Ok,the 3 i can think of r "Purple Rain" live in Atlanta in 1985
JoyInRepetition live in NYC this year at ONA
& Just My Imagination SMall Club bootleg.

Purple Rain comes in at about 6 mins
Just My Imagination about 4 mins
& Joy In Rep,there r a couple of solos.

Anyone know the longest? or maybe even a top3?

...peace

the 1st Joy solo is just under 3 mins & the 2nd is just under 4 mins.
DAMn what i would give 4 a Sb recording of that

The Q of U Nighttown 11-02-2002

rave unto the joy fantastic live 18.8.88!
Very great and very long guitar work!

Billy's Sunglasses- 45 minutes

Moonbeam said:

Yup --and its a badass song!! Every home should have this.

But after BG comes Something In The water from Neon Rendezvous which is the best Prince bootleg ever!

Joshy84au said:

It's on the ONA - Live! release coming out isn't it?

langebleu said:

nah its on the Aftershow disc,& this NYC performance i'm talking about was part of the main show that night.i even have the video of it.
he did Joy quite often on the ONA US tour,dunno if it was part of the every-day set or if he threw it in lots,but yeh...i have one from DC with Santana playingguitar on it,just isnt right.
P has 2 play that solo

I hate guitar solos. Prince should only be allowed to play funkchords on his guitar. Btw I hate drum solos too, and sax solos (Kenny G style) and bass solos and...

Joshy84au said:

Unless I'm mistaken, you are talking about the Avery Fisher Hall, NYC, performance on April 9, when Prince performed Joy In Repetition in the soundcheck, but not (I believe) during the main concert that evening. It was, however, performed later on at the Aftershow (The World, April 10 AM) - first song - he begins by announcing he's tuning up the guitar. The guitar solos are about 2 and 1/4 minutes and near dead on 4 minutes long, which seems to tally with what you have mentioned.

This version (he prefaces the first solo with 'about to hear Larry/Candy/Maceo/Prince play Joy In Repetition') is the same as that which Prince aired from the forthcoming 3CD live set over the PA at some concerts and after parties in Europe e.g. Click Club Oct 4 am, and Hammersmith Apollo, London, October 4

This version is also circulating on video/videoCD. Maybe the copy you have has JIR from the Aftershow tagged on the end of the NYC main concert???

Reviews on prince.org at the time also confirm that Joy In Repetition was not performed during the main show, and Larry only guested during the main show for a Sly cover.(Sing A Simple Song), whereas he was present on stage for most of the Aftershow.

See also

http://www.prince.org/msg...&tid=12207
http://www.prince.org/msg...&tid=12158
http://www.prince.org/msg...&tid=12150
http://www.prince.org/msg...&tid=12116

and Uptown Issue #52

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[This message was edited Tue Jun 10 4:29:42 PDT 2003 by IstenSzek]

langebleu receives the "Poster of the Year Award" from me!

Billy's Sunglasses is hardly a "song" as such, but damn he does play the guitar for an age. I had that track on my computer for a while, allegedly, and I got a little bored with the Billy part and used to skip to when he starts playing "Strange Relationship".

That song sounds so cool play on a guitar like that, don't u think?

Why can't he have done an alternate version stripped down with the guitar and some chords on the keys.

Never shoulda deleted that song. Dammit.

Fool.

rdhull said:

I love Billy's Sunglasses! It can't touch Something in the Water though.

Noon Rendezvous (Rehearsal '83).

'Prince's Longest Guitar Solo??'

"78-02" smile.