The Ultimate Rehearsal Collection (3CD)

Rehearsals

Track listing

• Rehearsal from Los Angeles, 15. October 1984
  1. Erotic City
  2. Let's Go Crazy
  3. Delirious
  4. 1999
  5. Little Red Corvette
  6. Free
  7. Father's Song
  8. God
  9. Computer Blue
  10. Darling Nikki
  11. The Beautiful Ones
  12. When Doves Cry
  13. I Would Die 4 U
  14. Baby, I'm A Star
• Rehearsal for Purple Rain tour, 1985
  1. Bedtime Story
  2. Do Me, Baby
  3. Baby, Baby, Baby (I Hurt Myself)
  4. G-Spot
  5. Let's Go Crazy
  6. When Doves Scream
  7. A Love Bizarre
• Rehearsal for SOTT tour in Mpls, April 1987
  1. Sign "O" The Times
  2. Play In The Sunshine
  3. Little Red Corvette
  4. Housequake
  5. Girls & Boys
  6. Slow Love
  7. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
  8. Hot Thing
  9. Now's The Time
  10. If I Was Your Girlfriend
  11. Strange Relationship
  12. U Got The Look
  13. 1999
  14. Forever In My Life
  15. Kiss
  16. The Cross
  17. It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night

Uncut Diamonds

Studio outtakes from 90-91

Label

GEMA E.M. Records - CD 1999-1

Review

• Rough versions of D&P songs and B sides.
• Supposedly the 'original' diamonds and pearls tracks.

Track listing

1. The Flow [sung by Tony with a lot of different lyrices than that on 0(+>]
2. Daddy Pop [ALOT different than on the album version]
3. Diamonds And Pearls [rel. vers.]
4. Cream [a few minor variations]
5. Strollin' [rel. vers.]
6. Willing And Able
7. Violet The Organ Grinder
8. Walk Don't Walk
9. Horny Pony [a different version than what was released as a B side]
10. Money Don't Matter 2 Night [rel. vers.]
11. Something Funky
12. School Yard
13. Live 4 Love [done differently, added lyrics and guitar parts]

Undertaker (1CD)

Label

RCD-004

Review

• DISC LENGTH : 78:00
• OVERALL SOUND QUALITY : VG/VG+ on the 6/8/94 material/EX- on The Undertaker.
• SOURCE: Tracks 1- 6 are taken from the unreleased 1993 Paisley Park film, The Undertaker. The remaining tracks are taken off of video from the satellite feed of the 6/8/94 performance at Glam Slam Miami. All tracks are soundboard recordings.
• COMMENTS : Sound quality on the Undertaker tracks is superior to that of the audio off of my video copy which is fairly excellent in itself. The performance itself is quite rewarding displaying Prince's true powers on the axe. The only disappointment is surprisingly the short & lackluster performance of a song that is in the elite among his newer tracks, Dolphin. A high quality equalizer on your system can do wonders for the sound on this by potentially pulling it up to the excellent range.
  The 6/8/94 Glam Slam performance is unique in that it contains a one-time only rendition of 'Shoop' wich contains a smoldering solo by you know who on bass. The live version of 'Loose' is also rare and comes off with a high amount of energy in what must be a very dificult song to revive in concert since the studio version is so sonically perfect. I compared the sound on the CD very closely to the HI FI mono 1st generation copy I have on video of the show and it really doesn't come close. The video is far superior in highs and lows. The sound on the CD is still enjoyable but comes from an inferior tape source to those that are in circulation.
  Pacaging is reminiscent to that of the 'Yellow' CD in which it is made to look like a genuine soundtrack, including film credits. The foldout booklet includes lyrics to the title track.
• RECOMMENDATION : The first great feature of this CD is that it manages to include two great performances all on one CD. If this CD contained only The Undertaker songs I would still reccommend it so the inclusion of the 6/8/94 gig is more of a bonus. Unless The Undertaker is officially released this is a very suitable addition to any collection.
• This album is pretty good, but it's 55% live material. If you want GOOD live versions of Billy Jack Bitch, Shoop, It's Alright, I Believe in U and Maybe Your Baby, then buy THIS album. The The Most Beautiful Girl in the World live track is terrible -- the vocals are weak. The Ride is good if you like BLUES music, which I don't. Poor Goo is WEAK. Bambi sounds very good, even as good as the original version on the 1979 album Prince. The Undertaker and Honky Tonk Women are good ROCK songs. Dolphin is also included, but I hate it! Also, I don't think the full version of Dolphin is on this CD. I bought this CD for $24.00 -- it's probably worth $20.00 (if you listened to it). Don't pay a lot for it....try to get it at a cheaper price. Out of 10, I give it a 8. The CD quality is B+.

