HEADS UP! EYE's Purple Underground Volume One: I'm Just A Freak & Purple Underground Volume Two: The Second Coming are finally out there. Downloading my copy as I type this...

Guess we can talk about them now?


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The Pittsburgh show that leaked last week is complete here, including the track The Second Coming that was missing on the link.

dance4me3121 said:

What's the track list?

It's after 1am here and it would take me awhile to type out the tracklist for six CDs. I gotta crash, but, I'd be happy to do that when I get home tomorrow evening.

djThunderfunk said:

dance4me3121 said:

What's the track list?

It's after 1am here and it would take me awhile to type out the tracklist for six CDs. I gotta crash, but, I'd be happy to do that when I get home tomorrow evening.

I found a tracklist I could copy/paste, that's much faster.

PURPLE UNDERGROUND
VOLUME ONE: «I’m Just A Freak»

Disc One
Civic Center Arena | Lakeland, FL | USA | 8 March 1980
01. Boogie intro (instr.) incl. Jingle Bells (a.k.a. One HorseOpen Sleigh) (instr., short)
02. Soft And Wet
03. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
04. Still Waiting
05. Bambi
06. Band introduction
07. Sexy Dancer
08. Just As Long As We're Together
09. I Wanna Be Your Lover

Disc Two
Carolina Coliseum | Columbia, NC | USA | 16 March 1980
01. Boogie intro (instr.) incl. Jingle Bells (a.k.a. One Horse Open Sleigh) (instr., short)
02. Soft And Wet
03. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
04. Still Waiting
05. Band introduction
06. Sexy Dancer
07. I Wanna Be Your Lover

Disc Three
Stanley Theatre | Pittsburgh, PA | USA | 20 November 1981
01. The Second Coming (show intro)
02. Sexuality
03. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
04. Jack U Off
05. When You Were Mine
06. I Wanna Be Your Lover
07. Head
08. Annie Christian
09. Dirty Mind
10. Do Me, Baby
11. Let's Work
12. Controversy
13. Uptown
14. Partyup

PURPLE UNDERGROUND
VOLUME TWO: «The Second Coming»

Disc One
Met Center | Bloomington, MN | USA | 7 March 1982 (85’54)
01. The Second Coming (show intro)
02. Uptown
03. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
04. When You Were Mine
05. I Wanna Be Your Lover
06. Head
07. Annie Christian
08. Dirty Mind incl. synth riff
09. Do Me, Baby
10. Controversy
11. Let's Work
12. Jack U Off incl. band introduction
13. Private Joy

Disc Two
First Avenue | Minneapolis, MN | USA | 8 March 1982 (82’23)
01. Bambi
02. All The Critics Love U In New York
03. When You Were Mine
04. Sexy Dancer
05. Still Waiting (feat. Sue Ann Carwell on vox)
06. Head incl. Jingle Bells (aka One Horse Open Sleigh)(instr.)
07. Sexuality
08. Prince speech
09. Dance To The Beat (The Time only)
10. The Stick (The Time only)
11. Partyup (with Morris Day on drums, replacing Bobby Z.)

Disc Three
Soundcheck at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium | San Francisco, CA | USA | 15 February 1982
01. I Would Die 4 U
02. Uptown
03. Keyboard try-outs
Linn Drum Rehearsal | Chanhassen, MN | USA | Early 1982
04. Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
05. Purple Rain (instr.)
06. The Get Down
07. Gotta Shake This Feelin’
08. Katrina’s Paper Dolls
09. Lisa #1
10. Lisa #2 (instr.) - Tricky (instr.)

Wish I could listen to all this right now, but I'm soooo tired. Couldn't resist listening to The Second Coming and Dance To The Beat. Sounds good..... "So exciting!"

Reminds me of getting the original City Lights set 20 or so years ago.

djThunderfunk said:

djThunderfunk said:

It's after 1am here and it would take me awhile to type out the tracklist for six CDs. I gotta crash, but, I'd be happy to do that when I get home tomorrow evening.

I found a tracklist I could copy/paste, that's much faster.

PURPLE UNDERGROUND
VOLUME ONE: «I’m Just A Freak»

Disc One
Civic Center Arena | Lakeland, FL | USA | 8 March 1980
01. Boogie intro (instr.) incl. Jingle Bells (a.k.a. One HorseOpen Sleigh) (instr., short)
02. Soft And Wet
03. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
04. Still Waiting
05. Bambi
06. Band introduction
07. Sexy Dancer
08. Just As Long As We're Together
09. I Wanna Be Your Lover

Disc Two
Carolina Coliseum | Columbia, NC | USA | 16 March 1980
01. Boogie intro (instr.) incl. Jingle Bells (a.k.a. One Horse Open Sleigh) (instr., short)
02. Soft And Wet
03. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
04. Still Waiting
05. Band introduction
06. Sexy Dancer
07. I Wanna Be Your Lover

