Paisley Park Extravaganza
Label : Sabotage Cat # : 003/004/005
Released: August 1996 Format: 3 CD
Source : September 1995, Live at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, USA
Type : Audience Recording
- Rating by Dazeofwild@aol.com
- Sound: EX- (6/17/95), VG/VG+ (9/18/95 & 10/10/95), EX+ (Madhouse 24)
- Tracklist
- Disc 1 - 17th September 1995 Love 4 1another
- NPG interview from July 1995
- Mad*
- Days of Wild complete intro
- Billy Jack Bitch
- 18 & Over
- Return of the Bump Squad
- Count the Days
- Brick House
- Get Wild
Total time: 73:39
* = Audience recording of a studio outtake
Disc 2 - New Power Madhouse 24
- Big Fun*
- The Jam*
- I Believe in You*
- Glam Slam Boogie*
- Volkswagen Blues*
- Santana medley*
- 17
- Rootie Kazootie
- Space
- Guitar segue
- Asswoop
- Ethereal segue
- Parlor Games
- Michael segue
- (Got 2) Give it Up
- Sonny segue
Total time: 73:56
* = 17th September 1995 Love 4 1another
Disc 3 - 18th September 1995 Love 4 1another
- The Jam
- I Believe in You
- The Cross
- The Ride
- Now
- Babies Makin Babies
- Instrumental Jam
- Rock 'n Roll is Alive
- Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
- Johnny Groove
- The Return of the Bump Squad
- Get Wild
- We March*
- Love..Thy Will Be Done*
- Starfish and Coffee*
- Rock 'n Rollis Alive (Tony Fly mix)**
Total time: 69:29
* = 10th October 1995
~ = Recorded off FM radio in Minneapolis
- Review by Dazeofwild@aol.com
- Sabotage's second major release (Driving 2 Midnite Mess was the
first) is a potpourri of live performances and material from 1995. Each
CD once again comes in its own case with a killer foldout booklet. The
booklet for disc 1 is the most fascinating. It looks like a promotional
tool for Paisley Park studios with gorgeous photos of the inside of the
entire complex as well as full studio information. Booklet #2 includes
full lyrics to Volkswagen Blues and Chaos and Disorder.
Booklet #3 is dedicated to Mayte and features a reproduction of the
marriage certificate. Very creative designing.
The Love 4 1another shows here don't offer anything that
similar previous releases do except for Starfish and Coffee,
which comes from the post video shoot performance on 10/10/95. Quality
varies a little on these shows, but most is very good, in particular the
6/17/95 show which improves a great deal after getting a way from
screaming female fans at the beginning. The quality during the
Glam Slam Boogie on disc 2 is about as clear as an audience
recording can be, if we could just get rid of the nearby screams. Full
descriptions of all 3 live performances here can be found in
Uptown
issues # 20 and # 21.
My personal highlight here is the perfect quality copy of the new
version of the Madhouse 24 album. This is different than the
unreleased version that came out on a bootleg last year (and reviewed by
me). An absolute killer jam on Marvin Gaye's Got 2 Give it Up
is perhaps the musical highlight of this 3 cd set and features lead
vocals by Nona Gaye. This album is funky, in a different style than as
on Exodus but almost as equally compelling.
The opening NPG interview is interesting but more of the same that we've
heard before really. Each member describes how the man's work habits
have made them the best they can be, etc. The bonus mix of
Rock 'n Roll is Alive is the same as on the double CD
Fate and in similar quality. The opening version of Mad
is a an audience recording of the studio version featuring our hero on
lead vocals. I do believe that this is the first and only time that this
version has surfaced.
Please note that I'm listing the 3 song post video shoot as 10/10/95
rather than 10/7/95 as the CD sleeve dictates. I'm taking the 10/10 date
from Uptown # 21. If anyone wants to disagree with the date please write
me and convince me so I can make the correction, but for now I'm going
with the date in Uptown.
- Recommendation
- This would not be essential if it weren't for the perfect copy of the
new Madhouse album. If 24 continues to be unreleased it will
just make this collection more a gem. The Love 4 1another shows
are not a must if you already own
The Park or
Open Sessions
material, but packaging here is definitely an added bonus.
Paisley Park, Unreleased, Excellent
Label : Sabotage Records Cat # : SAB 006/007
Released: October 1996 Format: 2 CD
Source : Outtakes & demos
Type : Soundboard Recording
- Tracklist
- Disc 1
- Intro speech (Rain speaks)
- Interactive
- Segue (Rain Speaks)
- Endorphin Machine
- Segue (Rain Speaks)
- TMBGITW (Mustang Mix 1996)
- Billy Jack Bitch
- Strays Of The World
- Dark
- 18 & Over
- Calhoun Square
- Starfish and Coffee '95
- Sarah
- 51 hours*
- The Ryde Dyvine
- On your Own^
- Ain't no Place Like You~
- Somebody's somebody+
- Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife
* = by Diamond & Pearl
^ = by Ashley Davis and O(+>
~ = by Jevetta Steele
+ = by Derrick Hughes
Disc 2
- The Ride*
- Poor Goo*
- Honky Tonk Women*
- Bambi*
- Zannalee*
- The Undertaker*
- Dolphin*
- Pussy Control^
- Letitgo^
- Days Of Wild~
- The Ride~
- The Jam~
- Gold~
- The Beatiful Ones
- Blues in C
* = The Unreleased Undertaker CD
^ = Paisley Park Rehearsal 1995
~ = VH-1 1996 Love 4 1 another special
- Review by bobbink@telebyte.nl
- The First disc is superb! In perfect quality if not soundboard,
esspecially the songs from 6-19 make the first disc a must to have.
Really Greattt! The Second disc is IMHO a way of making extra money for
the bootleggers. Most of us probably already have
The Undertaker which
was released earlier as a bootleg and the differences (which there are
because this is a bootleg of the unreleased cd and the earlier one was
a bootleg of the official video and they do differ) but those slight
differences don't make it worth to have. If I make a hint to the one who
made it; Please next time make separate studio cd's and separate live
cd's don't make a combination of them! Don't you make enough money yet?
- Recommendation
- In total even if the 2nd cd is a waste of your money, the first disc
is superb and a must to have!
Paradiso
Label : None Cat # : None
Released: June 1995 Format: 2 CD
Source : 25th & 26th Mars 1995, Paradiso Club, Amsterdam, Holland
Type : Audience Recording
- Rating
- Sound: EX-
- Tracklist
- Disc 1
- Funky
- 18 & Over
- Now (Including Babies Makin' Babies)
- I Believe In U
- Proud Mary
- The Ride
- The Glam Slam Boogie
- Days Of Wild (Including Hair)
- Get Wild (Including The Roof is On Fire)
- Sex Machine Jam
Total time: 76:00
Disc 2
- People Get Ready
- The Jam
- Get Wild
- Jailhouse Rock
- Zannalee
- The Undertaker
- Funky Design
- Pussy Control
- Funky Stuff
- Johnny
- Endorphinemachine
- Peach
Total time: 75:14
- Review by Dazeofwild@aol.com
- Two more outstanding club shows here showing the NPG in prime form.
