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Take It 2 The Bridge (1CD)

Graffiti Bridge outtakes (diff. vers.) from 89

Tracklist
  1. Can't Stop This Feeling I Got
  2. New Power Generation #1
  3. New Power Generation #2
  4. Elephants & Flowers
  5. Round And Round
  6. We Can Funk
  7. Love Machine
  8. Tick, Tick, Bang
  9. Melody Cool #1
  10. Melody Cool #2
  11. Still Would Stand All Time
  12. The Grand Progression
  13. Graffiti Bridge
  14. New Power Generation Pt.II
  15. New Power Generation Pt.I+II

Take This Beat

Review

This Is my Night (1CD)

Aftershow at DNA Lounge/San Francisco, 12.Apr.93

Label
Kiss The Stone - KTS 229
Review
Tracklist
  1. The Sacrifice Of Victor
  2. Come
  3. Peach
  4. Gold Nigga
  5. Black MF In The House
  6. I'll Take You There
  7. Papa
  8. Sexy Dancer
  9. Let's Get Satisfied [Come]
  10. 777-9311
  11. Hair
  12. What Is Hip?
  13. When You Were Mine
  14. Sexy MF
  15. Love 2 The 9's
  16. Sexy MF

This is What We do 2 Have Fun (2CD)

Label
Midnight Beat - MB CD 043/44
Review
Tracklist

A Time 2 Dream

Label
After Dark (AD 974)
Review
Tracklist
  1. Allegiance [studio]
  2. Johnny [from 'Gold Nigga' CD]
  3. Kiss [studio, acoustic]
  4. The Ball/Joy in Repetition [(studio, fully segued]
  5. Deuce & a Quarter [from 'GN' CD]
  6. Poor Goo [live from Act 2 aftershow]
  7. Black MF in the House [spoken intro, from 'GN' CD]
  8. 2gether [live from Act 2 tour]
  9. Dark [live from Act 2 tour]
  10. I Hear Your Voice [studio]
  11. The Voice [supposed 3rd version, Prince on lead 4:32]
  12. Electric Chair [from 'SNL' rehearsal]

Thunder

Label   : Not yet known    Cat # : TNR 1/2 240692
Released: July 1995        Format: 2 CD
Source  : 24th June 1992, Earls' Court, London, England
Type    : Soundboard Recording
Rating
Sound: EX-
Tracklist
Disc 1
  1. Intro
  2. Thunder
  3. Daddy Pop
  4. Diamonds and Pearls
  5. Let's Go Crazy
  6. Kiss
  7. Jughead
  8. Dead On It
  9. Purple Rain
  10. Live 4 Love
  11. Lively Up Yourself
  12. Delirious
  13. Willing & Able
  14. Damn U
  15. Sexy MF
Total time: 67:34

Disc 2
  1. Oriental Intro
  2. Thieves in the Temple
  3. It
  4. A Night in Tunisia
  5. Strollin' (instrumental)
  6. Insatiable
  7. Gett Off
  8. The Flow
  9. Cream
  10. Chain of Fools
  11. Erotic City '92*
Total time: 49:43

* DJ remix


Review by Dazeofwild@aol.com
Apart from one warmup gig at Glam Slam Minneapolis (which I was fortunate enough to attend) the Diamonds & Pearls tour never touched the states. It's ashame too because much like the Lovesexy tour it was a show that was much more exciting when seen rather than just heard. A true spectacle that supposedly obliterated your senses and kind of left the music itself in the background. Perhaps this is why all of the Diamonds and Pearls tour concert tapes we've ('we' are the people who didn't get to see the tour) listened to have sounded rather bland. Very few of the songs on the tapes surpassed their studio couterparts which is rare for a Prince tour. Listening to this tour has never been a favorite pastime of mine. It showed no musical or creative growth for Prince at this stage of his career. Sure the show was probably a delight to see but was he really taking any chances here musically?? No. All of the best songs from D & P album splattered with the crowd pleasing oldies. This disc set captures the first soundboard recording from the tour. The sound quality is a vast improvement over the plethora of audience recordings available (with the exception of the outstanding Stagetronic disc set of the 5/28/92 Rotterdam show). The tour can be heard here in a better light than ever before. While still being mundane musically it still displayed signs of brilliance. In particular are thrilling versions of Delirious & Thieves in the Temple. Prince was looking for a little financial boost with this album and tour. He probably got it but in return lost a little of his musical respect. The Diamonds & Pearls era just came and went. Nothing about this era plastered our brains like Sign O' The Times, 1999 & Purple Rain. Sound quality here is excellent. Not quite City Lights standards but still very enjoyable. Packaging is quite nice with several different shots from the tour in his yellow canary outfit. The bonus track Erotic City '92 is a very good remix. Actually worth listening to more than once.


