Whats your top 3 favorite bootleg cd's ????

kpowers said:

The Dawn is my fav 3 lol.

You Belong To Prince

Observation Records Catalog # OB003
Release Year 1991
CD Length 67:11
Date/Venue Houston, 9 December 1981
Source Soundboard

Sound-quality EXC-
Concert-rating 10

Track Listing
Houston 9 December 1981
The Second Coming, Uptown, Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad, I Wanna Be Your Lover, Head, Dirty Mind, Do Me Baby, Controversy, Let's Work, Private Joy, Jack U Off

First Avenue '82 (Moonrakers’ "Dance To The Beat" Remastered)

4DAFUNK (Moonraker Catalog # 132)
Release Year 2005
CD Length 79:07
Date/Venue 8 March 1982 First Avenue
Source Audience Recording

Sound-quality VERY GOOD
Concert-rating 10

Track Listing
8 March 1982 First Avenue
Bambi, All The Critics Love U In New York, When U Were Mine, Sexy Dancer, Still Waiting, Head, Sexuality, Dance 2 The Beat, The Stick, Party Up

Purple Rush 5 - The Ultimate Temptation

Sabotage Catalog # 218-221
Release Year 2004
2CD Length 78:14 | 76:07 | 72:08 | 68:45
Date/Venue 3 August 1983 First Avenue, Private Piano Rehearsals 1983, 7 June 1984 First Avenue,
30 March 1985 Syracuse NY, 25 October 1984 First Avenue
Source Soundboard / Audience Recording

Sound-quality EXC- | GOOD | EXC | EXC-
Concert-rating 10 | 10 | 10 | 10

Track Listing
3 August 1983 First Avenue
Let's Go Crazy, When U Were Mine, A Case Of You, Computer Blue, Delirious, Electric Intercourse, Automatic, I Would Die 4 U, Baby I'm A Star, Little Red Corvette, Purple Rain, DMSR
Private Piano Rehearsals 1983
Cold Coffee And Cocaine, Mama

7 June 1984 First Avenue
17 Days, Our Destiny, Roadhouse Garden, All Day All Night, Free, Noon Rendezvous, Erotic City, Something In The Water (Dose Not Compute), When Doves Cry, Irresistible Bitch, Possessed

30 March 1985 Syracuse NY
Let's Go Crazy, Delirious, 1999, Little Red Corvette, Take Me With U, Do Me Baby, Irresistible Bitch, Possessed, How Come U Don't Call Me Any More, Let's Pretend We’re Married, International Lover, God, Computer Blue, Darling Nikki, The Beautiful Ones, When Doves Cry, I Would Die For You, Baby I'm A Star, Purple Rain

25 October 1984 First Avenue
Afrika Talks To You, Erotic City, Mutiny, Blues in G (“First Avenue Blues”), Instrumental Jam

hello, I have Purple Rush 5. I also have 1-4, all are very nice.Love, Peace& Always B Wild

1 - 87' laments
2 - lovesexy 88'
3 - the black album/crystal ball (with the black and white cover)

1. Dream Factory
2. Musicology Simulcast (DVD)
3. Past, Present & Future (Come/Gold-era outtakes)

tripp said:

87 laments is blown away by Sabotage's "Sign O The Times Live"

Lovesexy 88 is blown away by Sabotage's Live In Dortmund 1988

The Black Album / Crystal Ball: the black album is officially released and the crystal ball part is of very inferior quality!

It's time to update your boot-collection!

though actually, since i acquired 'testament' a couple of years ago, i don't have a lot of need for most of my studio bootleggage...i love my copy of 'dream factory', though, because i can pretend it's an actual official album...in fact, i have it filed with my officially released stuff, between 'parade' and 'sott'.

ThataintFunky said:

THE BLACK ALBUM HAS BEEN RELEASED OFFICIALLY YES THIS I KNOW. BUT IT WAS A BOOTLEG FOR YEARS AND IS THIS BIGGEST AND MOST BOOTLEGGED ALBUM SINCE THE BEETLES. AND MY COPY IS THE BLACK ALBUM AND CRYSTAL BALL TOGETHER NOT INDIVIDUAL.
PLUS MY BOOTLEG COLLECTION IS OVER 200 CD'S AND UNKNOWN VINYL. SO I DON'T THINK I NEED TO UPDATE IT.

AND ALONG WITH THE FLESH 4 FANTASY (PURPLE RAIN) CONCERT, THE ABOVE MENTIONED ARE SOME OF THE BEST QUALITY.

tripp said:

THE BLACK ALBUM AND CRYSTAL BALL TOGETHER: the soundquality of the Crystal ball songs is INFERIOR!!

