Credit: NPG Records

Credit: NPG Records

More than 300 Prince songs from his NPG Records era are now available online for the very first time.

Today, a wellspring of albums from the Purple One's 1995-2010 output hit streaming services (23 albums total). The rollout includes rare and out-of-print recordings and comes just a few months after Prince's estate and Sony Music Entertainment announced a distribution agreement that covers 35 Prince albums that were not widely available through digital service providers (via Billboard).

It's the perfect excuse to start studying for the Questlove-curated symphonic tribute to Prince coming to Tampa's Yuengling Center (the arena formally known as the Sun Dome) on October 5.

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A Questlove-curated, symphonic Prince tribute is headed to Tampa's Sun Dome Yuengling Center arena

"4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince" is the first major live tour that Prince's estate — which is providing videos and photos for the tour — has officially sanctioned. Questlove isn't touring with the production, but he did pick the songs and work on on the orchestral arrangements, which a live band — Virginia's Wolf Trap Orchestra —  and an assortment of vocalists will perform.

Tickets for the show will cost fans $25-$125. More info below. Oh, and if you'd rather not even think about streaming, then check out Discogs' guide to Prince's NPG era here.

4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince w/Wolf Trap Orchestra. Fri. Oct. 5, 8 p.m. $25-$125. Yuengling Center at University of South Florida, 12499 USF Bull Run Dr., Tampa. More info: yuenglingcenter.com.    

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...