Both shows share only Get Wild as a common track, thus giving
us two entirely different gigs to enjoy. Highlights from disc 1 are the
drastically different renditions of Days of Wild and
Get Wild. The former sounds as fresh as ever in its half
speed mode and segues perfectly into a slow jam version of
Hair. An unrecognizable version of Get Wild is
followed by a killer version of Sex Machine. The last half hour
of the show here is pure excitement. Non stop jamming with our man at
his improvisational best. The show on disc 2 is a much more guitar
oriented effort whereas disc 1 concentrated more on James Brown style
funk. New songs such as Zannalee and Pussy Control
shine here but the final jam session of Endorphinemachine and
Peach clearly finishes off every last patron of the club. The
rhythm guitar instrumental break during Pussy Control &
the opening teaser of People Get Ready clearly show our man's
creativity is still firmly in tact. Doesn't this man age or what?
Packaging is typically wonderful. Great inner sleeve balcony photo
from some aftershow (does anyone know if this photo is from one of
these 2 gigs?). Another fine installment in the series of club shows
we've been inundated with.
- Recommendation
- You didn't have to be at these gigs to feel the musical excitement here.
The inclusion of the newer NPG tracks (Zannalee, etc..) further
enlighten this very worthwhile set.
Palace of Tears (2CD)
Club show at Tranenpalast, Berlin, 24. Nov. 1994
- Label
- RCD-005
- Review
-
- DISC LENGTH : disc 1 - 71:25, disc 2 - 63:58
- OVERALL SOUND QUALITY : 11/24/94 concert is VG+ audience.
* = VG audience. ^ = EX-/EX soundboard off TV broadcast.
- SOURCE: 11/24/94 Tranenpalast, Berlin, Germany. * = from the
11/23/94 & 11/24/94 rehearsals for the European MTV Awards
show. ^ = the performance from the European MTV Awards show on
11/24/94.
- COMMENTS : Hmmm...just another aftershow on disc? Well, not
really. This performance is a great preview of the newest O{+>
songs has incorporated into his live set since the summer of '94
Love Experience tour. The new songs Pussy Control &
We March are very inspired jams and obvious highlights of
this great show. Proud Mary appears to be this seasons
cover jam, used in the same vein that I'm in the Mood
(aka: Glam Slam Boogie) was portrayed during last summer's tour.
Odd selection it is but works great with the NPG's versatility.
The remainder of the performance is filled with Gold Experience
favorites and the new jam entitled Outa Space. It's nice
that the producers here supplied us with a perfect copy of the
European MTV Awards show performance of Peach as well as
audience recordings of the rehearsals prior to the performance.
A nice inclusion. Sound quality is great. Above average for an
audience recording, very enjoyable. Packaging is typically
gorgeous with an attractive fold out multi page booklet. A great
preview of the current tour and the influx of live CD's we can
expect from it anyday now.
- RECOMMENDATION : An outstanding release in all aspects, packaging,
sound and performance. No reason not to enjoy this one.
- Tracklist
-
[*] = from the rehearsals for the European MTV Awards show.
[^] = the performance from the European MTV Awards show on 11/24/94.
- Disc 1
- Instrumental Jam
- Endorphinemachine
- The Ride
- The Jam
- Shhh
- Days of Wild (Hair)
- Now (Babies Makin' Babies)
- The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
- Pussy Control
- Proud Mary
- Disc 2
- Purpleaxxe Intro
- Race (Superhero)
- Outa Space
- Dark (Letitgo)
- Billy Jack Bitch
- 777-9311
- We March
- Race[*]
- Peach[*]
- Peach[^]
The Palladium (2CD)
Recorded at The Palladium, New York, N. Y. on July 13th, 1994
- Review
- From the promo sheet: "You have the complete show on
this release. Nona Gaye got onstage and played Love Sign. Lenny Kravitz
jamming on Peach. The sound quality is excellent. The total playing time
is 2 hours, 15 minutes"
- Tracklist
- Disc 1
- Intro - The Ride
- The Jam
- Shhh
- Days Of Wild
- Now
- Babies Making Babies
- TMBGITW (Mustang Mix)
- Disc 2
- Race
- Johnny
- Acknowledge Me
- Dark
- Love Sign
- Get Wild
- Peach
PARIS 1986 (1CD)
- Review
- Same content as on FUNKY PARTY 2 NITE and AN AMERICAN IN
PARIS (1CD). Also the quality is similar (= like an official release).
A Paris Affair (1CD)
- Label
- Kiss The Stone KTS 002
- Review
- Grade: A+
- SOTT-concert 1987, remixed, so this is not the complete concert.
- Same concert as "Wonderboy", but incomplete on one CD.
Paris Aftershow 93 (2CD)
Live at Rex Club/Paris, 1.Sep.93 + live Glam Slam West/L.A., Dec.92
- Tracklist
- The Sacrifice Of Victor
- House In Order
- The Undertaker
- No Black MF In The House
- Race
- Blue Light
- Delirious
- The Ride
- Bambi
- Jailhouse Rock
- Poorgoo
- Come
- Endorphinemachine
- Peach
- Pope
- America
- Gett Off
- Johnny
- Sexy MF [live Glam Slam West/L.A., Dec.92
(from video)]
- Love 2 Th 9's
- Damn U
- Eye Wanna Melt With U
- The Sacrifice Of Victor
The Park Volume I
Label : Moonraker Cat # : 009/10/11/12
Released: December 1995 Format: 4 CD
Source : 5, 12 & 26 August 1995,Paisley Park studios, Minneapolis, USA
Type : Audience Recording
- Rating
- Sound: VG+/EX-
- Tracklist
- Disc 1 - 5 August 1995
- Endorphinmachine
- Shhh!
- Days of Wild
- The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
- P Control
- Waterfalls
- Letitgo
- Pink Cashmere
- 7
- Now
- Funky Stuff
- Skin Tight
- Johnny
- The Cross
Total time: 61:15
Disc 2 - 12 August 1995
- The Return of the Bump Squad
- Count the Days
- The Good Life
- Cherry Cherry
- Get Wild
- The Purple Medley
- Santana medley
- The Ride
Total time: 55:48
Disc 3 - 26 August 1995 Part 1
- Sometimes it Snows in April
- A Case of You
- Peach
- 7
- Dolphin
- Zannalee
- Bambi
- Tender Surrender
- The Ride
- Mary, Don't You Weep
- Race
- Girls & Boys
- Superhero
- Dark
Total time: 64:50
Disc 4 - 26 August 1995 Part 2
- Billy Jack Bitch
- I Hate U
- 319
- Gold intro
- Mad
- Days of Wild
- In Time
- Intermission*
- I Love U*
- Ballgame*
- Wishing Well*
- Passion*
- High Fashion*
- Mutiny*
- Rich Man*
Total time: 73:23
* = The TC Jammers live at Bunkers on 31 August 1995
- Review by Dazeofwild@aol.com
- What better time to live or be near Minneapolis than in the fall of 1995
with the introduction of Love 4 1another? Well over a dozen
shows played in the span of nearly 3 months that were open to the public
for a mere $20 per show (only $10 towards the end). Remarkable in that
no two shows were even remotely the same which for fans like us
showcased Prince's most overlooked traits, his spontaneity and
creativity. Sure the man can jam on guitar and bass like no other but
how thrilling it truly is to stand in front of the man and just guess at
which number he's going to play next from his enourmously vast
catalogue. This 4 cd set features 3 of the first shows played. With
crowds of usually only two or three hundred people present, sound
quality here is great. My personal highlight of this set is the crystal
clear quality of his opening medley of Sometimes it Snows in April /
A Case of You on disc 3. Quality couldn't sound better, nor could
Prince's vocals. Thrilling and touching at the same time.
