The overall energy of this concert is just amazing. As if an upcoming new artist is to show to the world "I am good and don't you forget about that". Simply amazing, after 33 years in business and still this this hunger and need to prove himself to the audience.

I guess that's why I love Prince on stage so much...

MISTERHANDS said:

Yay! Another great bootleg. But why always effing flac, isn't 356kb/s mp3 good enough? The converting programs in flac are always stupid trials. Do you all have quad amplifiers and kef speakers or what?
Edit: but before you all shoot me, I'm still happy that there are bootleggers willing to take the risk to record these great shows!

[Edited 7/31/11 8:34am]

Use this http://www.dvdvideosoft.c...verter.htm for ultra easy Flac to mp3 conversion, if you can't use this with no trouble then it's off with your head.

Also as mentioned, download winamp, (it's very easy to use and free) it will play almost any music format without converting and you can also burn flac direct to cd.

vitriol said:

MISTERHANDS said:

Yay! Another great bootleg. But why always effing flac, isn't 356kb/s mp3 good enough? The converting programs in flac are always stupid trials. Do you all have quad amplifiers and kef speakers or what?
Edit: but before you all shoot me, I'm still happy that there are bootleggers willing to take the risk to record these great shows!

[Edited 7/31/11 8:34am]

Ignorance comes for free, it seems...

(I'm sorry, I could never remain silent after reading that... When will some of you realize that YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN LOSSLESS TO LOSSY BUT YOU CAN NEVER TURN LOSSY TO LOSSLESS. It's like if you're being presented with a Porsche you replied: Er... thanks, but I was expecting an old rusty bicycle...).

LMAO!! I knew you'd chime in on THAT one!! And I agree wholeheartedly, why NOT start with a lossless source? You wanna start off with the best audio possible. And it's incredibly easy to find freeware to convert flac files to mp3! If you can actually find where these boots are to download them, then you should certainly be able to find the appropriate program to do conversions.

^ Yes, you would think, while ignorance comes for free, so does laziness.

listening to this now . it's alright

vitriol said:

MISTERHANDS said:

Yay! Another great bootleg. But why always effing flac, isn't 356kb/s mp3 good enough? The converting programs in flac are always stupid trials. Do you all have quad amplifiers and kef speakers or what?
Edit: but before you all shoot me, I'm still happy that there are bootleggers willing to take the risk to record these great shows!

[Edited 7/31/11 8:34am]

Ignorance comes for free, it seems...

(I'm sorry, I could never remain silent after reading that... When will some of you realize that YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN LOSSLESS TO LOSSY BUT YOU CAN NEVER TURN LOSSY TO LOSSLESS. It's like if you're being presented with a Porsche you replied: Er... thanks, but I was expecting an old rusty bicycle...).

A porsche is ok but being a student I can't afford the gas!

No that was indeed a stupid remark. Usually I'm smarter. Going to listen to this now!

flac shmac

OMG what an opening!

Listening now, and whoever saying this sounds uninspired and wants to go back to the 80s, you DEAF!

When I heard he performed "When We're Dancing Close and Slow" AND "Chocolate", my face was like this ------->

I have to check it out later.

A slow version of Controversy is the most gangsta shit I've heard in a while.

Damn, he was ROCKING HARD here. This is the BADDEST MOTHA!

People call me RUDE!

Can't wait to get this band to Oslo on wednesday

Still enjoying the "What's My Name/Dorothy Parker" tracks on this, very good indeed, almost sleazy sounding bass, love it.

Now this is why I'm a Prince fan. Just when you think he's in a rut playing boring hit-fests, he pulls something like this out of his bag. Fantastic setlist. "What's My Name", "Chocolate", "Mutiny"?! Prince's bass-playing on "What's My Name" is funky as hell. Even songs I'm tired of, like "Controversy", sound better to me here.

Great first release for a new fan label! Good sound quality, and I appreciate that there's nobody chattering in my ears. The recording has just the right level of crowd noise for my taste. Well done, and thanks!

