain
[00:13] 13. Prince - Spooky Soup [Later Incorporated Into 'NPG Bum Rush The Ship']
[00:12] 14. Prince - NPG Outro
[04:28] 15. Prince - Get Wild [Remix]
[09:36] 16. Prince - Free The Music [Extended Version] - Get Wild In The House
[01:45] 17. Prince - Free The Music

[00:35] 01. Prince - NPG Operator
[05:40] 02. Prince - Get Wild [Miami Mix]
[00:59] 03. Prince - Slave [aka 'Slave 2 The System']
[05:16] 04. Prince - Acknowledge Me
[07:19] 05. Prince - Super Hero [Incorporates 'Outa-Space']
[00:42] 06. Prince - Count Segue [Later Renamed 'Segue']
[03:21] 07. Prince - Count The Days Unsupported video hosting