Disc Three
Stanley Theatre | Pittsburgh, PA | USA | 20 November 1981
01. The Second Coming (show intro)
02. Sexuality
03. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
04. Jack U Off
05. When You Were Mine
06. I Wanna Be Your Lover
07. Head
08. Annie Christian
09. Dirty Mind
10. Do Me, Baby
11. Let's Work
12. Controversy
13. Uptown
14. Partyup

PURPLE UNDERGROUND
VOLUME TWO: «The Second Coming»

Disc One
Met Center | Bloomington, MN | USA | 7 March 1982 (85’54)
01. The Second Coming (show intro)
02. Uptown
03. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
04. When You Were Mine
05. I Wanna Be Your Lover
06. Head
07. Annie Christian
08. Dirty Mind incl. synth riff
09. Do Me, Baby
10. Controversy
11. Let's Work
12. Jack U Off incl. band introduction
13. Private Joy

Disc Two
First Avenue | Minneapolis, MN | USA | 8 March 1982 (82’23)
01. Bambi
02. All The Critics Love U In New York
03. When You Were Mine
04. Sexy Dancer
05. Still Waiting (feat. Sue Ann Carwell on vox)
06. Head incl. Jingle Bells (aka One Horse Open Sleigh)(instr.)
07. Sexuality
08. Prince speech
09. Dance To The Beat (The Time only)
10. The Stick (The Time only)
11. Partyup (with Morris Day on drums, replacing Bobby Z.)

Disc Three
Soundcheck at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium | San Francisco, CA | USA | 15 February 1982
01. I Would Die 4 U
02. Uptown
03. Keyboard try-outs
Linn Drum Rehearsal | Chanhassen, MN | USA | Early 1982
04. Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
05. Purple Rain (instr.)
06. The Get Down
07. Gotta Shake This Feelin’
08. Katrina’s Paper Dolls
09. Lisa #1
10. Lisa #2 (instr.) - Tricky (instr.)

WOW!

I guess this has the version of Katrina's Paper Dolls that was talked about in this thread:
prince.org/msg/7/441233

Sounds like this has some alwful filtering applied to all tracks to make them sound like stereo, rather than mono.

djThunderfunk said:

HEADS UP! EYE's Purple Underground Volume One: I'm Just A Freak & Purple Underground Volume Two: The Second Coming are finally out there. Downloading my copy as I type this...

Guess we can talk about them now?


*****

NO TROLL THREADS! NO SOLICITING FOR BOOTLEGS! Discussion is fine, so long as the bootleg is not being promoted e.g. pre-release; requests/offers to share or copy, and links to download or bootleg sites are not. Posting Prince and associated artist videos from sites such as YouTube is also not allowed. Posts of this nature will be deleted and repeat offenders will be first warned, and then banned. Troll threads, fake tracklists, and attention seeking rumor threads will be also be swiftly dealt with. These rules are strictly enforced! - [luv4u]

Just got a heads up...

So, "Gotta shake this feeling" wasnt ab-libbed on the neon rendezvous boot after all.

Its a shame the sound quality sucks really bad on that linn drum rehearsal, I can imagine it would be pretty enjoyable in higer fidelity stereo and at the correct speed

Is anybody able to make out the lyrics to "Get Down"?

He's mad for playing jingle bells in march isnt he?

djThunderfunk said:

The Pittsburgh show that leaked last week is complete here, including the track The Second Coming that was missing on the link.

The sound quality of the Pittsburgh show that leaked last week sounds better to my ears. Eye wonder why?

Ronald said:

djThunderfunk said:

The Pittsburgh show that leaked last week is complete here, including the track The Second Coming that was missing on the link.

The sound quality of the Pittsburgh show that leaked last week sounds better to my ears. Eye wonder why?

Eye Records did a mastering, that's why...

only complaining and criticizing around here?

I'm glad I got it.
for free.
6 cds full of "new" stuff to explore.
it is what it is.
prince was amazing.
the sound is the best we can get right now.
thanks to all who made it possible.

bluegangsta said:

Sounds like this has some alwful filtering applied to all tracks to make them sound like stereo, rather than mono.

Comparing Pittsburgh to the leak, I agree. I prefer mono to "faked" stereo effects every time.

[Edited 11/28/17 8:21am]

Mono or fake stereo or whatever, to finally hear a really good quality version of that early live take on All the Critics at First Avenue is marvellous. That'd go on a career-spanning boxset if I ever put one together.

(I mean, obviously it'd be a disaster on everyone's part if I was asked to put one together but I just really love this take of it).

[Edited 11/28/17 8:50am]

jaawwnn said:

Mono or fake stereo or whatever, to finally hear a really good quality version of that early live take on All the Critics at First Avenue is marvellous. That'd go on a career-spanning boxset if I ever put one together.

(I mean, obviously it'd be a disaster on everyone's part if I was asked to put one together but I just really love this take of it).

[Edited 11/28/17 8:50am]

Well said!

djThunderfunk said:

djThunderfunk said:

It's after 1am here and it would take me awhile to type out the tracklist for six CDs. I gotta crash, but, I'd be happy to do that when I get home tomorrow evening.

I found a tracklist I could copy/paste, that's much faster.

