jueves, 31 de mayo de 2007
SAB 018-019 Sound & Vision Vol. 3
2 CD 
Catalogue : #SAB 018-019
Disc Length : 64:33 / 65:00
Source : Soundboard / Broadcast
Sound Quality : EX / EX+
Year Of Release : 1997
Disc 1
Emancipation Freedom Concert - Paisley Park : 12th November 1996
1. INTRO - FREE AT LAST 2. JAM OF THE YEAR 3. PURPLE RAIN 4. GET YO' GROOVE ON 5. JOY IN REPETITION 6. SEXY MF (INTRO) 7. IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND 8. ONE OF US 9. EMANCIPATION (OUTRO)
Oprah Winfrey Show : 21st November 1996
10. DO ME, BABY 11. IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND 12. SLEEP AROUND
The Today Show : 19th December 1996
13. INTERVIEW
The Today Show : 3rd January 1997
14. TAKE ME WITH U 15. RASPBERRY BERET
Rosie O'Donnell Show : 7th January 1997
16. SOMEBODY'S SOMEBODY 17. INTERVIEW 18. THE HOLY RIVER
Disc 2
VH-1 To One : 12th January 1997 (Broadcast 1st February 1997) 1. INTERVIEW
Chris Rock Show : 7th February 1997 2. FACE DOWN
Muppet's Tonight : February 1997 (Broadcast 4th May 1997)
3. DELIRIOUS 4. COUNTRY SONG 5. STARFISH & COFFEE 6. RASPBERRY SORBET 7. SHE GAVE HER ANGELS 8. LET'S GO CRAZY 9. SPOKEN DIALOGUE EPISODES
NAACP Image Awards : 8th February 1997 (Broadcast 27th February 1997)
10. EMANCIPATION (Including WE MARCH) 11. ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Brit Awards : 24th February 1997 12. EMANCIPATION (Including WE MARCH)
Top Of The Pops : 26th February 1997 (Broadcast 28th February 1997) 13. THE HOLY RIVER
Essence Awards : 4th April 1997 (Broadcast 22nd May 1997) 14. PRESENTS AWARD
VH-1 Honors : 10th April 1997 (Broadcast 11th April 1997)
15. THE HOLY RIVER 16. TAKE ME WITH U - RASPBERRY BERET
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame : 6th May 1997 (Broadcast 9th May 1997)
17. INDUCTS GEORGE CLINTON'S PARLIAMENT & FUNKADELIC
SAB 016-017 Sound & Vision Vol. 1
CD & 1 CD-ROM 
Catalogue : #SAB 016-017
Disc Length : 77:24 / 70:00
Source : Soundboard / Broadcast
Sound Quality : G / EX
Year Of Release : 1998
Disc 1 (Audio)
American Bandstand : 26th January 1980
1. INTRO 2. I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER 3. INTERVIEW 4. WHY YOU WANNA TREAT ME SO BAD?
Saturday Night Live : 21st February 1981 5. PARTYUP
Live Promotional Video
6. I WOULD DIE 4 U 7. BABY I'M A STAR 8. TAKE ME WITH U
American Music Awards : 28th January 1985 9. PURPLE RAIN
Grammy Awards : 26th February 1985 10. BABY I'M A STAR
Theatre de Verdure, Nice : 27th October 1985 (Promo Video) 11. AMERICA
Under The Cherry Moon Premiere - Holiday Inn, Sheridan : 1st July 1986
12. INTRO 13. RASPBERRY BERET 14. DELIRIOUS 15. CONTROVERSY 16. MUTINY
MTV Video Music Awards : 11th September 1987
17. SIGN O' THE TIMES 18. PLAY IN THE SUNSHINE
Disc 2 (CD-Rom Video)
Benefit Show for Minnesota Dance Theatre - First Avenue, Minneapolis : 3rd August 1983
LET'S GO CRAZY / WHEN YOU WERE MINE / A CASE OF YOU / COMPUTER BLUE / COMPUTER BLUE / DELIRIOUS / ELECTRIC INTERCOURSE / AUTOMATIC / I WOULD DIE 4 U / BABY I'M A STAR / LITTLE RED CORVETTE / PURPLE RAIN / D.M.S.R.
COMMENT
Subtitled "The First Decade : Complete Live TV 1980-1988", but we shan't get into semantics regarding 10 years being a decade (this release only covers 8 years), nor the fact that the opening American Bandstand performances are lip-synched and thus NOT live. What sets this first volume apart from the many other releases of this kind (including the rest in this Sound & Vision series) is the award acceptance speeches, etc have not been included here - which makes the release flow far more smoothly. The release begins with a decent quality version of the American Bandstand broadcast introduced by Dick Clark. This is evidently a re-broadcast from the mid/late 1990's as it includes a commentary intro from Dick Clark where he refers to Prince as "The Artist Formerly Known As". The performances are lip-synched to the released versions which is of zero interest and rather pointless on an audio disc, however it also includes the non-interview-interview. This is followed by Prince's first Saturday Night Live appearance with 'Partyup' which again is decent, if a little grainy. The trio of live performance promos follows including the complete 13 minute 'Baby I'm A Star'. The quality of the American Music Awards performance of 'Purple Rain' is the first low point of the release and there is a distracting loud humming throughout, and the audio is rather thin and slightly piercing - not the best source recording I've heard. Onwards and upwards, we come to the unedited lengthy 10 minute version of 'America' which is slightly wavy during the beginning, but settles down nicely and is of a pretty high quality. The only real disappointment of this release comes with the MTV Video Music Awards which is appallingly bad. 'Sign O' The Times' itself has a few slight glitches, but in comparison to the following 'Play In The Sunshine' they are minor. 'Play In The Sunshine' is tinny, thin, grating, piercing and very, very poor quality - I'm surprised this ever made it past Sabotage's quality control and it has to be one of the worst source recordings I have ever heard. Disc 2 is a CD-Rom and features the professionally filmed (in)famous Benefit Show for the Minnesota Dance Theatre at First Avenue and I'm puzzled as to why it was included on this release as it was never broadcast, and cannot be classed as "TV material". The quality is average at best, and since this release it has been surpassed greatly which makes this particular version obsolete. Overall this is not a great start to Sabotage's "Sound & Vision" series, but the releases do get better and this is the only volume with some serious flaws in the source recordings. The horrendously flawed 'Play In The Sunshine' is pretty much unforgiveable, however look past that (and the pretty woeful quality of the First Avenue 83 CD-Rom) and it's not a bad release for it's time...I guess.