There are highlights here for every Prince fan, ranging from the
aformentioned acoustic numbers to the recent & unreleased NPG
collaborations such as Mad (which is mind blowing to experience
live) and the new O(+> classics like Zannalee. There are so many
moments that have to be expereinced in person to be appreciated. Such
as our hero's stunning purpleaxxe jam during Race / Girls & Boys
/ Superhero on disc 3. At least the sound quality here does this
justice, but only seeing is believing.
Packaging is tremendous. Beuatiful, dream-like booklet centers around
the recent Versace photos that have appeared in several fashion mags
such as Esquire, etc. Complete track listings along with full
lyrics to the unreleased Emancipation cut, and professionally
designed discs make me struggle to find any faults here.
- Recommendation
- A gem and a must have for anyone who attended any of these shows, such
as myself.
The Park Volume II
Label : Moonraker Cat # : 020/21
Released: December 1995 Format: 2 CD
Source : 8 & 16 September 1995,Paisley Park studios, Minneapolis, USA
Type : Audience Recording
- Rating
- Sound: EX-
- Tracklist
- Disc 1 - 8 September 1995
- Shy
- People Get Ready
- The Jam
- U Got the Love
- Instrumental Jam
- Sweet Thing
- Heaven Must Be Like This
- Hide the Bone
- Funky Design
- Santana medley
- The Undertaker
- Instrumental
- Sometimes it Snows in April
Total time: 72:17
Disc 2 - 16 September 1995
- Zannalee
- The Ride
- Voodoo Child
- Honky Tonk Women
- The Girl Can't Help It
- Que Sera Sera
- The Jam
- I Believe In U
- Instrumental Jam
- Johnny
- Skin Tight
- Sweet Thing
Total time: 48:43
- Review by Dazeofwild@aol.com
- The first of hopefully many followups to the 4 cd set
The Park.
This 2 cd set is comprised of two of the September shows. The first show
(which I attended myself) is in outstanding sound quality. One of the few
audience recordings where an equalizer is not necessary to produce great
sound. Very clear and crisp separation here with even a flat signal.
Another standard for other audience recordings to be measured by. This
sound quality here is helped in large by the enthusiastic, but
relatively quiet audience (after seeing Prince live several times as
most of these fans have, you become less awed at being in the presence
of the man and tend to absorb the music in a more subdued manner). It
was almost embarassing that there was a capacity limit of 500 people to
these shows, yet on the average, only 200 showed up for any given
performance. Perhaps this was due to the $20 price tag and the lack of
promotion, but nevertheless it obviously made for some ideal recording
conditions.
Highlights of the shows depend on your Princely tastes. For myself the
highlight of the 9/8 show was the rare live rendition of Shy
(remember, this was prior to the release of TGE) and the even
rarer live version of the awesome Hide the Bone, which to my
knowledge has not been heard since the 6/9/94 Glam Slam Miami show. The
tracks with the sparse arrangements come through better in terms of
sound quaity including the tremendous instrumental guitar solo prior to
Sweet Thing on the 9/8 show. Funky Design pounded the
roof off at the show but doesn't come through so well on tape. This is
the only real drawback of audience recordings. No ability to mix the
sound causes songs like this to sound muddled. The second show is nearly
the equal in creativity and spontaneity although much shorter in length.
Highlights are the rare tracks like Voodoo Child &
Zannalee which both rock and the biggest crowd pleaser from
his NPG work, Johnny. Packaging is typically remarkable with
more Versace pics centered around volcanic-heaven and hell like graphics.
- Recommendation
- A must. A very handsome addition to any collection. The sound quality is
about as good as it can be & the performance is full of
improvisation and creativity.
Past, Present & Future
Label : Sabotage Records Cat # :
Released: June 1996 Format: 2 CD
Source : Outtakes from Come, Emancipation and The Undertaker.
Type : Soundboard Recording
- Rating by David Brooks
- Sound: EX-/EX
- Tracklist
- Disc 1
- Interactive
- Endorphinmachine
- The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (Mustang Mix 1996)
- Billy Jack Bitch (extended version)
- Strays of the World
- Dark
- 18 & Over
- Calhoun Square
- Starfish and Coffee '95
- Sarah
- 51 Hours (extended version)*
- The Ryde Dyvine^
- On Your Own~
- Ain't No Place Like U**
- Somebody's Somebody^^
- Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife
* by Diamond & Pearl, featuring Prince and Rosie Gaines
^ by The Crayons
~ by Ashley Davis and O(+>
** by Jevetta Steele
^^ by NPG, lead vox by Derrick Hughes
Disc 2
- The Ride
- Poor Goo
- Honky Tonk Women
- Bambi
- Zannalee
- The Undertaker
- Dolphin
- Pussy Control*
- Letitgo*
- Days of Wild^
- The Ride^
- The Jam^
- Gold^
- The Beautiful Ones
- Blues in C
* Paisley Park Rehearsal '95
^ Love 4 1 Another Special on VH-1
- Review by David Brooks
- These are the best damn CDs that I've ever heard. The sound quality is
terrific and the songs are first-rate. This CD set is better than
New Power Soul or
Mayte Princess.
Disc 1 features a lot of stuff from the upcoming independent release,
Emancipation. The outtake version of Dark is very
refreshing.....with a heavenly base melody!! Jevetta Steele's cover of
Mayte's Ain't No Place Like U is a 100 times better than
Mayte's song! Sarah is very uptempo with lots of attitude....
with some funny lyrics ("I'd never raise my hand 2 U, no telling what my
foot would do! Aww baby.....that's just a joke..."). Calhoun
Square is a classic example of great funk music. The extended
version of Billy Jack Bitch showcases more horns by the NPG
Hornz. Starfish and Coffee '95 is JUST a little better than
the original version on SOTT. The Mustang Mix '96 track is
funky! And no one can resist the Paisley Park rehearsal of Pussy
Control. Finally, Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife
is the best ballad of Prince's (or O(+>'s) career.....boy, it really
beats listening to Adore.
- Recommendation
- What are waiting For??? Go buy the freakin' CD!!
Past, Present & Future II
Label : Sabotage Records Cat # : SAB-006b/007b
Released: January 1997 Format: 2 CD
Source : Outtakes from Come, Emancipation and The Undertaker.
Type : Soundboard Recording
- Rating by David Brooks
- Sound: EX- to EX+
- Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 2Morrow
- Starfish & Coffee '95
- Sarah
- 5 Women '95
- On Your Own*
- The Ryde Dyvine~
- Interactive
- Endorphinmachine (original version)
- The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (Mustang 1996 Mix)
- Billy Jack Bitch (extended mix)
- Strays of the World
- Dark (alternate mix)
- Somebody's Somebody^
- Calhoun Square
- 18 & Over
- Zannalee+
- Empty Room '95+
* = by Ashley Davis and O(+>
~ = by The Crayons
^ = by NPG, lead vox by Derrick Hughes
+ = studio outtake
Disc 2
- The Ride*
- Poor Goo*
- Honky Tonk Women*
- Bambi*
- Zannalee*
- The Undertaker*
- Dolphin*
- Pussy Control~
- Letitgo~
- Days of Wild^
- The Ride^
- The Jam^
- Everyday People/I Wanna Take You Higher+
* = from the Undertaker video
~ = Paisley Park Rehearsal '95
^ = Love 4 1 Another Special on VH-1
+ = Live - originally by Sly Stone
- Review by David Brooks
- This is a re-issue of the original
Past, Present &
Future 2-CD set. This re-issue features 5 newly available tracks,
2Morrow, Zannalee (studio outtake),
Empty Room '95 (studio outtake), Five Women '95),
and Everyday People/I Wanna Take You Higher.
kay, okay.....Five Women '95 was released on another CD a
couple of months ago! Well, 2Morrow is the shit......a very
jazzy, yet funky-ass track with a sample of TMBGITW added here and
there!!! This should have been on the Emancipation album....it
could have easily replace the not-so-great song Emale. Can't
nobody beat the man!!! For your information, this song was played on the
Tom Joyner morning radio show (based in Chicago).......isn't
that something??!