Track listing

1. The Ride
2. Poor Goo
3. Honky Tonk Women
4. Bambi
5. The Undertaker
6. Dolphin
7. Billy Jack Bitch
8. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
9. Loose!
10. Shoop
11. It's alright
12. I believe in U
13. Maybe Your Baby

Under The London Moon (2CD)

Live from Wembley Arena/London, 12.Aug.86

Tracklist

1. Around the World In a Day
2. Christopher Tracy's Parade
3. New Position
4. I Wonder U
5. Raspberry Beret
6. Delirious
7. Controversy
8. Mutiny
9. Do Me Baby
10. Doggie In the Window
11. Automatic
12. D.M.S.R.
13. When Doves Cry
14. Under The Cherry Moon
15. Anotherloverholenyohead
16. I Wanna Be Your Lover
17. Head
18. Pop Life
19. Girls And Boys
20. Life Can Be So Nice
21. 1999
22. Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
23. Mountains
24. Kiss
25. Purple Rain

Under The Spanish Moon (1CD)

Nude Tour June, 1990, Spain

Label

Barfly Recordings - V001

Review

• For those of you who are looking for great Prince guitar playing and an amazing bootleg of Purple Rain, check out "Under The Spanish Moon" if you haven't already. The whole show is full of amazing guitar stuff, especially the Purple Rain solo. There's also a beautiful version of Nothing Compares 2 U which beats the Hits version by far. It's an amazing concert.
• Low quality sound, songs cut up, a miss.

Tracklist

1. Purple Rain
2. Take Me With U
3. Alphabet Street
4. Question Of U
5. Controversy
6. A Song 4 U
7. Ain't No Way
8. Nothing Compares 2 U
9. Batdance
10. Partyman
11. Baby I'm A Star

Unreleased Mixes (1CD)

Label

ODY 11 Nelson Mix 1

Review

• This one would fit perfectly into the HITS series. The pictures on cover and booklet are taken from THE HITS CDs and also the letters were "stolen". The CD contains 10 remixes of Prince Hits. All were professionally made but most of them are really stupid. For example the Dive With The Whales version of 1999! It's the normal 1999 song with pouring water and singing whales in the background :-)
• Same layout as The Hits. No cat#, no label stated. There's only a remark concerning it's promotional use. The recording is said to be DDD, and the middle part of the CD itself (where there's usually the cat# again) shows the following: ODY 11 Nelson Mix 1. Some of titles are listed with slightly different spellings (Tracks 3, 4 (SOTT), 9). I think it's an unusual kind of boot. Most of the mixes seem as if somebody has played around with a sampler and some digital effects... *Original* mixes would make more use of dividing, adding and editing *single* instruments (not the song as a whole). Yet it's the (sound) quality of studio recordings.

Track list

1. Controversy New York City Mixes (5:40)
2. Kiss Paisley Park Mixes (6:59)
3. Get Off 23 Positions Version (7:17)
4. Time Far Out Version (8:07)
5. When Doves Cry Wild Version (8:27)
6. I Feel for You Skyline Mix (6:38)
7. 1999 Dive With The Whales Version (6:01)
8. Sexy M.F. Ultimate Version (8:46)
9. Alphabet Street Illiterate Mix (7:13)
10. Nothing Compares 2 U Atmosphere Mix (7:31)