SAB 15 Emancipation Proclamation
1 CD 
Catalogue : #SAB 015
Disc Length : 69:08
Source : Various
Sound Quality : EX- / EX+
Year Of Release : 1997
Freedom Concert - Paisley Park Broadcast : 12th November 1996
1. INTRO - FREE AT LAST 2. JAM OF THE YEAR 3. PURPLE RAIN 4. GET YO' GROOVE ON (Including SIX) 5. JOY IN REPETITION 6. SEXY MF (INTRO) 7. IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND 8. ONE OF US 9. EMANCIPATION (OUTRO)
The Tom Joyner Show - Chicago Radio Broadcast : 21st November 1996
10. 2MORROW
Oprah Winfrey Show : 21st November 1996
11. INTERVIEW 12. DO ME, BABY 13. IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND 14. INTERVIEW 15. PURPLE RAIN (PIANO INSTRUMENTAL) 16. BATMAN THEME (PIANO INSTRUMENTAL) 17. FOREVER IN MY LIFE 18. INTERVIEW 19. SLEEP AROUND 20. INTERVIEW
Studio Outtake
21. SARAH
Press Conference - Paisley Park : 13th November 1996 (am)
22. INTERVIEW EXCERPT
COMMENT
This is actually one of Sabotage's better early releases, and certainly one of the nicest covering the Emancipation era. The release begins off with the 'Freedom Concert' from Paisley Park. The show itself is hardly the most awe-inspiring performance Prince has ever given, but the show does include a rather unique and very enjoyable version of 'Joy In Repetition'. The other tracks performed at the show went on to become regulars on the US 1997 tours, and the versions performed are identical, although slightly abridged. Next we have the version of '2morrow' which went on to appear on the official release of the 'Crystal Ball' album. I believe this is the earliest broadcast of the song (hence it's inclusion here), however it is identical to the released version. The complete Oprah Winfrey broadcast takes up the majority of this disc, and whilst it is an intriguing, farcical item to watch, as with most other TV interviews it doesn't really lend itself to an audio only release like this one. Second to last is the Emancipation outtake 'Sarah' which is available on any of the larger outtake sets, but it is perfectly understandable why it has been included here. The final track on this set is 2m 30 seconds from the press conference given by Prince after the 'Freedom Concert' at Paisley Park. The sound quality is extremely poor and at times it is very hard to make out the questions being asked to Prince, and his reply. That said it is still a fascinating, rather rare addition. The accompanying artwork and booklet of an extremely high standard with the usual stunning artwork and pictures - although no information of any kind. Overall this is one of Sabotage's better releases, and certainly one of the best of any label concerning the rather bland Emancipation era.
SAB 014 The Holywwod Affair
1 CD 
Catalogue : #SAB 014
Disc Length : 72:28
Source : Studio
Sound Quality : EX+
Year Of Release : 1996
Kim Basinger Outtakes
1. COME ON 2. MY LOVE WILL FIND U 3. I WANNA 4. 2 NAUGHTY 5. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT 6. SHOW ME 7. ACTION, ACTION 8. COLOR OF SEX 9. WILL U STAY WITH ME
Prince Outtakes
10. SOUL PSYCHODELICIDE (FUZZ TONE MIX) 11. SOUL PSYCHODELICIDE (KIM'S MIX) 12. BATDANCE (EXTENDED) 13. SOUL PSYCHODELICIDE (RE-RECORDED VERSION)
1. COME ON 2. MY LOVE WILL FIND U 3. I WANNA 4. 2 NAUGHTY 5. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT 6. SHOW ME 7. ACTION, ACTION 8. COLOR OF SEX 9. WILL U STAY WITH ME
Prince Outtakes
10. SOUL PSYCHODELICIDE (FUZZ TONE MIX) 11. SOUL PSYCHODELICIDE (KIM'S MIX) 12. BATDANCE (EXTENDED) 13. SOUL PSYCHODELICIDE (RE-RECORDED VERSION)
COMMENT
This release comes with the description of being 'The Lost Kim Basinger Album' and all tracks listed are credited to Prince on the sleeve. I am highly sceptical of Prince's involvement in any of the opening 9 songs. Prince undoubtedly worked on tracks with Kim Basinger when they were dating, however the bland, uninteresting songs here are surely NOT the results of their recording time together. The songs are dated, very unprofessional and lack any hooks. The addition of 3 remixes of Soul Psychodelicide make this release a little more interesting and enjoyable - however even they cannot rescue this terrible release.
