6 religiously-inpsired tracks that surfaced after Prince's death, immediately ran into legal trouble from Prince's estate, and were never released officially.
Deliverance is an unreleased track recorded in 2006, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
In late 2006 or early 2007, it was included as the 12th track on an early configuration of the Lotusflower album (although many of the tracks were released instead on Planet Earth). Deliverance was also then tentatively placed on an early configuration of Planet Earth in May 2007. In 2017, timed with the first anniversary of Prince's death, engineer Ian Boxill wanted to make an EP available titled Deliverance, including Deliverance, I Am, Touch Me, Sunrise Sunset, No One Else, and I Am (Extended). This would have featured the original songs, overdubbed and remixed by Boxill. Prince's estate filed and won a lawsuit to halt this release and for the original masters to be returned to the estate. Therefore the EP Deliverance is considered an unofficial bootleg release, with the versions of the songs on it unofficial remixes. As such, the songs are considered unreleased, despite their short availability on mainstream music sites.
A1 | Deliverance |
A2 | I Am |
A3 | Touch Me |
B1 | Sunrise Sunset |
B2 | No One Else |
B3 | I Am (Extended) |