Prince had secret vault containing TWO THOUSAND 'beautiful' unreleased songs

ENIGMATIC pop star Prince had a staggering secret vault of more than TWO THOUSAND unreleased songs, the Express revealed.

The acclaimed musician, who died today aged 57, became a global superstar in the Eighties, with tracks including Purple Rain and Raspberry Beret.

The singer-songwriter, who sold more than 100 million records during his career, died in his home in Minnesota at the age of 57.

But it can be revealed the pop legend's Paisley Park estate is home to a vault of thousands of unreleased tracks.

It is known the vault includes a never-released song call Moonbeam Levels, which he recorded on July 6 1982.

Prince's sound engineer Susan Rogers described the track as "unbelievably beautiful" and claimed it was one of his finest ever works, one of many "classics" he never released but stored in the huge vault. 

So vast is the collection that an entire album of his unreleased music could be published every year for the next century. 

Although many believe the vault is just a legend or urban myth, those who have worked with the star confirmed its existence. 

It is actually a huge bank-style storage facility with a massive door and combination lock, ensuring maximum security.

Rogers, who joined Prince's team as a sound engineer in 1983, told how she began the curation process for the incredible collection.

She explained the artist was always asking for old tapes to be brought to him, so she came up with the idea to put them into one place.

She said: "Then it became a bit of an obsession…I wanted everything he's ever recorded right here.

"So I started amassing them and i started making a database for all these things and then that's when we began Paisley Park and we realised if we're going to have a vault, let's have a vault."

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