This release comes with the description of being 'The Lost Kim Basinger Album' and all tracks listed are credited to Prince on the sleeve. I am highly sceptical of Prince's involvement in any of the opening 9 songs. Prince undoubtedly worked on tracks with Kim Basinger when they were dating, however the bland, uninteresting songs here are surely NOT the results of their recording time together. The songs are dated, very unprofessional and lack any hooks. The addition of 3 remixes of Soul Psychodelicide make this release a little more interesting and enjoyable - however even they cannot rescue this terrible release.
SAB 012-013 Sound & Vision Vol. 2
2 CD 
Catalogue : #SAB 012-013
Disc Length : 72:51 / 73:58
Source : Soundboard / Broadcast
Sound Quality : EX
Year Of Release : 1996
TV APPAREANCES 1989 - 1996
Disc 1
Saturday Night Live : 24th September 1989 1. ELECTRIC CHAIR
American Music Awards : 22nd January 1990 2. ACCEPTS AWARD
International Special Olympics - Metrodome, Minneapolis : 19th July 1991
3. DIAMONDS & PEARLS 4. LET'S GO CRAZY (INTRO) - BABY I'M A STAR 5. PUSH
MTV Video Music Awards : 5th September 1991 6. GETT OFF
Arsenio Hall Show : 9th September 1991
7. DIAMONDS & PEARLS (INTRO) - LET'S GO CRAZY 8. KISS 9. CREAM 10. PURPLE RAIN 11. DADDY POP
Soul Train Music Awards : 10th March 1992 12. ACCEPTS AWARD
The Ryde Dyvine Broadcast : 19th December 1992
13. SEXY MF 14. LOVE 2 THE 9's 15. DAMN U 16. I WANNA MELT WITH U (Including 3 CHAINS O' GOLD) 17. THE SACRIFICE OF VICTOR
Arsenio Hall Show : 23rd February 1993 18. MY NAME IS PRINCE 19. THE MORNING PAPERS
Disc 2
Arsenio Hall Show : 23rd February 1993 1. BLUE LIGHT 2. THE MAX
Top Of The Pops : February 1994
3. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD (MUSTANG MIX)
World Music Awards : 4th May 1994 (Broadcast 31st May 1994) 4. ACCEPTS AWARD
Nulle Part Ailleurs : 5th May 1994 5. ENDORPHINMACHINE
Celebrate The Soul Of American Music Awards : 7th May 1994 6. ACCEPTS AWARD
VH1 Honors : 26th June 1994
7. INTERACTIVE 8. ENDORPHINMACHINE 9. ACCEPTS AWARD
The Today Show : 12th July 1994 10. LOVE SIGN
MTV European Music Awards : 24th November 1994 11. PEACH
The Late Show w/ David Letterman : 13th December 1994 12. DOLPHIN
American Music Awards : 30th January 1995 13. ACCEPTS AWARD
Brit Awards : 20th February 1995 14. ACCEPTS AWARD
Sunday Show : 1st April 1995 15. BILLY JACK BITCH
Top Of The Pops : 15th March 1995 (Broadcast 16th March 1995) 16. GET WILD
The White Room : 5th April 1995 (Broadcast 8th April 1995)
17. COUNT THE DAYS 18. GET WILD
The Late Show w/ David Letterman : 8th July 1996 19. DINNER WITH DELORES
The Today Show : 9th July 1996
20. DINNER WITH DELORES 21. ZANNALEE
Arsenio Hall Show : 23rd February 1993 1. BLUE LIGHT 2. THE MAX
Top Of The Pops : February 1994
3. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD (MUSTANG MIX)
World Music Awards : 4th May 1994 (Broadcast 31st May 1994) 4. ACCEPTS AWARD
Nulle Part Ailleurs : 5th May 1994 5. ENDORPHINMACHINE
Celebrate The Soul Of American Music Awards : 7th May 1994 6. ACCEPTS AWARD
VH1 Honors : 26th June 1994
7. INTERACTIVE 8. ENDORPHINMACHINE 9. ACCEPTS AWARD
The Today Show : 12th July 1994 10. LOVE SIGN
MTV European Music Awards : 24th November 1994 11. PEACH
The Late Show w/ David Letterman : 13th December 1994 12. DOLPHIN
American Music Awards : 30th January 1995 13. ACCEPTS AWARD
Brit Awards : 20th February 1995 14. ACCEPTS AWARD
Sunday Show : 1st April 1995 15. BILLY JACK BITCH
Top Of The Pops : 15th March 1995 (Broadcast 16th March 1995) 16. GET WILD
The White Room : 5th April 1995 (Broadcast 8th April 1995)
17. COUNT THE DAYS 18. GET WILD
The Late Show w/ David Letterman : 8th July 1996 19. DINNER WITH DELORES
The Today Show : 9th July 1996
20. DINNER WITH DELORES 21. ZANNALEE
COMMENT
The second volume of the Sound & Vision series and a vastly superior release to the first in terms of the quality of the sources used. Unfortunately (or fortunately if you are a completist) the acceptance speeches have been left intact, and I find it spoils the flow of the musical performances, although it's completely understandable why they are on here. Again, I take issue with this release being subtitled "The Second Decade" as it covers the period 1989-1996 which is not a decade. Quality-wise, there are only a few glitches worth me pointing out. Both the acceptance speeches from American Music Awards (1990) and the Soul Train Music Awards (1992) suffer from horrendous crowd noise and at times it's impossible to hear Prince - thankfully his speech is short and sweet and we don't suffer too long. Added to this there appears to be a tape chew on the video recording used by Sabotage to source the Arsenio Hall 1991 recording version of 'Purple Rain' - it lasts barely a second, but it's noticeable. The outro on 'The Sacrifice Of Victor' from The Ryde Dyvine 1992 broadcast suffers from some serious crackling which lasts approx 5 seconds and is shockingly bad - nobody picked up on this before it was released? The editing between tracks also leaves a little to be desired and could be smoother instead of the "jump" which affects the way one performance flows into the next. Disc 2 is slightly more focused as the time frame consists of 1993-1996. The quality is overall very impressive, but yet again the digital crackling is back, this time for the closing 5 seconds of 'Billy Jack Bitch' from The Sunday Show - a real annoyance and completely ruining it. The source used for the VH1 Honors broadcast is the censored version meaning the word "bitch" has been edited out, and is a slight pity. The remainder is very enjoyable, but there are one too many award acceptance speeches for my liking.
