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In 1982, Prince burst into the Top 10 with "1999." In 1984, he rocketed into the pop stratosphere with "Purple Rain." In between, in ’83, he made this cassette recording amidst the peace and solitude of his home studio. You’ll recognize many of these songs from later releases (including "Purple Rain"), and the version you’ll hear of Joni Mitchell’s "A Case of You" was recorded almost 20 years before he included that song on "One Nite Alone…." That track joins "17 Days," "Purple Rain," "Mary Don’t You Weep," "Strange Relationship," "International Lover," "Wednesday," "Why the Butterflies" and "Cold Coffee & Cocaine." Along with the raw, intimate solo performances on the CD/vinyl here, you get (if you go deluxe) a 12" booklet featuring new liner notes penned by Prince’s engineer back then, Don Batts, plus never-before-seen photos of Prince. Fans love the bright-lights moments, but the dim-lights documents are even more fascinating and certainly more telling, which is why Prince World is all abuzz about this previously unreleased home recording from 1983! Warner Bros.