PURPLE UNDERGROUND
VOLUME ONE: «I’m Just A Freak»

Disc One
Civic Center Arena | Lakeland, FL | USA | 8 March 1980
01. Boogie intro (instr.) incl. Jingle Bells (a.k.a. One HorseOpen Sleigh) (instr., short)
02. Soft And Wet
03. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
04. Still Waiting
05. Bambi
06. Band introduction
07. Sexy Dancer
08. Just As Long As We're Together
09. I Wanna Be Your Lover

Disc Two
Carolina Coliseum | Columbia, NC | USA | 16 March 1980
01. Boogie intro (instr.) incl. Jingle Bells (a.k.a. One Horse Open Sleigh) (instr., short)
02. Soft And Wet
03. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
04. Still Waiting
05. Band introduction
06. Sexy Dancer
07. I Wanna Be Your Lover

Disc Three
Stanley Theatre | Pittsburgh, PA | USA | 20 November 1981
01. The Second Coming (show intro)
02. Sexuality
03. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
04. Jack U Off
05. When You Were Mine
06. I Wanna Be Your Lover
07. Head
08. Annie Christian
09. Dirty Mind
10. Do Me, Baby
11. Let's Work
12. Controversy
13. Uptown
14. Partyup

PURPLE UNDERGROUND
VOLUME TWO: «The Second Coming»

Disc One
Met Center | Bloomington, MN | USA | 7 March 1982 (85’54)
01. The Second Coming (show intro)
02. Uptown
03. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
04. When You Were Mine
05. I Wanna Be Your Lover
06. Head
07. Annie Christian
08. Dirty Mind incl. synth riff
09. Do Me, Baby
10. Controversy
11. Let's Work
12. Jack U Off incl. band introduction
13. Private Joy

Disc Two
First Avenue | Minneapolis, MN | USA | 8 March 1982 (82’23)
01. Bambi
02. All The Critics Love U In New York
03. When You Were Mine
04. Sexy Dancer
05. Still Waiting (feat. Sue Ann Carwell on vox)
06. Head incl. Jingle Bells (aka One Horse Open Sleigh)(instr.)
07. Sexuality
08. Prince speech
09. Dance To The Beat (The Time only)
10. The Stick (The Time only)
11. Partyup (with Morris Day on drums, replacing Bobby Z.)

Disc Three
Soundcheck at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium | San Francisco, CA | USA | 15 February 1982
01. I Would Die 4 U
02. Uptown
03. Keyboard try-outs
Linn Drum Rehearsal | Chanhassen, MN | USA | Early 1982
04. Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
05. Purple Rain (instr.)
06. The Get Down
07. Gotta Shake This Feelin’
08. Katrina’s Paper Dolls
09. Lisa #1
10. Lisa #2 (instr.) - Tricky (instr.)

There was an instrumental version of Purple Rain as early as 1982? Wow, I didn't know that...

Revolution81 said:

So, "Gotta shake this feeling" wasnt ab-libbed on the neon rendezvous boot after all.

Its a shame the sound quality sucks really bad on that linn drum rehearsal, I can imagine it would be pretty enjoyable in higer fidelity stereo and at the correct speed

Is anybody able to make out the lyrics to "Get Down"?

This version of "Gotta shake this feeling" for me has some obvious similarities to the Purple Rain Demo that Wendy & Lisa are giving to Prince in the movie Purple Rain. But I see no obvious relation between the Track "Purple Rain istr." on this disc and the Purple Rain we all know...

I think this rehearsal has some historical significance, because it could be considered as some kind of starting point for Purple Rain. But I will not come back to this very often. Even if the second part of Lisa is quite funky.

All of this is Prince alone in his home studio, I suppose?

Revolution81 - what do you think is wrong with the tempo?

only 20+ years for first ave 82 soundboard to get released

kindofblue said:

Revolution81 said:

So, "Gotta shake this feeling" wasnt ab-libbed on the neon rendezvous boot after all.

Its a shame the sound quality sucks really bad on that linn drum rehearsal, I can imagine it would be pretty enjoyable in higer fidelity stereo and at the correct speed

Is anybody able to make out the lyrics to "Get Down"?

Revolution81 - what do you think is wrong with the tempo?

Too s l o w

Silvertongue7 said:

There was an instrumental version of Purple Rain as early as 1982? Wow, I didn't know that...

No way is it from 82. Prince calls out "wally!" during Lisa, and i dont think he was around in 82.

Its just lazy guesswork by the bootleggers, but eh a bootleg should always have a few errors, just look at purple rain deluxe

anyone know if there are more 1st ave shows??? besides 1982-87

You all find some gems...

Revolution81 said:

Silvertongue7 said:

There was an instrumental version of Purple Rain as early as 1982? Wow, I didn't know that...

No way is it from 82. Prince calls out "wally!" during Lisa, and i dont think he was around in 82.

Its just lazy guesswork by the bootleggers, but eh a bootleg should always have a few errors, just look at purple rain deluxe

I haven't listened to it yet, and I have no idea, so you are probably right...

thanks for the gifts!