The second volume of the Sound & Vision series and a vastly superior release to the first in terms of the quality of the sources used. Unfortunately (or fortunately if you are a completist) the acceptance speeches have been left intact, and I find it spoils the flow of the musical performances, although it's completely understandable why they are on here. Again, I take issue with this release being subtitled "The Second Decade" as it covers the period 1989-1996 which is not a decade. Quality-wise, there are only a few glitches worth me pointing out. Both the acceptance speeches from American Music Awards (1990) and the Soul Train Music Awards (1992) suffer from horrendous crowd noise and at times it's impossible to hear Prince - thankfully his speech is short and sweet and we don't suffer too long. Added to this there appears to be a tape chew on the video recording used by Sabotage to source the Arsenio Hall 1991 recording version of 'Purple Rain' - it lasts barely a second, but it's noticeable. The outro on 'The Sacrifice Of Victor' from The Ryde Dyvine 1992 broadcast suffers from some serious crackling which lasts approx 5 seconds and is shockingly bad - nobody picked up on this before it was released? The editing between tracks also leaves a little to be desired and could be smoother instead of the "jump" which affects the way one performance flows into the next. Disc 2 is slightly more focused as the time frame consists of 1993-1996. The quality is overall very impressive, but yet again the digital crackling is back, this time for the closing 5 seconds of 'Billy Jack Bitch' from The Sunday Show - a real annoyance and completely ruining it. The source used for the VH1 Honors broadcast is the censored version meaning the word "bitch" has been edited out, and is a slight pity. The remainder is very enjoyable, but there are one too many award acceptance speeches for my liking.
SAB 011-012-040 Rock Over Germany
2 CD & CD-ROM 
Catalogue : #SAB 010-011/040
Disc Length : 74:00 / 71:51
Source : Soundboard Recordings
Sound Quality : EX+
Year Of Release : 1997
Disc 1
1. MY NAME IS PRINCE 2. SEXY MF (Including LOVE 2 THE 9's) 3. THE BEAUTIFUL ONES 4. LET'S GO CRAZY 5. KISS 6. IRRESISTIBLE BITCH 7. SHE'S ALWAYS IN MY HAIR 8. RASPBERRY BERET 9. THE CROSS 10. SIGN O' THE TIMES 11. PURPLE RAIN 12. THUNDER 13. WHEN DOVES CRY 14. NOTHING COMPARES 2 U 15. AND GOD CREATED WOMAN 16. DIAMONDS & PEARLS 17. PIANO INSTRUMENTAL 18. VENUS DE MILO 19. I LOVE U IN ME 20. STROLLIN' 21. SCANDALOUS 22. GIRLS & BOYS 23. ARABIC INTRO - 7
Disc 2
1. MAYTE'S SPEECH 2. 1999 3. BABY I'M A STAR 4. ROCK THE HOUSE 5. AMERICA 6. D.M.S.R. 7. GETT OFF 8. POPE - IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT 9. PEACH
Act II Tour - Arena, Sheffield : 2nd August 1993
10. LET'S GO CRAZY 11. KISS 12. THE CROSS 13. PURPLE RAIN
BBC Broadcasting House, London : 7th September 1993
14. 1999 15. BABY I'M A STAR 16. ROCK THE HOUSE 17. AMERICA 18. D.M.S.R. 19. POPE 20. JAM - IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT (Including TAKE THE A-TRAIN) 21. PEACH
Act II Tour Aftershow - Terminal 2, Munich : 28th August 1993 (am)
22. KRISTAINE BACKER INTRO 23. JAILHOUSE ROCK 24. CALHOUN SQUARE 25. RACE 26. INSTRUMENTAL OUTRO
Catalogue : #SAB 010-011/040
Disc Length : 74:00 / 71:51
Source : Soundboard Recordings
Sound Quality : EX+
Year Of Release : 1997
Act II Tour
Flugplatz, Lüneburg
3rd September 1993
Flugplatz, Lüneburg
3rd September 1993
Disc 1
1. MY NAME IS PRINCE 2. SEXY MF (Including LOVE 2 THE 9's) 3. THE BEAUTIFUL ONES 4. LET'S GO CRAZY 5. KISS 6. IRRESISTIBLE BITCH 7. SHE'S ALWAYS IN MY HAIR 8. RASPBERRY BERET 9. THE CROSS 10. SIGN O' THE TIMES 11. PURPLE RAIN 12. THUNDER 13. WHEN DOVES CRY 14. NOTHING COMPARES 2 U 15. AND GOD CREATED WOMAN 16. DIAMONDS & PEARLS 17. PIANO INSTRUMENTAL 18. VENUS DE MILO 19. I LOVE U IN ME 20. STROLLIN' 21. SCANDALOUS 22. GIRLS & BOYS 23. ARABIC INTRO - 7
Disc 2
1. MAYTE'S SPEECH 2. 1999 3. BABY I'M A STAR 4. ROCK THE HOUSE 5. AMERICA 6. D.M.S.R. 7. GETT OFF 8. POPE - IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT 9. PEACH
Act II Tour - Arena, Sheffield : 2nd August 1993
10. LET'S GO CRAZY 11. KISS 12. THE CROSS 13. PURPLE RAIN