Zannalee and Empty Room '95 sound the same as the
version on the Neon CD, but
without the hollow sound over the PA system. Much better versions!!
Everyday People.... is okay, but it doesn't do much for me!
By the way, O(+> just plays lead guitar on this......no vocals.
One thing: Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife was removed from
the CD set......of course, it's available on Emancipation. Also,
51 Hours (extended remix), Ain't No Place Like U
(by Jevetta Steele)and Gold (VH-1 Love 4 1 Another Remix),
The Beautiful Ones (Live), and Blues in C were all
deleted from the set. Personally, I would prefer to keep
51 Hours and Ain't No Place Like U and scrap
from the CD set!!! One more thing,
Interactive is the full version, not the edited CD-ROM
version!!! That's great!!
- Recommendation
- If you have the original
Past, Present &
Future CD, replace it with this CD set! You won't regret it!
Peach (1CD)
Live in USA 1991-1993/ Paris and Londond 1993
- Label
- Applehouse GRA-040-A (Australian)
- Review
- A strange mixture of high quality recordings. Track 1-5
Arsenio Hall 1991, 6 Cheyenne Wyoming (Under The Cherry Moon Premier), 7
MTV Awards, 8-9 The Ryde Devine, 10 Arsenio Hall 1993, 11-13 BBC Studios
and 14 Le Baines Douche '92.
- Total Time: 73.35
- Tracklist
- Diamonds and Pearls/Let's Go Crazy
- Kiss
- Cream
- Purple Rain
- Daddy Pop
- Rasberry Beret Medly: Raspberry
Beret/Delerious/Controversy
- Gett Off
- Sexy MF
- Damn U
- My Name Is Prince
- 1999 Medly: 1999/Baby I'm A Star/America/DMSR
- Pope
- Peach
- Sex Machine
Peach
Label : Front Row records Cat # : NONE
Released: 1994 Format: 2 CD
Source : 10th August 1993, Den Bosch, Holland
Type : Audience Recording
- Rating
- Sound: VG+/EX-
- Tracklist
- Disc 1
- My Name is Prince
- Sexy MF
- Love 2 the 9's
- The Beautiful Ones
- Let's Go Crazy
- Kiss
- Irresistible Bitch
- She's Always in My Hair
- Bambi
- Sometimes It Snows in April
- The Cross
- Sign O the Times
- Purple Rain
- Thunder
- When Doves Cry
- Nothing Compares 2 U
- And God Created Woman
- Diamonds & Pearls
- Venus de Milo
- Under the Cherry Moon
- Blue Light
- Delirious
- Little Red Corvette
- Strollin'
- Scandalous
Total time: 71:38
Disc 2
- Girls & Boys
- 7
- Come
- Endorphinmachine
- Peach
- Johnny
- Get Off*
- Sex Machine*
- Villanova Junction*
- Jughead*
- Gold Nigga*
- Gett Off^
Total time: 73:31
* = 11th July 1992, Les Bains Douche, Paris
^ = 5th September 1991 MTV Video Awards
- Review by Dazeofwild@aol.com
- The is not a new release but it has finally passed in front of me and is
well worthy of a review. Packaging is very, very nice with attractive
graphics and great Act II photos. The complete track listing (36 in all)
are listed handsomely on the back sleeve. This release is pictured in
volume II of the recent bootleg issue of Uptown magazine.
The Act II tour, like all of his tours between 1989 and 1994 is far from
ground-breaking. This is what Steve Walsh is referring to in the
liner notes of The Gold Experience about the days when Prince
was just coasting onwards for nostalgia purposes. Incredible shows by
any an ordinary artist's standards, purely coasting by Princely
standards. As Uptown magazine notes in their review of the Act II tour
this was one of the premiere shows of the tour if not the best. Nothing
out of the ordinary here for the first three-fourths of the show except
for the only rendition of Bambi from the entire tour. Prince's
good mood is easily apparent as is the sheer energy from the show. A
brief highlight is during the opening of Purple Rain when our
hero thanks the 400 fans who sent him single roses prior to the show.
His chatter with the crowd is a big plus here. The tracks he performs
during the show our redundant to many of us, thus making his chatter
with the crowd the true treasure of this recording. Disc 2 is when the
show really comes to life with Girls & Boys, 7,
Come, Peach, Endorphinmachine and a great
singalong version of Johnny. This final sequence of songs has
to rank as one of his best encores in recent memory.
The bonus tracks from the 7/11/92 Les Bains Douches club in Paris are a
nice inclusion as is the great rendition of Gett Off off the
1991 MTV Video Awards (a performance better to be seen than just
heard!!). A highlight of the 7/11/92 gig is during Sex Machine
when Prince politely asks the crowd to back up a step so that the
pretty little girl down here in front can breath.
- Recommendation
- Tough call. Packaging is a plus. If you already own an Act II show on
disc that has VG+ sound then this is not a necessity. If you however
have nothing from this tour this is an optimal choice until a soundboard
recording appears somewhere down the line (as I cross my fingers).
Very nice release.
Platinum (1CD)
- Label
- None
- Review
-
- DISC LENGTH : 77:53
- OVERALL SOUND QUALITY : Tracks 2-9 are EX-, John L Nelson tracks
are EX+, all the remaining tracks are VG+/EX-.
- SOURCE: ^ = Soul Of America Awards speech, tracks 2-9
I'll Do Anything demos, tracks 18-21 taken from John L
Nelson's album, Father's Song.
- COMMENTS : The I'll Do Anything songs sound great but yet
not as good as the tape offered a couple months ago by a gentleman
on the digest. The same can be said for the Come outtakes
that are present here. Yes, they do sound very good on this disc
but once again, higher quality tape sources are rather easily
accessible. The sound quality throughout this disc is not
disappointing, it just makes myself and the other hardcore tape
collectors proud of their tape collection. The John L Nelson
tracks sound perfect, but they feel very out of place on this
disc. Big deal.
- RECOMMENDATION : If you don't have the time, the sources or the
patience to obtain the higher quality tapes of this material you
will love this disc. It's great to look at on the shelf but it's
not something I will play a lot. It's main attraction is the
amount of material all included onto one disc.
- From the "I'll do anything" session (tracks 1-9), alternate
versions (11-15) and tracks from John L. Nelson's album
Father's song (18-21). Quality: exc
- Taken from the I'll Do Anything sessions. The film,
starring Nick Nolte and five-year old Whittni Wright, was first
cut as a musical with music from o(+>, Sinead O'Connor and Carole
King. It was set for a November 1993 release. After some
test-screenings with very bad results it was clear that the
musical didn't work. Director James L Brooks chose to cut away
all the singing scenes. The film was finally released in 1994,
without any music by o(+>. (From the inlay card)
- Tracklist
-
- Prologue [^]
- The Rest of My Life
- Make Believe
- I'll Do Anything
- Don't Talk 2 Strangers
- My Little Pill
- Empty Room
- There is Lonely
- Be My Mirror
- Mirror Message
- Days of Wild (ext.)