Recommendation
No soundboard show has ever appeared from the D & P tour until now. A must have for that reason alone since sound and packaging complement each other here nicely. This disc set now gives us a soundboard show of every tour from 1980 to 1992 available on CD.

Thunder

Label   : Moonraker        Cat # : 098/99
Released: July 1996        Format: 2 CD
Source  : 24th June, 1992, Live at Earl's Court, London, England
Type    : Soundboard Recording
Rating
Sound: EX+ (Dazeofwild@aol.com)
Tracklist
Disc 1
  1. Intro
  2. Thunder
  3. Daddy Pop
  4. Diamonds & Pearls
  5. Let's Go Crazy
  6. Kiss
  7. Dead On It
  8. Jughead
  9. Purple Rain
  10. Live 4 Love
  11. Lively Up Yourself
  12. Delirious
  13. Willing & Able
  14. Damn U

Disc 2
  1. Sexy MF
  2. Oriental Intro
  3. Thieves in the Temple
  4. It
  5. A Night in Tunisia
  6. Strollin'
  7. Insatiable
  8. Gett Off
  9. The Flow
  10. Cream
  11. Chain of Fools

Review by Dazeofwild@aol.com
This features the finest packaging of all of the Moonraker reissues. Beautifully designed cover makes this look scarily official. Nice D & P tour photos inside are included along with dates of the entire tour and lyrics to the title track.

The previous release of this show (also entitled Thunder) was released last year. The sound quality on the Moonraker release far outshines the previous release, even to a greater extent that I had hoped. This release exceeded my expectations moreso than any of the other Moonraker reissues that I've reviewed. That doesn't necessarily mean that this is my favorite show but it certainly was the most pleasant surprise of the bunch. This is near perfect stereo sound unlike its mono predecessor. Definitely on target (as Peter Berger previously noted) with the quality of the Studio Nights releases. It's surprising how much better this tour sounds when listened to in stereo soundboard quality.

This show and tour is the least spontaneous and interesting of his career. The true unique highlights were too few and far between. I get the impression that this tour was a money making tour without a message, which makes for a bad mix. The Lovesexy tour may have been similar in many ways but at least it had a particular message. The Act II tour also seemed to be designed to make money but at least it brought back some real classics for Prince to tear up (The Cross, Sign O' the Times, etc..). The D & P tour did not and for this reason is one of the least appealing to listen to. Two musical highlights here stick out in this show; a great revision of Delirious and the tremendous acoustic reworking of Thieves in the Temple. The inclusion of Rosie Gaines is always a highlight of this tour just like Boni Boyer was on the Lovesexy tour. In my opinion neither of these two women were featured prominently enough for my liking. This is an average show for this tour and a below average show for his career. Thank goodness for the sound quality and packaging here, its salvaging any interest I have left in this tour.

Recommendation
Sound quality makes this a must and it looks great. The tour mysteriously becomes enjoyable when listened to with this quality.