BBC Broadcasting House, London : 7th September 1993
14. 1999 15. BABY I'M A STAR 16. ROCK THE HOUSE 17. AMERICA 18. D.M.S.R. 19. POPE 20. JAM - IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT (Including TAKE THE A-TRAIN) 21. PEACH
Act II Tour Aftershow - Terminal 2, Munich : 28th August 1993 (am)
22. KRISTAINE BACKER INTRO 23. JAILHOUSE ROCK 24. CALHOUN SQUARE 25. RACE 26. INSTRUMENTAL OUTRO
Disc 3 (CD-ROM - Quicktime)
Act II Tour - Donauinsel, Vienna : 25th August 1993
MY NAME IS PRINCE / SEXY MF (Including LOVE 2 THE 9's) / THE BEAUTIFUL ONES / LET'S GO CRAZY / KISS / IRRESISTIBLE BITCH / SHE'S ALWAYS IN MY HAIR / RASPBERRY BERET / 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 / CONDITION OF THE HEART / LITTLE RED CORVETTE / STROLLIN' / SCANDALOUS / GIRLS & BOYS / ARABIC INTRO / 7 / MAYTE'S SPEECH / 1999 / BABY I'M A STAR / AMERICA / D.M.S.R. / JOHNNY / IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT
Act II Tour - Donauinsel, Vienna : 25th August 1993
MY NAME IS PRINCE / SEXY MF (Including LOVE 2 THE 9's) / THE BEAUTIFUL ONES / LET'S GO CRAZY / KISS / IRRESISTIBLE BITCH / SHE'S ALWAYS IN MY HAIR / RASPBERRY BERET / 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 / CONDITION OF THE HEART / LITTLE RED CORVETTE / STROLLIN' / SCANDALOUS / GIRLS & BOYS / ARABIC INTRO / 7 / MAYTE'S SPEECH / 1999 / BABY I'M A STAR / AMERICA / D.M.S.R. / JOHNNY / IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT
COMMENT
A phenomenal release, and perhaps the best document of an Act II show there is. This is the only circulating soundboard of an Act II concert, which itself makes this release great. The addition of the remaining bonus material just makes this even more appealing. The Lüneburg concert is a basic, but enjoyable show. Unusually there is no 'Little Red Corvette' played, hence the piano segment is very short. The encore includes a very bassy 'Pope', and closes with 'Peach', which include some added lyrics, including the line "I got a boner as big as a drum stick Michael used to play in 9th grade". The Sheffield tracks are from the cancelled radio broadcast of the show on Capitol FM, and have since become available in more complete form on Sabotage's "Starlight Lounge". The Radio 1 concert broadcast again is a nice addition to the set, although they are already heavily circulating. The closing tracks from the Munich Act II aftershow are a strange bonus. They are taken from the MTV broadcast, and are each barely 45 seconds long - something of a tease. I am aware that some versions of this release come with the Vienna 25th August 1993 Act II show, whilst others have the Wegberg 28th August 1993 Act II show. The packaging is very cool, however there is a tracklisting mistake on the back cover - no biggie. Overall though, an (as yet) unequalled release of 1993 soundboard/broadcast footage.
A phenomenal release, and perhaps the best document of an Act II show there is. This is the only circulating soundboard of an Act II concert, which itself makes this release great. The addition of the remaining bonus material just makes this even more appealing. The Lüneburg concert is a basic, but enjoyable show. Unusually there is no 'Little Red Corvette' played, hence the piano segment is very short. The encore includes a very bassy 'Pope', and closes with 'Peach', which include some added lyrics, including the line "I got a boner as big as a drum stick Michael used to play in 9th grade". The Sheffield tracks are from the cancelled radio broadcast of the show on Capitol FM, and have since become available in more complete form on Sabotage's "Starlight Lounge". The Radio 1 concert broadcast again is a nice addition to the set, although they are already heavily circulating. The closing tracks from the Munich Act II aftershow are a strange bonus. They are taken from the MTV broadcast, and are each barely 45 seconds long - something of a tease. I am aware that some versions of this release come with the Vienna 25th August 1993 Act II show, whilst others have the Wegberg 28th August 1993 Act II show. The packaging is very cool, however there is a tracklisting mistake on the back cover - no biggie. Overall though, an (as yet) unequalled release of 1993 soundboard/broadcast footage.
