Prince - The 50 Essential Bootlegs Listening Companion - Part 2

Prince - The 50 Essential Bootlegs Listening Companion Pt 2

A selection of songs drawn from the pages of "Prince - The 50 Essential Bootlegs" by Hamish Whitta, listing 50 bootlegs across a variety of tours from 1980 through to 2016. We have done our best to take a song (or two) from each recording mentioned, where possible, and present it over 4 discs into a smooth listening experience.

One of the biggest problems with such a project is that audio quality is all over the place, which makes it hard to enjoy in a mix. With sound quality ranging from soundboards to audience recordings in the 80s to the cavernous sounds of the 90s, we hope we have achieved a certain level of uniformity that should make it an enjoyable experience. Liberties have been taken with some edits and transitions for the mix.

Enjoy
Mace, Delirium and Hamish

Tracklist Pt 2
Note: "7" has been trimmed due to copyright claim

Disc 3
01 The Question of U (31 August 1990 - Tokyo Dome,Tokyo)[30]
02 The Future (31 August 1990 - Tokyo Dome,Tokyo)[30]
03 Thieves in The Temple (24 June 1992 – Earls Court, London)[31]
04 Insatiable (24 June 1992 – Earls Court, London)[31]
05 7 (24 March 1993 – Radio City Music Hall, New York)[32]
06 Come (1 September 1993 – Club Rex, Paris)[33]
07 Peach (3 September 1993 – Flugplatz Luneburg, Luneburg)[34]
08 Days of Wild (6 May 1994 – Le Bataclan, Paris)[35]
09 Gold (6 May 1994 – Le Bataclan, Paris)[35]
10 The Undertaker (27 March 1995 - Paradiso, Amsterdam)[36]
11 Are You Gonna Go My Way (24 December 1998 - Tivoli, Utrecht)[37]
12 That'll Work/2001 (24 December 1998 - Tivoli, Utrecht)[37]
13 The Everlasting Now (18 October 2002 – Sportspaleis, Antwerp)[38]


Disc 4
01 Bambi (26 October 2002 – Vega, Copenhagen)[39]
02 Whole Lotta Love (26 October 2002 – Vega, Copenhagen)[39]
03 Dolphin (29 October 2002 – Le Bataclan Paris)[40]
04 Little Red Corvette (29 March 2004 – Staples Center, Los Angeles)[41]
05 Raspberry Beret (1 August 2007 – The O2, London)[42]
06 Pink Cashmere (1 August 2007 – The O2, London)[42]
07 Chaos & Disorder (29 August 2007 – Indigo O2, London)[43]
08 Shhh (22 September August 2007 – Indigo O2, London)[44]
09 I'm Yours (28 March 2009 – The Conga Room, Los Angeles)[45]
10 I Like It There (28 March 2009 – The Conga Room, Los Angeles)[45]
11 When I Lay My Hands on U (18 July 2009 - Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux)[46]
12 In a Large Room With No Light (18 July 2009 - Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux)[46]
13 Cool (7 November 2010 – Viage, Brussels)[47]
14 Let's Work (7 November 2010 – Viage, Brussels)[47]
15 She's Always In My Hair (15 July 2013 – Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux)[48]
16 The Love We Make (9 April 2015 – Fox Theater, Detroit)[49]
17 Breakdown (21 January 2016 – Paisley Park, Chanhassen)[50]

'Prince: 50 Essential Bootlegs' written by Hamish Whitta
Mix and Edits by Mace2theO
Tweaked by DEL

Liner Notes:
We have chosen two songs from Prince’s most widely bootlegged show, Tokyo 1990, to introduce Disc 3. The sound quality of the Big Chick charity concert at Rupert’s four months earlier was deemed too rough for us to use here, but the two songs we have selected from Tokyo are entirely representative of the era. "The Question Of U" and "The Future" are both good snapshots of the two albums they have been drawn from (Graffiti Bridge and The Batman Soundtrack). Both lean towards the heavier side of Prince’s live performances, with strong drums propelling both, while Prince’s muscular vocals push strongly in the same direction.

We also have a double shot from Prince’s Diamonds and Pearls concert at Earls Court two years later, this time Thieves In The Temple and Insatiable representing that tour. “Thieves in The Temple” is an incendiary performance, and the cool balm of “Insatiable” is just what is required to bring us back to earth. The alluring guitar work of Levi Seacer Jnr is just the tonic we need after Prince’s furious work on the acoustic guitar through “Thieves in The Temple.” In the same vein, "7", taken from the following Act 1 tour is equally satisfying, with its rhythmic acoustic sound steadying the ship.
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