- Come
- Strays of the World
- Interactive
- Endorphinemachine
- Dolphin
- Epilogue
- Yes Again
- There'd Be No Way For You and I
- As I Recall
- Fallin' Down
Play With Me Baby (1CD)
Misc studio outtakes from 86-88
- Tracklist
- Girl Power [by Sheila E.]
- Witness
- Different Kind Of Thing
- Can I Play With U? [feat. Miles Davis]
- Moviestar (instrumental)[Miles Davis live]
- Baby Go-Go (45:00)[rehearsal from 87]
Posessed
- Label
- SACEM - 80-65-02
- Tracklist
- Turn It Up (1)
- Turn It Up (2)
- Let Me Fill You Up
- High Fashion
- Mutiny
- Desire
- Irresistable Bitch
- Posessed
- A Better Place To Die
- Susannah's Pajamas
- Yes
Prince & The New Power Generation (2CD)
Live at Earls Court/London, 24.Jun.92
- Review
- Includes. "Call The Law!"
Prince Cheek: Demos Vol # 1
- Label
- 1991 Ghost Records compilation
- Tracklist
- High Fashion
- Muting
- Desire
- Susannah's PJ's
- Yes
- The Dance Electric
- Around The World In A Day
- Instrumental Variations
- Feel U Up
- Souly-A-Colia
- Expert Lover
- Crystal Ball
The Pod
Label : New Power Zounds Cat # : NP154-2
Released: June 1995 Format: 1 CD
Source : 30th Mars 1995, The Pod, Dublin, Ireland
Type : Audience Recording
- Rating
- Sound: EX-
- Tracklist
- Disc 1
- The Cross (with Bono)
- The Jam
- I Believe in U
- Glam Slam Boogie
- Sex Machine
- Funky Design
- Johnny
- Feel Good
- The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
- 18 & Over
- Loose
- Santana medley
- Get Wild
Total time: 74:48
- Review by Dazeofwild@aol.com
- If there was ever a Prince song that we could picture Bono singing it
would be The Cross. How lucky we are that this disc captures
that moment after so much has been written about it. I recall one of the
recent European magazines that included a review of this gig. The
reviewer was simply amazed at how different the two artists looked on
stage during the song. Bono was fully into the song, veins sticking out
of his neck, squeezing the microphone tight enough to squeeze water out
of it, etc..and here was Prince, a vision of cool, expressionless while
kicking ass on the guitar. A priceless video moment that would be.
Anyway, a good show by our standards, but not a great show on Prince's
standards in my opinion. This one doesn't quite live up to the
excitement of the
Paradiso' gigs. Those who attended this Dublin gig may
disagree, but these tracks don't seem to run together as well as usual.
Highlights are Funky Design, Johnny as well as the
opening rendition of The Cross. Tracks like Feel Good,
Loose come off sounding stale and The Most Beautiful Girl
in the World is a song that should've been left in the studio where
it sounded perfect. I've never heard a great live version of it. Sound
quality is great as always, not as good as some others but definitely
still in the EX- range for audience jobs. Packaging is (can I be
redundant?) typically fantastic. Like many of the other CD's I've
reviewed recently this comes in a clear jewel box casing with a
wonderfully designed fold out booklet. Great inner photo is scarily
reminiscent of the lead character Tony in the movie
Scarface...great shot.
- Recommendation
- The Bono/Prince collaboration makes this one worth searching out. Nearly
all these tracks here are available on other discs that contain better
shows but you still can't go wrong with this disc when you look at the
combination of graphics and sound quality.
Prince and the Revolution LIVE
Label : Moonraker Cat # : 133/34
Released: July 1996 Format: 2 CD
Source : 30th Mars 1985, Live at the Carrierdome in Syracuse, New York, USA
Type : Soundboard Recording
- Rating
- Sound: EX+ CD stereo quality (Dazeofwild@aol.com)
- Tracklist
- Disc 1
- Let's Go Crazy
- Delirious
- 1999
- Little Red Corvette
- Take Me With U
- Do Me, Baby
- Irresistible Bitch
- Possessed
- How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
- Let's Pretend We're Married
- International Lover
- God
Total time: 57:22
Disc 2
- Computer Blue
- Darling Nikki
- The Beautiful Ones
- When Doves Cry
- I Would Die 4 U
- Baby, I'm a Star
- Purple Rain
Total time: 58:10
- Review by Dazeofwild@aol.com
- The definitive release of this show is finally here on CD. So many of
the previous bootlegs have suffered from less than perfect quality and
incomplete recordings that it's a wonder that its taken this long for
someone to make a truly perfect document of this very easily accessible
recording. The closest competitor is the
Flesh For Fantasy
set released on Great Dane quite a few years back. Other releases such
as Sex Toy
just haven't provided the combination of packaging and sound that this
Moonraker release does.
Unfortunately, this is one of the more boring shows on the Purple Rain
tour. The spring leg of the tour featured incredible shows in San
Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. What's missing here are the
improvisational jams and new songs he premiered during the months of
February and March of 1985. Outside of Possessed (a true
highlight of this show) this is little more than a typical run through
of the Purple Rain album material with the usual splattering of 1999
hits. Disappointing, but back when this video was released we could
care less.
The packaging here is incredible with a gorgeous booklet featuring
dozens of pictures from the show in sequence. Along with
Wonderboy
this may be the most attractive packaging thus far of the Moonraker
releases.
Musical highlights include the aforementioned Possessed, a jazzy redo of
Let's Pretend We're Married and one of the more appealing
versions of Purple Rain. His two guitar solos before the first
verse of the title track are wonderful, one very bluesy and Santana like
while the other solo screams of Hendrix. The performances of
Purple Rain on subsequent tours never seemed to capture the
emotion that they did during these nearly 20 minute versions.
- Recommendation
- Owning
Flesh For Fantasy
may be the only reason to not obtain this. The packaging here suggests
you should sell all previous copies of this show on CD and find this one.
Prince Esta Muerto
Label : New Power Zounds Cat # : NP149-2
Released: May 1995 Format: 2 CD
Source : 4th Mars 1995, Wembley Arena, London, UK
Type : Audience Recording
- Rating
- Sound: VG+
(The tracks from 3/3/95 are slightly better quality than the rest)
- Tracklist
- Disc 1
- Endorphinemachine
- The Jam
- Shhh!
- Days of Wild (Including Hair)
- Now (Including Babies Makin' Babies)
- Sex Machine
- The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
- Pussy Control
- Letitgo
- Pink Cashmere
- Loose!
- A Case Of You
- I Love U In Me
- Proud Mary
Total time: 75:09
Disc 2
- The Ride
- 7
- Race
- Superhero
- Billy Jack Bitch
- I Hate U
- 319
- Gold
- Speech*
- Dolphin*
- Johnny*
- I Love U In Me*
- Proud Mary*
- Mary Don't You Weep^
Total time: 74:48
* = 3/3/95 London
^ = 3/5/95 London
- Review by Dazeofwild@aol.com
- Wonderful looking document on his recent Gold run through
Wembley Arena. Packaging could not look better. Brilliant looking 2 disc
set with great looking pics and a cardboard black and white foldout
included which has complete track listing & song credits that are
all dispersed around an attractive collage of newspaper clippings from
the Wembley shows. Very nice indeed. Sound quality is above acceptable,
but far from fantastic. There are other audience recorded bootlegs with
superior quality to this, but for the Gold tour this may be the
best to appear so far. The opening Endorphinemachine suffers
from terrible sound quality but then slowly improves. Sound quality is
not disappointing but nothing to jump up and down about. The tracks from
March 3rd on disc 2 appear to sound clearer, in particular
I Love U In Me. His speech midway through disc 2 is quite
interesting. He reaffirms the fact that the NPG bankroll is
"all good" and that since the last time he's been to Wembley
(Act II tour) that he's recorded 7 albums. Hmmm... The performance
is well paced for a determined fan but I can see where an unexpecting
concert goer would get frustrated by the lack of hits and the
inconsistent pace of the songs. I personally love the track listing.