SAB 008-009 Spanish Harem
2 CD Catalogue :
Disc Length : 50:48 / 73:58
Source : Soundboard Recordings
Sound Quality : EX
Year Of Release : 1996
Nude Tour
Estadio Vincente Calderon, Madrid
22nd July 1990
Disc 1
Estadio Vincente Calderon, Madrid
22nd July 1990
Disc 1
Disc 2
1. CONTROVERSY - D.M.S.R. 2. DO ME, BABY 3. AIN'T NO WAY 4. NOTHING COMPARES 2 U 5. BATDANCE 6. PARTYMAN 7. WHEN DOVES CRY 8. BABY I'M A STAR 9. RESPECT (Listed as 'THINK') 10. GAME BOYZ GROOVE 11. WE CAN FUNK 12. BABY I'M A STAR (Listed as 'HORNY PONY')
Nude Tour Rehearsal - Paisley Park : 21st April 1990
COMMENT
This Nude concert was broadcast on Spanish radio, and is where this particular release is sourced from. During the initial broadcast the Spanish DJ proceeded to talk between songs, and Sabotage have attempted to edit this out. They have done a very good job, however it is noticeable that they have used an audience recording to fill in some gaps, and in other parts have tried to make the join as smooth as possible. It slightly jars with the flow of the show, but short of leaving in the commentary there really is nothing they could have done. The show itself is a great example of a Nude tour concert, and includes some less commonly performed tracks including a snippet from 'An Honest Man' during the piano medley, a full blown version of 'When Doves Cry', and the closing jam based loosely around 'We Can Funk'. The addition of the Nude tour rehearsal, whilst being welcome, is a strange choice. The running order is out of synch with the order in which the songs were rehearsed, and it is available in more complete form on Thunderball's 'Nudity' release. The packaging is, as one would expect, stunning. The booklet is missing any form of info on the show, in fact there is barely a word of text written in it - just pretty pictures. The set also comes with a fold-out poster containing the Little Mermaid tale by Hans Christian Andersen - a strange choice. Unfortunately the track-listing on the back is incorrect and contains many errors, which is rather unusual and sloppy for a Sabotage release. Overall this is a fairly average release by Sabotage. They have tried their best to sort out the problems created by the broadcast, and have done an impressive enough job.
jueves, 24 de mayo de 2007
SAB 006-007 Past, Present & Future
2 CD
Catalogue : #SAB 006-007
Disc Length : 74:02 / 72:31
Source : Various
Sound Quality : EX / EX+
Year Of Release : 1996
Disc 1
1. INTRO 2. INTERACTIVE 3. SEGUE 4. ENDORPHINMACHINE 5. SEGUE 6. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD (MUSTANG MIX '96) 7. BILLY JACK BITCH 8. STRAYS OF THE WORLD 9. DARK 10. 18 & OVER 11. CALHOUN SQUARE 12. STARFISH & COFFEE ('95) 13. SARAH 14. 51 HOURS 15. THE RYDE DYVINE 16. ON YOUR OWN 17. AIN'T NO PLACE LIKE U 18. SOMEBODY'S SOMEBODY 19. FRIEND, LOVER, SISTER, MOTHER/WIFE
Disc 2
The Undertaker
1. THE RIDE 2. POOR GOO 3. HONKY TONK WOMEN 4. BAMBI 5. ZANNALEE 6. THE UNDERTAKER 7. DOLPHIN
Rehearsal - Paisley Park : 23rd August 1995
8. PUSSY CONTROL 9. LETITGO
VH-1 Love 4 One Another Broadcast
10. DAYS OF WILD 11. THE RIDE 12. THE JAM 13. GOLD
Act II Tour - Flugplatz, Lüneburg : 3rd September 1993 (Soundboard Recording)
14. THE BEAUTIFUL ONES
Nude Tour - Estadio Vincente Calderon, Madrid : 22nd July 1990 (Soundboard Recording)
15. BLUES IN C
The Undertaker
1. THE RIDE 2. POOR GOO 3. HONKY TONK WOMEN 4. BAMBI 5. ZANNALEE 6. THE UNDERTAKER 7. DOLPHIN
Rehearsal - Paisley Park : 23rd August 1995
8. PUSSY CONTROL 9. LETITGO
VH-1 Love 4 One Another Broadcast
10. DAYS OF WILD 11. THE RIDE 12. THE JAM 13. GOLD
Act II Tour - Flugplatz, Lüneburg : 3rd September 1993 (Soundboard Recording)
14. THE BEAUTIFUL ONES
Nude Tour - Estadio Vincente Calderon, Madrid : 22nd July 1990 (Soundboard Recording)
15. BLUES IN C
COMMENT
As with a fair number of outtake sets from the mid 90's, this seems rather out of place now. The majority of the material has since either been officially released, or is available on other releases. That said this is still a decent collection of material. The first disc contains studio material from 1993 - 1996 with consistently excellent sound quality. Disc 2 is far more interesting and all are sourced from circulating video recordings. The only slight let-down is that the version of VH1's Love4OneAnother broadcast is slightly gritty, and has been censored. There are far better sets circulating, however this is a nice release overall. It should be noted this is a completely different and updated release to the previous Sabotage "Past, Presente, ¬ Future " release.
As with a fair number of outtake sets from the mid 90's, this seems rather out of place now. The majority of the material has since either been officially released, or is available on other releases. That said this is still a decent collection of material. The first disc contains studio material from 1993 - 1996 with consistently excellent sound quality. Disc 2 is far more interesting and all are sourced from circulating video recordings. The only slight let-down is that the version of VH1's Love4OneAnother broadcast is slightly gritty, and has been censored. There are far better sets circulating, however this is a nice release overall. It should be noted this is a completely different and updated release to the previous Sabotage "Past, Presente, ¬ Future " release.
