{"id":10368,"date":"2026-04-20T19:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/prince-unreleased-1991-track\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T19:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:54:23","slug":"prince-unreleased-1991-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/prince-unreleased-1991-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Estate Unearths Unreleased 1991 Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2023\/08\/Prince_02-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1691\" alt=\"Prince\"><figcaption>Prince (photo: Randee St. Nicholas \/ Paisley Park Enterprises).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nearly a decade after his death, new music from Prince is still emerging from the vault, and the latest is arriving with purpose. Out today via NPG Records in partnership with Legacy Recordings, \u201cWith This Tear\u201d is a previously unreleased studio recording dating back to November 1991. Written, produced and entirely performed by Prince at his Minnesota studio Paisley Park, the track has been newly mixed and mastered by longtime collaborator Chris James.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after recording it, Prince passed \u201cWith This Tear\u201d to C\u00e9line Dion, who released her own version in 1992. This newly unveiled original offers a direct window into his early-\u201990s creative period, when the aritst was particularly unfiltered and self-contained. Sonically, it trades the sweeping, adult-contemporary grandeur of Dion\u2019s take for a sparse, piano-led arrangement with soft synth textures and subtle orchestration. The accompanying video underscores that intimacy, pairing the track with a montage of archival photos and performance footage spanning Prince\u2019s life and career.<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/beck-new-single\/\">Beck Is \u2018Lonesome\u2019 Once More On New Single<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/form-festival-lineup\/\">FORM Festival Lands Lorde, Geese, Turnstile<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/the-ettes-reunion\/\">The Ettes Reunite For New Music, Shows<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"OVvEfey2bmg\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In addition, the single is being framed as the first in a larger rollout of unreleased recordings tied to a previously unheard Prince album project expected later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Its release coincides with the 10th anniversary of Prince\u2019s death on April 21, marked by the annual A Day 2 Reflect | A Night 2 Remember event at Paisley Park. The daylong program includes public tours, fan gatherings at the NPG Music Club, a listening lounge and a candle-lighting ceremony timed to 4:21 p.m., the moment that has become a touchstone for fans. Evening programming features a concert screening and extended access to the Paisley Park complex.<\/p>\n<p>The anniversary also sets the stage for the larger <a href=\"https:\/\/events.leapevents.com\/tickets\/prince-celebration-2026-js559jq#\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Celebration: 10th Anniversary Celebration of Life<\/a>, which will run June 3\u20137 across Minneapolis. For the first time, members of Prince\u2019s core bands the New Power Generation and the Revolution are scheduled to share the stage, with participants including Bobby Z and Lisa Coleman alongside Morris Hayes, Tevin Campbell and others from across Prince\u2019s extended musical orbit.<\/p>\n<p>Additional performers slated for the week include Chaka Khan, Morris Day, Miguel, Bilal and El DeBarge, while programming will also spotlight key albums like <em>Parade<\/em>, <em>Emancipation<\/em>, and <em>3121<\/em>. A large-scale downtown sing-along and returning fan events at First Avenue round out the schedule.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/spinmagazine.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince (photo: Randee St. Nicholas \/ Paisley Park Enterprises). 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