Prince’s Timeless Celebration Continues With Four-Track ‘Calabama’ EP

October 9, 2026 - The celebration of Prince's Timeless continues with Calabama, a four-track digital EP featuring the album version of "Calabama," "Calabama (Vault Raw)" and two additional recordings, "Prince And The Band (Vault Raw 1)" and "Prince And The Band (Vault Raw 2)," out now via NPG Records.

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Following the success of Timeless, the posthumous Prince album featuring 10 previously unreleased songs recorded across five decades, from 1977 to 2016, and a debut on the Billboard 200, new releases of "Calabama" and "Prince and The Band" continue the conversation around his Vault. After NPG Records and the Prince Management Team explained on Instagram that the album version featured live horns recorded after Prince's passing by horn players handpicked by Prince, some critics expressed interest in hearing the original raw recording without the added horns from former members of his band. Prince's Estate decided to add two untouched bonus tracks of "Prince and The Band" (which shows Prince's inclusion of live horn sections) to the EP, both of which were not included on the Timeless album. "Calabama" was the only track on Timelesswith additional music added. In response, the Prince Estate is giving listeners the opportunity to hear the similarities and differences firsthand and gain more insight into the process and the responsibility of releasing music from this one of a kind Prince Vault. Certain selected untouched Vault recordings will also be made available for listening purposes at Paisley Park as archival artifacts in 2027, offering visitors further insight into Prince's creative process.

Produced, arranged, composed and performed by Prince, "Calabama" was recorded by Joe Lipinski at Paisley Park on January 21, 2003, and features John Blackwell on drums. The Timeless version includes horn parts recorded after Prince's passing by Greg Boyer, Adrian Crutchfield and Lynn Grissett, while "Calabama (Vault Raw)" presents the recording without those added horns.

"Prince And The Band (Vault Raw 1)" features Prince on all vocals and instruments and was recorded and mixed by Ian Boxill at Paisley Park. "Prince And The Band (Vault Raw 2)," recorded and mixed by Boxill at Paisley Park on August 22, 2006, features Prince on vocals, guitar and keys, joined by Cora Coleman-Dunham on drums, Josh Dunham on bass, Maceo Parker on saxophone, Ray Monteiro on trumpet and Greg Boyer on trombone.

CALABAMA EP TRACKLIST

1. "Calabama"
2. "Calabama (Vault Raw)"
3. "Prince And The Band (Vault Raw 1)"
4. "Prince And The Band (Vault Raw 2)"

Released August 28 via NPG Records, Timeless debuted across six U.S. charts, entering at #59 on the Billboard 200, #9 on Top Album Sales, #8 on Vinyl Albums, #9 on Top Digital Albums, #5 on Top R&B Albums and #14 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

Internationally, Timeless reached #1 on Switzerland's album sales chart and earned Top 10 positions on national album sales charts in Belgium, Norway, Italy, Austria, Canada, the Netherlands, France and Japan. It also charted in the UK and Australia, with additional vinyl-chart placements in France, Sweden and the UK.

Supporting the album's release, Timeless: Global Album Release Party , livestreamed worldwide via Prince and Paisley Park's official YouTube and Facebook channels, has surpassed 173,000 views, bringing fans around the world together to celebrate Prince's music and the release of Timeless.

Released alongside the album, the music video for "The Guilty Ones" -hailed by Billboard as "a rock burner"-accompanies the 2007 recording featuring Cora Coleman-Dunham on drums, Josh Dunham on bass and Marva King and Shelby J. on background vocals. Written, produced and arranged by Prince, who also performs on the track, "The Guilty Ones" was recorded at Paisley Park on October 26, 2007, offering a newly unearthed snapshot of Prince and his band at work.

Timeless has received coverage from NPR , CNN , People Magazine , Stereogum , Consequence , Complex , The FADER , The Source , Rolling Out , Rated R&B and The Line of Best Fit , among others, with critics praising the collection's range and portrait of Prince's singular artistry:

"It shows a bunch of the different facets of what [Prince] is capable of and why he could do things that nobody else could do."

- NPR

"a funky collection"

- Billboard

"Timeless backs up Prince's storied rep as his era's most effortless genre jumper."

- People

"a career in ten songs."

- Men's Journal

"Prince's music was never built for only one moment. Timeless shows why it continues to connect across generations."

- The Source

"Prince will forever be 'TIMELESS'"

- Complex

"the estate's boldest reach into Prince's fabled archive yet"

- Rolling Out

Curated to showcase the breadth of Prince's artistry across key eras of his career, Timeless brings together 10 recordings from the Vault, offering another window into the depth, range and evolution of one of music's most singular creative forces.

ABOUT PRINCE

Prince was a singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and performer whose singular vision reshaped popular music. Born and raised in Minneapolis, he established an unrivaled music legacy and pioneered the Minneapolis sound, blending funk, rock, pop, soul and jazz across over 39 landmark albums including 1999, Purple Rain, Parade, Sign o' the Times, Emancipation, Musicology, 3121 and more. With estimated sales exceeding 100 million records worldwide, he remains one of the best-selling artists of all time. A Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, Grammy and Academy Award winner, and champion of artistic independence and ownership, Prince created an extraordinary body of released music and an extensive archive of recordings in his Vault. Prince is widely recognized as one of the greatest artists and musicians of all time. Paisley Park, his creative sanctuary in Chanhassen, Minnesota, remains an active museum, recording studio and concert venue, welcoming visitors into the spaces where he recorded, rehearsed and performed for himself and others. For more information, visit PaisleyPark.com .

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