SAB 003-005 Paisley Park Extravanganza
3 CD Box Set Catalogue : #SAB 003-004-005
Disc Length : 73:39 / 73:56 / 69:29
Source : Audience Recording
Sound Quality : EX-
Year Of Release : 1996
DISC 1 - Paisley Park : 18th June 1995 (am) (Part 1)NPG Interview : July 1995
1. INTERVIEW
Paisley Park : 18th June 1995 (am)
2. MAD (STUDIO VERSION) 3. DAYS OF WILD (SAMPLE INTRO) 4. BILLY JACK BITCH 5. 18 & OVER 6. RETURN OF THE BUMP SQUAD 7. COUNT THE DAYS 8. BRICK HOUSE (Including THE GOOD LIFE) 9. GET WILD
COMMENT
This is the first half of the Paisley Park concert, the second half can be found on Paisley Park Extravaganza Part 2. The release begins with an interview by the New Power Generation from July 1995 to promote the "Exodus" album. Prince (or Tora Tora) is not present, however it is a fairly interesting 8 minute long interview. Up next is a version of 'Mad' played by a DJ and recorded by a crowd member. I'm not entirely convinced it has been recorded at Paisley Park prior to the show starting for several reasons. Firstly the quality of the recording is vastly inferior to the quality of the show recording. Secondly the DJ makes reference to "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince is in town and will be playing in 20 minutes" - I doubt the announcement would be required before he hit the stage at Paisley Park. The version played is phenomenal and far superior to the circulating version. And so to the Paisley Park show itself. The quality of the recording is excellent, however it is a little bassy and Prince appears to be having problems with his microphone throughout the first half of the show. The real problem with the recording are a number of audience members standing close to the person recording. They are audible throughout and insist on either shouting inane comments to Prince throughout, or banging on their tambourine. They do get in the way on occasion, but on the whole they are pretty easily overlooked. The first half of the show is rather typical of many from the period. There are a few lyrics from 'The Good Life (Big City Remix') added to 'Brick House', and Prince is constantly addressing the crowd with various bizarre statements, such as "Are men from Mars, are women from Venus? Would you feel like a star if I showed you my....house". Comes as part of Sabotage's 3cd set packaged in a cardboard wrap-around sleeve.
DISC 2 - Paisley Park : 18th June 1995 (am) (Part 2) & New Power Madhouse
1. BIG FUN 2. THE JAM 3. I BELIEVE IN YOU 4. BUD LIGHT INTERLUDE 5. GLAM SLAM BOOGIE 6. VOLKSWAGEN BLUES 7. SANTANA MEDLEY New Power Madhouse (Studio Outtakes EX+)8. 17 9. ROOTIE KAZOOTIE 10. SPACE 11. GUITAR SEGUE 12. ASSWOOP 13. ETHEREAL SEGUE 14. PARLOR GAMES 15. MICHAEL SEGUE 16. (GOT 2) GIVE IT UP 17. SONNY SEGUE
COMMENT
The first half of this disc contains the second half of the Paisley Park 18th June show (the first half can be found on Paisley Park Extravaganza Part 1. The quality is exactly the same as the previous half of the show, and it unfortunately suffers from the same problems with certain audience members as the first half does. This portion of the show kicks off with a great version of 'Big Fun', and the show also appears to have the same microphone problems as the first half with Prince constantly shouting at the sound engineers to balance the levels out correctly. There is a track listed on here as 'Volkswagen Blues' which appears rather puzzling at first. It is listed on various on-line sites, along with Upton's The Vault book as being an unreleased track, but this is completely incorrect. 'Volkswagen Blues' is nothing more than a seemingly improvised version of BB King's "How Blue Can You Get" with Prince rearranging the lyrics to suit his own style - certainly not worthy of being classed as an unreleased track. The show closes with a very lengthy version of the 'Santana Medley'. The second half of the disc is made up of the unreleased NPG 1995 project 'New Power Madhouse'. As with the other discs in this 3cd set, this comes with it's own jewel case and accompanying artwork - intended to be kept with the others in a cardboard warp-around sleeve. One of Sabotage's earliest releases, and a very high quality product containing a great Love 4 One Another Paisley Park concert from mid 1995.
DISC 3 - Paisley Park : 18th September 1995 & 10th October 1995
1. INTRO - THE JAM 2. I BELIEVE IN YOU 3. THE CROSS 4. THE RIDE 5. NOW 6. BABIES MAKIN' BABIES 7. INSTRUMENTAL JAM 8. ROCK N' ROLL IS ALIVE 9. SEX MACHINE 10. JOHNNY 11. THE RETURN OF THE BUMP SQUAD 12. GET WILD (Including ROCK N' ROLL IS ALIVE)
Paisley Park : 10th October 1995 (Listed as 7th October 1995)
13. WE MARCH 14. LOVE...THY WILL BE DONE 15. STARFISH & COFFEE
Bonus
16. ROCK & ROLL IS ALIVE (TONY FLY MIX)
Paisley Park : 10th October 1995 (Listed as 7th October 1995)
13. WE MARCH 14. LOVE...THY WILL BE DONE 15. STARFISH & COFFEE
Bonus
16. ROCK & ROLL IS ALIVE (TONY FLY MIX)
COMMENT
The final instalment of Sabotage's fantastic Paisley Park 2cd set. This particular disc differs from the others as the show featured is the 18th September 1995 show played after a Gold Experience listening party was held. The show is far less structured than many from the same period with far more emphasis on loose jamming and various crowd chants. That said there is a stunning very guitar heavy version of 'The Cross' played. Tracks #7-10 are basically a long jam with various crowd call-and-chants centred around 'Rock & Roll Is Alive'. Next up is the short 15 minute set played after the filming of various video's for the Gold Experience and the Love 4 One Another broadcast on 10th October 1995 (listed as 7th October 1995 on the reverse sleeve). The set includes a version of 'Love...Thy Will Be Done' which Prince dedicates to Time Warner for releasing the Gold Experience album. The final bonus track is the radio broadcast of 'Rock & Roll Is Alive' by the Minneapolis DJ Tony Fly. The sound quality throughout is consistently excellent, however the 10th October 1995 recording is rather heavy with a fair amount of audience noise. On it's own this is a great release, but combined with the other 2 discs from this 3cd set, it becomes a fantastic addition to an already quality filled release. A stunning early release from Sabotage.