The creators here of this disc set go out of their way to pull in
nearly every different track he played during his Wembley stay. The
performance is inspired, which can't really be said for his recent
European stops since the Lovesexy tour. He seems to have a purpose for
being there this time, much like he did in 1988. Musically, I think this
tour blows away the Lovesexy tour. Highlights here center primarily
around songs he didn't play to death on his Love Experience
summer tour last summer. Tracks like Letitgo,
I Love U In Me, Superhero, etc. prove more excitabled
here than the standard versions of Now, Days Of Wild,
Endorphinemachine, The Ride, etc. (all of these cuts
appear in superior quality for sound and performance on a great number
of other discs). On a somber note for myself and many others here in the
states it sounds to my ears like this tour would be a financial and
commercial disaster if attempted on an arena level.
Stick to the theaters.
- Recommendation
- If you want to have one document of the European Gold tour this
would be an exceptional choice since the sound quality is very good, the
performance is inspiring, the packaging is fabulous and nearly every
track he played on the tour is present. I have a struggle getting
excited over audience recorded arena gigs when so many fabulous
aftershows are available but this barely reaches over that edge which
is great considering the fact that I think only about 1 out of every 5
audience recorded concerts on disc is worth owning.
Prince In Japan
- Label
- Sorry it's in Japanese - 12001
- Review
- Concert recording from the Tokyo Dome. Shown on Japanese
TV but the sound quality is dissapointingly OK.
- Tracklist
- Take Me With U
- Bambi
- Alfabeth Street
- Kiss
- Purple Rain
- When Doves Cry
- Do Me Baby
- The Future
- 1999
- Little Red Corvette
- Bat-Dance
- Party-Man
- Rock The House
- Baby I'm A Star
Prince In Rehersal (1CD)
Soundcheck in Rotterdam on 7.+8.Jul.92
- Review
- Prince in rehersal has 5-6 songs: 7 (lasts 31'),
Instrumental, [?], Georgia in my mind and The Max. By its price it must
be a soundboard recording.
- '7' on the cover is in fact 'Eye wanna melt with U'. Interesting
since during the 31' jam Prince plays bits and pieces of songs from the
(then unreleas ed) O+> album. 'Uptown' says the instrumental is in fact
'the woodstock instrumental'. Besides there is also an instrumental of
'New Power Generation'.
- Tracklist
- Eye Wanna Melt With U (30 min.)
- Woodstock instr.
- New Power Generation
- Blue Light
- Georgia On My Mind
- Time [orig. by Sly Stone]
- The Max (20 min.)
Prince In Rock (5CD)
- Label
- KTS
- Review
- Well , I saw the Prince in Rock box set today. I
couldn't get a track listing, cuz they were busy and it was basically
"Either buy it or let us lock up the cabinet" But I did get to look at
the booklet, the CD covers, the CDs, and read the tracklist. Nothing
earthshattering (I.E. nothing not easily available on many other CDs.)
But really nice package. This is from KTS in Italy, who have a pretty
solid reputation. They are the ones responsible for "Don't Cry For Me
Ergantina", and the truly great "Only 4 U" box set. BTW, some of the
tracks on the first 2 CDs of "In Rock" are the same as "Only 4 U".
Kinda odd copying themselves like that. Anyway, they are putting out a
series of big-name box set boots. Longbox length, but about triple
thick, the In Rock set includes 5 picture CDs, each with its own
inividual 2sieded insert, and a 16 page full color booklet. I should
menion the whole package is full color, and all the photos I had time to
look at were ones I had never seen before (and I have ALL the fanzines,
etc.) All very high quliity, clear photos. the booklet includes deails
about where each track is from (see the Jewel Bocx I and II, which they
are also the makers of) All in all, quite a nice set that I hope to get
soon, but the store was asking $150.00. I looked on the order form that
came w/ "Funky Party 2Nite!", and it listed the set at $70.00
+ S&H Quite a diffenrenvce.
- This is a 5-CD box set (bootleg) put out by Kiss The Stone of
Italy. KTS is usually known for high-quality bootleg material (although
I own a couple of stinkers they put out). It is part of a series of box
sets that includes other artists such as: U2, GNR, Led Zep, Stones,
etc. From what I have been able 2 gather it is a compilation of tracks
from previously released titles (don't quote me, I haven't actually seen
it, only hearsay) from KTS. If U don't own any KTS issues U may want 2
check this out. The prices are kinda misleading..... the "Funky Party
2Nite" insert lists box sets at $70.00 + S&H. A flyer I recently
received from KTS lists 5CD Boxes at $125.00 plus S&H. S&H is
$4.50 for the 1st CD & $2.00 for each additional CD. That would be a
total of $137.50. So, the $150.00 the store was asking was pretty much
in line. Hope that helped.
- All discs in the package conatain 3-4 phootos (high- quality) from
the era the songs are from. The 16-page booklet is fantastic, with many
more photos and details about each track (time, date, special info).
All very nicely done, quality is as good or better than the other CDs
I've heard the tracks on.
- "In Rock" is put out by KTS. Like most bootleg compilations, the
quality varies from amazing to o.k. I bought it. I love it. Buy this,
the Jewel Box I, and The Jewel Box II and you should pretty much cover
bootleg studio outtakes that are out there...
- The bootleg box set "In Rock" comes in a purple and pink longbox
shaped box, about 3 CDs thick. Each CD has 4 period shots of Prince,
mostly live. Each disk is a picture CD. The booklet contains 21 shots
from various periods. The quality is FANTASTIC! Even the stuff I
already had elsewhere is _much, much_ better quality here.
- Tracklist
- CD 1 1977-1982
- Just Another Sucker [Studio, from the Minn.
