Spinlight said:

The guitar intro to Erotic City, played loud, at these crystal clear levels....

And then it kicks in. O.O

This is like watching something in 3D when you've been watching it in black and white for years.

Who's playing that guitar intro? Wendy or Prince?

I haven't listened to all of it yet, but that Something In The Water so far is the hotness. BrownMark was holding it down too well.

electricberet said:

Spinlight said:

The guitar intro to Erotic City, played loud, at these crystal clear levels....

And then it kicks in. O.O

This is like watching something in 3D when you've been watching it in black and white for years.

Who's playing that guitar intro? Wendy or Prince?

Feels like a Prince solo, but I can't tell for sure.

Wow, you guys weren't kidding... Amazing sound quality and amazing show.

Thanks to all involved in this release... Much appreciated.

WaterInYourBath said:

I haven't listened to all of it yet, but that Something In The Water so far is the hotness. BrownMark was holding it down too well.

I've said for YEARS that so many people sleep on Brownmark's playing. His shit was ALWAYS ultra funky, even during the ballads. Add on top of that some of the choreography he was keeping up with, and you'll see he was a bad brotha!! He was always my bassist of choice, even over the almost always preferred by the online community Sonny T. Even P thought so too when Andre left!

Spinlight said:

electricberet said:

Who's playing that guitar intro? Wendy or Prince?

Feels like a Prince solo, but I can't tell for sure.

I think so too. It sounds a lot like the playing at the beginning of "Something in the Water" when he makes it clear that he is playing. But since there's no video, it's hard to say for sure.

wow . would have to be a must-have:-|

yeah this is pretty special...i've been finally taking inventory of my boots from over the years and it's funny this comes along...brown mark is funky bad!

Thank you so much!!

alexnvrmnd777 said:

WaterInYourBath said:

I haven't listened to all of it yet, but that Something In The Water so far is the hotness. BrownMark was holding it down too well.

I've said for YEARS that so many people sleep on Brownmark's playing. His shit was ALWAYS ultra funky, even during the ballads. Add on top of that some of the choreography he was keeping up with, and you'll see he was a bad brotha!! He was always my bassist of choice, even over the almost always preferred by the online community Sonny T. Even P thought so too when Andre left!

Absolutely. Although, overall he's my second favorite, after Rhonda.

Good lord

I was waiting for "Roadhouse Garden" little did I know that the whole thing is a feast. I agree with whoever commented on Mark Brown's bass playing, this is def a great display of his talent.

I don't have to rewind in order to repeat something I might've misheard? Man, talk about a helluva work.

WaterInYourBath said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

I've said for YEARS that so many people sleep on Brownmark's playing. His shit was ALWAYS ultra funky, even during the ballads. Add on top of that some of the choreography he was keeping up with, and you'll see he was a bad brotha!! He was always my bassist of choice, even over the almost always preferred by the online community Sonny T. Even P thought so too when Andre left!

Absolutely. Although, overall he's my second favorite, after Rhonda.

Nah, Rhonda ain't got shit on Mark. She had absolutely no dancing steps to make (she just stood there and played; BORING!!, but I know this is mostly Prince's fault) and almost looked at times as if the bass was too heavy for her. She could certainly slap and play that MFer, don't get me wrong. One of my personal favorite Rhonda moments was "DMSR" in LA on the Musicology tour. But, she doesn't hold a candle to Mark, IMO. She had problems getting "Let's Work" down correctly, I remember reading from a Prince interview in the early 2000s. Brownmark had that shit down, naturally!!

alexnvrmnd777 said:

WaterInYourBath said:

Absolutely. Although, overall he's my second favorite, after Rhonda.

Nah, Rhonda ain't got shit on Mark. She had absolutely no dancing steps to make (she just stood there and played; BORING!!, but I know this is mostly Prince's fault) and almost looked at times as if the bass was too heavy for her. She could certainly slap and play that MFer, don't get me wrong. One of my personal favorite Rhonda moments was "DMSR" in LA on the Musicology tour. But, she doesn't hold a candle to Mark, IMO. She had problems getting "Let's Work" down correctly, I remember reading from a Prince interview in the early 2000s. Brownmark had that shit down, naturally!!

What a fantastically convincing statement. Ok then, they're both #1 for me now. I just can't drop her rank still, 'cause I've always liked her cool-mellow style, but nonetheless, I have to agree with you that Mark was superb technically as a bassist-performer.

ecstasy said:

Oh man I cannot wait to hear this one! And I thought the '26' release was the best thing that ever happened. I can't wait for this. Already downloaded at the crib if my Internet didn't conk out, lol

Same here! Counting the minutes. This is my all-time fav show. Of all-time. Ever.

This may be my new favorite bootleg ever.

So amazing to finally hear Our Destiny.

WOW!!!!

This sounds Fantastic.... Thank You to all who helped get this out.

StevenAnthony said:

Spinlight said:

Brownmark's bass playing is on fire. I used to sleep on his playing a bit, but he really turns it out in this performance.

I couldn't agree more. Honestly though, the entire band sounds amazing. The version of Irresistible Bitch here is perfect.

Yes, it really is. Even including the part when it sounds like he stumbles over the microphone stand, LOL.

mplsmike said:

Now i might be able to make out some of the lyrics on "my destiny"

Damn no one slammed me for saying My Destiny?

Whats up with yall

Spinlight said:

The guitar intro to Erotic City, played loud, at these crystal clear levels....

Kick ass intro

And then it kicks in. O.O

I got a chill when it kicked in

[Edited 5/8/11 23:38pm]

Beautiful. The only "complaint" I have is that P's guitar is too subdued. Now, granted, you get to hear the intricacies of the synth and the bass, but something i enjoyed with the early low generation machinations was that P's axe was GROWLING. Absolutely rampaging. Granted, it's not how it was supposed to be heard, but I got used to the loudness and started to love it. Still, hard to find fault with this near flawless release.

Downloaded it yesterday, planning to listen to it tonight

electricberet said:

All I have to say is "Dammmmnnnnnnn"! This surely beats my cassette copy from back in the day! Yay, it only took 27 years to make it into our greedy little hands! "Roadhouse Garden" is the shiznit! THANKS to all who made this possible!

Soundboard?! Wow! It's amazing what pops up after all these years! No sleep tonight!

THANK YOU to the generous anonymous person responsible for dropping this gem on us, and FBG and 4DF for handling the release with their usual high standards.

Anyone try to transcribe the lyrics to "Our Destiny" yet?

One word...Crystal and Perfect !!!

This is P boot of 1st decade of the 21st century !!!

Been listening since yesterday (can't believe he did a show

with most of unreleased materials in 1984!!)

TheFreakerFantastic said:

Me thinks someone has access to the vault.......it was only a few weeks ago someone started a post about this recording...

if that is the fact....my next request is Minneapolis, fine line cafe 5-12-1987...

Wow! This is great news! It's exciting!

I've had a HORRIBLE day, and this just make me happy! Deep thanks to the people that put this together! Thank you!

Listening right now, am up to Irresistible Bitch. Stunning!

Had a couple of versions of this show, including the recently released 26. Haven't really been able to listen to them for as much as I appreciate the releases, I struggle with poor quality boots. But this... This is simply amazing, what a show, what a gem of a release.

Who sits on this for all this time? There must be shit loads of this stuff out there with private collectors.

Thanks to Anonymous, FBG, and 4DaFunk! The sound quality (and the patch on "Something in the Water") is just impressive. Now, the quality of the music is another matter... Maybe I need to listen to this recording a couple of times. Or maybe I just don't "get" the Revolution...