Tokyo '90

Label   : Moonraker        Cat # : 097
Released: July 1996        Format: 1 CD
Source  : 31st August 1990, Live in Tokyo, Japan
Type    : Hi-FI Stereo TV Broadcast Recording
Rating
Sound: EX+ (Dazeofwild@aol.com)
Tracklist
Disc 1
  1. The Future
  2. 1999
  3. Housequake
  4. Sexy Dancer
  5. Kiss
  6. I'm in the Mood
  7. Purple Rain
  8. Take Me With U
  9. Bambi
  10. Alphabet St.
  11. The Question of U
  12. When Doves Cry
  13. Do Me, Baby
  14. Ain't No Way
  15. Little Red Corvette
  16. Batdance
  17. Partyman
  18. Baby I'm A Star
Total time: 74:01

Review by Dazeofwild@aol.com
Moonraker continues onward and upward with an attractive release from the Nude tour of the August 31st show at the Tokyo Dome in 1990. The only previous release of this show that I've ever listened to on disc was In Japan. This reissue easily surpasses the quality of that release in all aspects.

Sound quality is wonderful as expected and the show and tour was perhaps underrated when listened to closely. This copy of the show is about 98% complete with a negligible amount missing. The show and tour had its downside though, in particular the rather weak track listing (Batdance, Partyman) and some songs that we've never needed to hear live again (When Doves Cry, Kiss, Housequake, 1999, Purple Rain). Tracks such as The Question of U, Alphabet St. and Ain't No Way help make this show exciting, which is no more apparent than in the sizzling version of Bambi. Missing from this particular show is the exciting improvised funk versions of Controversy that helped break the tour from the monotony it suffered from later on. It's so unfortunate that Prince's tours from 1984 and on have been so preprogrammed to a fixed medley of songs somewherein the show. I can think of no tour since the 1999 tour that doesn't suffer from this.

The packaging is once again on par with the best. Beautiful photos with a complete itinerary of the tour in a 10 page booklet. It would've been nice to see a double CD release here with disc 2 containing an excellent copy (which must exist somewhere) the Spanish TV broadcast of the show on 7/29/90 in La Coruna, Spain. Maybe an improved copy of that show is in the works because it would be worth the time.

Recommendation
I hate to be redundant but... as of right now this is easily the definitive CD release of the Nude tour. A must.

Tokyo Budokan

Label   :                  Cat # : 
Released: May 1996         Format: 2 CD
Source  : 16th January 1996, Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
Type    : Audience Recording
Tracklist
  1. Endorphinmachine
  2. Shhh!
  3. Days Of Wild
  4. Now
  5. Babies Makin' Babies
  6. Sex Machine
  7. Johnny
  8. The Glam Slam Boogie
  9. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
  10. P Control
  11. Letitgo
  12. Starfish And Coffee
  13. The Cross
  14. The Jam
  15. One Of Us
  16. Do Me, Baby
  17. Sexy MF
  18. If I Was Your Girlfriend
  19. Vicki Waiting
  20. Purple Medley
  21. 7
  22. Billy Jack Bitch
  23. I Hate U (intro)
  24. 319
  25. Gold
  26. We March*
  27. Love... Thy Will Be Done*
  28. I Hate U*
  29. Funky Stuff^
  30. Mary, Don't You Weep^
  31. One Of Us~

* 9th January 1996, Live at Budokan,Tokyo
^ 17th January 1996, Live at Budokan,Tokyo (also on Budokan)
~ From French TV, Sung by Joan Osborne

Review by bergerp@kapsch.co.a
Audience recordings with very little noise from the audience. Along with the Budokan 3CD and The Gold Ex-Prince I've heard now three complete Japan gigs (Jan.11/16/17) plus various songs from other concerts (Jan.8/9/13) and still I can't name a favourite show. Each one has it's highlights but overall they're quite equal. So if you already have Budokan I'd not recommend this release. The package is nice but nothing special. Limited Ed. of 1000.

The Trip

Label
SACEM - 90-82-01
Review
Tracklist
  1. Baby your a Trip
  2. A Better Place to Die
  3. Heaven [A place in heaven]
  4. An Honest Man
  5. Poplife
  6. Paisley Park
  7. Love or $
  8. yHoly Rock [Holly Rock]
Marius Gimle Hansen <mariush@unik.no>
23. november 1996