Genius album]
- She's Just A Baby [Studio, from Dirty Mind
sessions]
- Lisa [Studio, from Dirty Mind sessions]
- Turn It Up [Studio, from Dirty Mind
sessions]
- Feel U Up/Irresistable Bitch [Studio,
version of medley]
- Possesed [Studio]
- U Call Me [Studio, from "1999" sessions]
- Piano Jam #1 [Studio, aka Purple Music]
- Piano Jam #2 [Studio, aka Purple Music]
- Uptown [Houston 9/12/81]
- I Wanna Be Your Lover [2/81...No, 2/82]
- Annie Christian [New Orleans 25/2/82]
- Controversy [New Orleans 25/2/82]
- When You Were Mine [from Minn. aftershow
8/3/82]
- CD 2 1983-1985
- A Better Place 2 Die [Studio, from 1983
sessions]
- Chocolate [Studio, solid demo version]
- Old Friends 4 Sale [Studio, original
version]
- DMSR [From "1999" tour rehearsals, improved
lyrics]
- Free [From "1999" rehearsals]
- Gotta Shake this Feeling [From "1999" reh.,
Purple Rain w/diff. lyrics]
- When We're Dancin Close and Slow [From
"1999" rehearsals]
- When the Saints Go Marching In [From "1999"
rehearsals]
- Purple Rain [From Syracuse broadcast
3/30/85]
- A Case of U [From 1st ave 3/8/83]
- CD 3 1986-1988
- She Wants a Place in Heaven [Studio, Prince
on vocals version]
- Big Tall Wall [Studio, 1987 version]
- Alphabet St. Blues [Studio, blues version
w/Prince & acoustsic guitar]
- Girls & Boys/Hollyrock [Medley from Ruperts
Club 1986]
- The Cross [From SOTT tour rehearsal]
- 80's Medley [From rehearsal]
- It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night [From Le
Zenith 8/25/86]
- Housequake [Paris Bercy June 17, 1987]
- Blues In C [Live]
- Forever In My Life [From the 1st Ave show]
- Wasn't My Faith [From Le Morning 6/15/87]
- Just My Imagination [From the Paard Van
Troje show 8/88]
- CD 4 1989-1991
- Your Love Is So Hard [Studio, complete 1989
version]
- Love...Thy Will Be Done [Studio, Prince
vocals version]
- Get Blue [Studio, the common version]
- Batdance [From tour rehearsals]
- Sex [From tour rehearsals]
- Bambi [From Japan Aug 31, 1990]
- Questoin of U/Electric Man [From Japan
8/30/90]
- Partyman/What Have You Done 4 Me Latey? [From
Japan 8/30]
- Do Me Baby [From Spain, La Coruna last show
'90]
- Nothing Compares [From Spain, La Coruna last
show '90]
- Horny Pony [From Rio De Janeiro 1/21/91]
- Shake [From Rio De Janeiro 1/21/91]
- CD 5 1992-1993
- I Hear Your Voice [Studio, Prince singing]
- Hold Me [Studio, soft ballad written for
Aniata Baker]
- Allegiance [Studio, Prince vocal version]
- Thunder [Studio version]
- Daddy Pop [Studio version]
- Daimonds and Pearls [Studio version]
- Morning Papers [From Arsenio 9-2-93]
- Blue Light [From Arsenio 9-2-93]
- 1999/Baby I'm A Star/America/DMSR/Johnny [From
BBC broadcast]
- Its' Gonna Be A Beautiful Night [From BBC
broadcast]
- Peach [From BBC broadcast]
- Race [Barcelona '93]
- U Got the Time (I got the Ride) [Estandard
show, eyBarcelona '93]
Prince In The Nude (2CD)
Rehearsal for Nude tour 90
- Tracklist
- The Future
- 1999
- 1999
- Housequake
- Sexy Dancer
- Kiss
- Take Me With U
- Alphabet Street
- Take Me With U
- Sex
- Erotic City
- The Question Of U
- Electric Man
- Nothing Compares 2 U
- Batdance
- Baby I'm A Star
- Batdance
- Little Red Corvertte
- Batdance
- Little Red Corvertte
- Batdance
- Partyman
- Sex
- Let's Work
Prince Live USA
Live & Alive
Label : Imtrat Cat # : Imt 900.038
Released: 1991 Format: 1 CD
Source : May 1981, Live In New Orleans, USA
Type : Soundboard Recording
- Rating (tjy@pi.ne)
- Music: 9
- Sound: 7
- Tracklist
-
- Uptown 2.46
- Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad 7.17
- When You Were Mine 2.51
- I Wanna Be Your Lover/Head 18.07
- Anna Stesia 4.38
- Dirty Mind 9.43
- Let's Work 8.09
- Jack Up Off 3.43
- Controversy 7.36
- Review by tjy@pi.net
- The titles and time are from the back. It's not exactly correct, but
it's close. Nr.5 is of course Annie Christian and Nr.8
Jack U Off. When You Were Mine is still playing
in the beginning of Nr. 4.
This was my first bootleg and I think it's a great one too. Prince
havin' some fun with the female audience in some songs. He leaves after
Let's Work and comes back saying: You know you can't leave
until I Jack U Off, and then the song starts. The longer songs are
especially great.
Prince's Erotic City (2CD)
Rrehearsal for Lovesexy tour
- Review
- Includes great U Got The Look, Positivity, "80's"
medley.
Prince's Palace (1CD)
Aftershow at The Palace, Melbourne, Australia, 21.Apr.1992
- Label
- Red Hot RH-005
- Review
-
- The sound quality is quite reasonable. It's a recording
of a small club event in 'The Palace' Melbourne, Australia on
21/4/1992. The set he plays is really great! Track 7 is extremely
neat! I have never heard Prince play guitar like this before!
- This is an Aftershow during the D&P tour of Australia.
Quality is EX; on the backside is said 2 B a limited edition
of 1,000; I've No. 0271....
- Total Playing Time : 73:03 min.
- Tracklist
-
- Something Funky [The Flow]
- Call The Law
[Really nice Guitar work]
- Housequake [Like always. Funky!]
- When U Were Mine
[Great! With horns etc.]
- Who's In The M.F. House - Rap
[Slow rap]
- Get Off
[Faster. Swings like hell]
- Purple House
[Great cover of Hendrix' Red House]
- Damn You [Somebody light a candle]
- My Name Is Prince
[Not like the original yet...]
- A Quiet Love Song - Sexy M.F.
[Sexy M.F. The crowd gets wild!]
Princepower
Label : IT Records Cat # : CD199301
Released: 199? Format: 2 CD
Source : Outtakes/unreleased from 80-91
Type : Not yet known
- Rating
- Music:
Sound: C- to D-
- Tracklist
- Disc 1
- She's Just A Baby [Dirty Mind Outtake, 1980]
- I Don't Wanna Stop [Ren Woods' Version, 1982]
- Extra Lovable [Outtake, 1982-83]
- I Wonder [Outtake, 1983]
- The Bird [Different Version, 1983]
- I Wish U Heaven [Different Version, 1987]
- Positivity [With Cat's Rap, 1987]
- Cross The Line/Precious Lord [Demo, 1988]
- Girl Power [With Sheila E, 1988]
- Dopamine Rush Suite
[From Unreleased Madhouse 24 Album, 1988]
Total time: ??:??
Disc 2
- Electric Chair [Different Version, 1988]
- Love Machine [From Unreleases Time Album, 1989]
- Data Bank [From Unreleased Time Album, 1989]
- Shake! [From Unreleased Time Album, 1989]
- The Latest Fashion [From Unreleased Time Album, 1989]
- Seven Corners [With Ingrid Chavez, 1989]
- Player [Outtake, 1990,91]
- Uh Huh! [For Pepsi Commercial, 1991]
- The Voice [With Mavis Staples, 1991]
- Good Man [With Flash, 1990]
- Power From Above [With Carmen, 1991]
- Carmen On Top [With Carmen, 1991]
- Powerline [With Carmen, 1991]
Total time: ??:??
- Review
- Outtakes of songs written with/4 other artists. Quality is good;
sometimes not so good...
- Review
by David Brooks (udbrooks@king.mcs.drexel.edu)
- This is the worst bootleg I have ever heard. The sound quality ranges
from C- to D-. Avoid this CD! The people who put
this CD set together should have been placed in front of a firing squad
afterwards! YUCK!!!
- Recommendation
-
Avoid this CD!
PrinceSex (1CD)
12 outtakes and demos from 83-90
- Label
- E.M. Records - CD 1999-2
- Review
- OK sound quality on some tracks, long Computer Blue is
great.
