Three heavy hitters in Minnesota music — Prince, the Replacements and Hüsker Dü — have new deluxe editions coming to stores and streaming.

Each takes a look back to a key, early career moment in the careers of the musicians who remain influential to this day.

Two of the impending releases have fans grabbing for their wallets, while the third has others wondering who is making the decisions regarding the legacy of one of the state’s biggest musical exports.

Here’s a look at what’s on tap.

‘1985: The Miracle Year’

Who: Bob Mould was a Macalester College freshman when he met Grant Hart, a clerk at St. Paul’s Cheapo Records in 1978. The pair bonded over a shared love of the Ramones and formed Hüsker Dü with Greg Norton, who knew Hart through the record store.

By 1980, the trio was playi

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