87 laments really is blown away by Sabotage's "Sign O The Times Live"

Lovesexy 88 really is blown away by Sabotage's Live In Dortmund 1988

Flesh 4 Fantasy is very inferior too Sabotage's Purple Rush 5 ....

You need to update your collection and your knowledge:
The boots you mentioned are all re-released in superior quality!!

i don't duplicate anything in my collection. each item i have is it's own, nothing in my collection is repeated (i.e. nothing the same with diffrent names)

tripp said:

That's totally rational, but I think the point being made is that the sound quality/sources have been vastly improved since the early bootlegs

Anxiety said:

I've made a bunch of tweener albums in that era between '85-'87.

Around the World in a Haze
Charade
Crucial
Dream Factory
Camille
Crystal Ball

it's fun!

Anxiety said:

What's on this???

MattyJam said:

Are you serious?

TheLodger said:

the whole point to this is "top 3 bootleg cd's."
and in my collection those are some of my top 3 fav's that i play all the time
so for that ignorant asshole, to post a rely about my post and needing to update my collection had nothing to do with my oppinion. if he felt the need to go into some rant about those aren't good quality recordings then he has way to much time on his hands.
but like they say, ignorance is BLISS - so when ya changin yo name fool.....

Anxiety said:

Uhhh... yeah... why's that so hard to believe?

kpowers said:

Neon Rendezvous
Neon Rendezvous
Neon Rendezvous

...


Studio Nights

Crucial

Small Club



...

tripp said:

or .... you could react like:

"thanx Thataintfunky, those are my favourite boots. I would love to have a superior version of these boots"

... but I guess you won't be interested?
I mean, those new releases are really much much better soundquality-wise.
You won't believe your ears when you hear those newer version ...
but I guess you don't wanna hear them?

greatings,
T.A.F.

are The Work volumes
considered to be bootleg?

if so, the first disc
of Vol.1 is definitely
in my top 3

"Wouldn't You Love To Love Me"
is my EVERYTHING right now!

I have compiled my own CDs
of various outtakes &
b-sides & extendeds
which they have no names
so I can't really list those
[Edited 1/20/06 12:20pm]

Hey tripp if you enjoy those 3 bootlegs the most then stick with them , every bootleg release seems to be re-released and re-re-released in "superior " quality every few months , and some people love to look down their noses at anyone who doesnt have every damn bootleg in the best quality possible .Ignore them . If youre happy with what youve got thats all that matters .

My 3 faves are:

Neon Rendezvous
Testament ( DVD )
Budokan

...for today anyway.

it times like these that make me feel like a piece of shit!

I don't have any boots album, just some ramdom pieces of mp3!!!


I hate my life

#3 'YELLOW'
- LOVESEXY AFTERSHOW: CAMDEN PALACE, LONDON (26th July, 1988)
I prefer this to the more complete 'Driving To Midnight Mess' version, as their 'inspired editing' leaves a lot to be desired and sadly, detracts from the performance. This is by far still my favourite aftershow, it's a spirited and passionate show.

#2 'OSAKA '89'
- LOVESEXY TOUR: OSAKAJO HALL, OSAKA (12th February, 1989)
This contains both the afternoon soundcheck (a full run-through of the entire show) plus that evenings show - it's a superb document of the Lovesexy tour, in absolutely mind-blowing soundboard quality.

#1 'SPANISH HAREM'
- NUDE TOUR: ESTADIO VINCENTE CALDERON, MADRID (22nd July, 1990)
Originally broadcast on Spanish FM radio, and with the exception of some edits to remove the DJ's voice-over inbetween some songs, it is (in my estimation) the best sounding Nude tour set out there, and brings back some great memories.

Small Club:- I know some folks piss and moan but this in my view lives up to its reputation

The Work vols 1 to 5:- best collection of outtakes available on silver pressed cds and great artwork

Exploding All Over Europe:- Because I was at The Hippodrome aftershow and it brings back great memories!!

Dance 2 the Beat (young,raw and straight from the heart, astounding and funny)
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Small club (dmsr,imagination)
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and a soft spot for Stars&Bars or Moonlight or Homecoming or many others
[Edited 1/20/06 18:08pm]

MikeMatronik said:

Thats what you get for sticking your tongue out at people

kpowers said:

Small Club
Stockholm 1986
The Work Vols 1-5

Sayng The Work is cheating because it takes from many sources of released boots etc. Its like voting for a a greatest hits lol. Those who picked The Work, ya gotta give another choice in place

DiamondGirl said:

merci!!

I won't too sure about that
that's why I said if
it could be considered a bootleg
because some of the shit
from disc 1, I had already

I don't have any legit Prince bootlegs
all my shit comes from different collections
[Edited 1/20/06 23:13pm]