- As for Wonderful Ass, I longer version fairly good quality exists
on the bootleg PrinceSex.
- Tracklist
- Computer Blue
- Wonderful Ass
- Jerk Out [says Mazarati but performed by The
Time]
- Bliss
- Mindbells
- Murph Drag [The Time]
- 9 Lives [The Time]
- Corporate World [The Time]
- The Question Of U #1
- The Question Of U #2
- Sex
- Open Book [out from Martika sessions]
Prince Vol. 2
Live & Alive
Label : Imtrat Cat # : imm 40.90182
Released: Format: 1 CD
Source : 1992, Live in USA
Type : Audience Recording
- Tracklist
-
- And God Created Women
- 3 Chains O' Gold
- Let's Go Crazy/Kiss/Irresistible/She's Always In My Hear
- Guitar solo
- Insatiable/Scandalous
- Get off
- Partyman/1999/Rock the House/Batman Theme
Pseudo Gold
Label : Not yet known Cat # : KMA CD 007
Released: October 1995 Format: 1CD
Source : The Undertaker & various TV shows
Type : Video/Soundboard Recordings
- Rating
- Sound: EX-
- Tracklist
-
- The Ride
- Poor Goo
- Honky Tonk Women
- Bambi
- The Undertaker
- Dolphin
- Dolphin
- The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
- Peach
- Dolphin
- Billy Jack Bitch
- Interactive & Endorphinmachine
Total time: 66:50
1-6: From the officially released video The Undertaker
7: From David Letterman show
8: From 1994 World Music Awards
9: From 1994 European MTV Awards
10: From promo video
11: From 5/5/95 Canal+ rehearsal
12: From 1994 VH-1 Honors Award show
- Review by Dazeofwild@aol.com
- This CD falls into the category of being worthless to one collector and
a prize to another. It appears to be a domestic release as it appeals
more to US fans than those from other countries. The biggest hint
towards this notion is the fact that this is the first CD I've noticed
that contains the officially released version of The Undertaker.
This was of course not released here in the states and unless you own the
Japanese laserdisc or have access to a PAL converter, this is the only
way to own the audio of what was released. Sound quality on
The Undertaker is disappointing though. Since its source is an
officially released video the sound should be crisper. It's excellent
sound but it should be perfect. The remaining tracks are a collection of
his TV appances from 1995. These are well represented with very good
sound quality. They have however appear on other previous releases in
similar quality. Billy Jack Bitch is not from Miami '94
as the sleeve indicates, it is instead a rehearsal version without
TAFKAP even present. The Dolphin video version is the same as
the officially released version. Packaging has four attractive 1994
photos that at least match up with the time frame of this disc.
- Recommendation
- I only recommend this to those who don't own
The Undertaker
in one form or another & desparately need it. The TV appearances are
a nice addition but hardly enough to salvage this otherwise disappointing
release.
Purple Prince at Court (2CD)
Live at Earls Court/London on 23.Jun.92
- Label
- GEMA Invasion Unlimited - 9203-1/2
- Review
- Good sound quality but missing tracks. Earls Court,
London.
- Tracklist
- Disk 1
- Warmup Music
- Filmsexy M.F.
- Intro Music
- Thunder
- Daddy Pop
- Diamonds And Pearls
- Lets Go Crazy
- Kiss
- Deat On It
- Jughead
- Purple Rain
- Live 4 Love
- Disk 2
- Lively Up Yourself
- Willing And Able
- Damn U
- Nothing Compares To You
- Sexy M.F.
- A Night In Tunisia
- Strollin'
- Intro/Insatiable
- Gett Off
- Gett Off/Super Fast
- The Flow
- Cream
- Dr. Feelgood
- Encore: 1999 Medley
- Baby I'm A Star
- Push
- A Love
- Bizarre
- Glamorous Life
- My Name Is Prince
Purple Rain
Label : That's Life Cat # : TL 930004
Released: Format: 1 CD
Source :
Type :
- Tracklist
-
- Let's pretend we're married
- International lover
- Computer blue
- Darling Nikki
- The beautiful ones
- When doves cry
- Irresistible bitch
- Baby I'm a star
- Purple rain
- Review by J.C.C.Hermeler@stud.tue.nl
- See Let's Go Crazy.
The booklet and disk contain an error. Instead of
Irresistible bitch, track 7 plays I would die 4 U.
Pussy Control
Label : PCL Cat # : 260794
Released: July 1995 Format: 2 CD
Source : 26th July 1994, Glam Slam Minneapolis
Type : Audience Recording
- Rating
- Sound: VG, B-
- Tracklist
- Disc 1
- Intro
- Gold
- The Jam
- I Believe In U
- Interactive
- Endorphinmachine
- The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (mustang mix)
- Love Sign*
- Papa
- Mary, Don't You Weep
- Acknowledge Me
Total time: 63:40
* with Nona Gaye
Disc 2
- Billy Jack Bitch
- Pussy Control (studio version)
- Shhh!
- Get Wild*
- I'm in the Mood (the Glam Slam Boogie)
Total time: 55:03
* with Tony M.
- Review
- This is the concert from Glam Slam North (at Minneapolis) on July 26,
1994. The CD box insert says that there are only 1000 copies available.
The front & back covers of the CD are very well done and the songs
are very, very good!
- Review by Dazeofwild@aol.com
- The final show of the Love Experience tour. I think this is
the first time I've ever reviewed a CD that contained a show I actually
attended. It's much more enjoyable to review a show from the first row
than from my office chair next to my CD player. At the time of the
performance it was a very eventful show for many reasons. The final show
of the tour, the 2nd night in a row in which the phenomenal studio
version of Pussy Control was previewed and the first ever
Minneapolis performance of Gold. With all the comparisons of
the anthemic Gold track to Purple Rain it felt special
to see him perform this gem in front of his home crowd and overwhelming
to see it from the front row. (On a personal highlight note here: for
the first 3 minutes of the performance of Gold a Minneapolis
free lance photographer was allowed to snap photos of the man right next
to me in the front row. He was removed after 3 minutes. I had the
foresight to acquire his business card and after months of begging and
dealing I was fortunate enough to be the only person to obtain a set of
the 24 incredible photos that he shot from the master negatives. The
negatives are now locked in his safety deposit box. A true souvineer.)
This CD set makes a nice addition to my collection for personal reasons
but for someone not at the show, this disc set will be more difficult to
enjoy. Sound quality is average. Included though is a rare live version
of Love Sign with Nona Gaye and a thrilling jam on
The Glam Slam Boogie. A rare version of Papa is here
too. Also the studio version here of Pussy Control is
slightly different than the officially released one. TAFKAP must have
surely known he had a crowd pleaser here with Pussy Control
because he played the studio track actually twice this night. Once
during and once immediately after the show. I can't recall him doing
that in the past for any unreleased track. Nothing much else sticks out
here that isn't already available elsewhere. One would be better to
search for superior disc sets that prevailed from this tour like
Glam Slam West,
My First Birthday,
etc....this set belongs mostly to the people who were at the show.
Packaging is subpar to what we've been used to lately. Very average and
mundane with two pics of the man and no graphics.
- Recommendation
- Not a necessity by any means unless you're desperate to hear the live
versions of Love Sign and Papa for the first time. For
the hardcore Love Experience tour collectors only. Look for
the plethora of other disc sets that provide higher quality copies of
these tracks.
Marius Gimle Hansen <mariush@unik.no>
26. mars 1997