The final instalment of Sabotage's fantastic Paisley Park 2cd set. This particular disc differs from the others as the show featured is the 18th September 1995 show played after a Gold Experience listening party was held. The show is far less structured than many from the same period with far more emphasis on loose jamming and various crowd chants. That said there is a stunning very guitar heavy version of 'The Cross' played. Tracks #7-10 are basically a long jam with various crowd call-and-chants centred around 'Rock & Roll Is Alive'. Next up is the short 15 minute set played after the filming of various video's for the Gold Experience and the Love 4 One Another broadcast on 10th October 1995 (listed as 7th October 1995 on the reverse sleeve). The set includes a version of 'Love...Thy Will Be Done' which Prince dedicates to Time Warner for releasing the Gold Experience album. The final bonus track is the radio broadcast of 'Rock & Roll Is Alive' by the Minneapolis DJ Tony Fly. The sound quality throughout is consistently excellent, however the 10th October 1995 recording is rather heavy with a fair amount of audience noise. On it's own this is a great release, but combined with the other 2 discs from this 3cd set, it becomes a fantastic addition to an already quality filled release. A stunning early release from Sabotage.
SAB 001-002 Driving 2 midnight mess
2 CD
Label : Sabotage Records
Catalogue : #SAB 001-002
Disc Length : 75:59 / 75:47
Source : Audience Recordings
Sound Quality : VG+
Year Of Release : 1996
Disc 1
Lovesexy Tour Aftershow - Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg : 31st August 1988 (am)
1. JUST MY IMAGINATION 2. RAVE UN2 THE JOY FANTASTIC 3. GIRLS & BOYS 4. VENUS DE MILO 5. STARFISH & COFFEE 6. RASPBERRY BERET 7. PEOPLE WITHOUT 8. CONDITION OF THE HEART 9. STILL WOULD STAND ALL TIME 10. STRANGE RELATIONSHIP 11. A LOVE BIZARRE 12. I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
Paisley Park, Chanhassen : 31st December 1987
13. IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT
Lovesexy Tour Aftershow - Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg : 31st August 1988 (am)
1. JUST MY IMAGINATION 2. RAVE UN2 THE JOY FANTASTIC 3. GIRLS & BOYS 4. VENUS DE MILO 5. STARFISH & COFFEE 6. RASPBERRY BERET 7. PEOPLE WITHOUT 8. CONDITION OF THE HEART 9. STILL WOULD STAND ALL TIME 10. STRANGE RELATIONSHIP 11. A LOVE BIZARRE 12. I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
Paisley Park, Chanhassen : 31st December 1987
13. IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT
Disc 2
Lovesexy Tour Aftershow - Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg : 31st August 1988 (am)
1. BLUES IN C - DOWN HOME BLUES 2. COLD SWEAT 3. GOD IS ALIVE 4. I WISH U HEAVEN (Including ALPHABET ST.) 5. PURPLE RAIN
Lovesexy Tour Aftershow - Camden Palace, London : 26th July 1988 (am)
6. HAPPY BIRTHDAY 7. FOREVER IN MY LIFE 8. STRANGE RELATIONSHIP (Including RAVE UN2 THE JOY FANTASTIC) 9. JUST MY IMAGINATION 10. RIVER KWAI MARCH 11. UNDER THE CHERRY MOON 12. SIX 13. DEAD ON IT 14. HOUSEQUAKE 15. MISS YOU
COMMENT
Two fascinating Lovesexy aftershows. The sound quality on both, while being very good, has a fair amount of tape hiss and the Grosse Freiheit recording is incomplete and has a number of drop-outs and the occasional fade. Unfortunately the Camden Palace recording is also incomplete and Sabotage have inserted parts from the circulating video of the show (Fargnoli's footage from the BBC Omnibus Documentary) which makes the actual Camden Palace recording sound rather poor in comparison - not one of Sabotage's better idea's IMO. The Freiheit show features a number of rare and exclusive moments. The piano medley from the Lovesexy Tour is performed, albeit slightly differently from the main show's performance. 'People Without' is again performed, however this time it is more an instrumental jam than the Het Paard van Troje improvised version. Taylor Dane guests onstage for 'Still Would Stand All Time' and proceeds to attempt to scream Boni off the stage. 'God Is Alive' features a short speech by Prince (called Camille's Story on the booklet) and explains his reasoning for pulling the Black Album (from Camille's perspective). The Camden Palace show again is incomplete and is a rather messy affair. The closing 'Miss You' has been taken from the BBC Omnibus documentary, however it lasts barely 20 seconds before it fades out and it's inclusion is rather baffling and pointless. The remainder of the show is an excellent aftershow from the 88 period and includes a lengthy up-beat groove on 'Strange Relationship' with some guitar work from 'Rave', and Mica Paris guesting on 'Just My Imagination'. Overall this is not Sabotage's best effort. The editing and inclusion of some parts is rather strange, however as it is their first releases, and they have gone on to bigger and better releases - then it's excusable. That said, I actually really enjoy the Grosse Freiheit aftershow, so purely for it's inclusion this release gets the thumbs up from me.
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