In the pocket and waiting for it to finish loading (will be done by the time I post this ), this was some quick work. Great job folks and this response would be the same for Night 1 which is in my queue. CEEEEEEE OOO OOO ELLLLLLLLL .

The great thing about the choices of songs is that it suits his band pretty damn well. New songs of his new band, and changes to his old ones to make it fit.

The jams are pretty tight and everything but I do find myself a little bored through most of 'em. Doubt I'll re-listen to this one much. Great song choices though.

Gohi said:

The jams are pretty tight and everything but I do find myself a little bored through most of 'em. Doubt I'll re-listen to this one much. Great song choices though.

I feel the same way. Pretty varied setlist, I'll give him that, but there's something pretty underwhelming about this band. Maybe I'd feel different if I could hear this in soundboard quality instead of this audience recording, but I doubt it. Case in point....they do Outstanding, and it sounds very dry, and they actually give it a jazzy-type bridge??? Mutiny just sounded like it was missing something as well. Dorothy Parker wasn't bad, though.

This gig won't be getting too many spins from me. I'm just really not feelin' this band, including Shelby.

^^

go and see a shrink ffs , the 2 of you

[Edited 8/1/11 3:43am]

Hoping for a regular release, they set up mics for the audience...

HA! Sit down and wait...

Dewrede said:

^^

go and see a shrink ffs , the 2 of you

[Edited 8/1/11 3:43am]

Since you were able to see this show in person, I'm willing to bet that you are a lot more connected to it than I will ever be. There are moments you can place to these audio recordings, whereas I have to fill in the blanks. The moments of spontaneity don't translate as well to a totally disconnected bootleg listener such as myself.

I can only listen to a beat and synth embellishments for so long before I think: hmmm, it's been 10 minutes. Maybe I should listen to an awesome song instead of another funk jam pastiche (in before I'm maimed for that comment lol)

This is not a critique on Prince's performance (his voice sounds great and guitarwork is amazing (as always).

^Say what you will.

I haven't liked a Prince (recent) bootleg for a loooooooooong time.

vitriol said:

^Say what you will.

I haven't liked a Prince (recent) bootleg for a loooooooooong time.

Last one I really dug was Montreux so I feel ya on that. Dunno how long it's been for you.

I also haven't listened to the full first disc yet. First 3 songs are such great song choices but, again, it's very exhausting. Will give it another shot later. I Like it There on disc 2 is phenomenal though!

i frickin hate flac files. All my DL's are played through Winamp BUT my Winamp isn't burning CDs!!. Will attempt it again lol!!.

funkyhead said:

i frickin hate flac files. All my DL's are played through Winamp BUT my Winamp isn't burning CDs!!. Will attempt it again lol!!.

Then don't blame flac, files that are in flac burn fine direct to cd-r using winamp, you must be doing something wrong.

TheDigitalGardener said:

funkyhead said:

i frickin hate flac files. All my DL's are played through Winamp BUT my Winamp isn't burning CDs!!. Will attempt it again lol!!.

Then don't blame flac, files that are in flac burn fine direct to cd-r using winamp, you must be doing something wrong.

lol!, i'm going to crack this before the weekend - i need those amazin' trax in my car!

TheDigitalGardener said:

funkyhead said:

i frickin hate flac files. All my DL's are played through Winamp BUT my Winamp isn't burning CDs!!. Will attempt it again lol!!.

Then don't blame flac, files that are in flac burn fine direct to cd-r using winamp, you must be doing something wrong.

Lol! I was about to say, "Aww here we go....someone else trying to throw more shade on FLAC files." Your response basically beat me to it.

vitriol said:

^Say what you will.

I haven't liked a Prince (recent) bootleg for a loooooooooong time.

Me neither, dude. Me neither. For me, it's because of his recent bands and the same ol' same ol' tracks being played (usually).

funkyhead said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

Then don't blame flac, files that are in flac burn fine direct to cd-r using winamp, you must be doing something wrong.

lol!, i'm going to crack this before the weekend - i need those amazin' trax in my car!

On winamp...click help (top left of screen) then click tutorials, scroll down till you find "How to burn a cd."

I used the Frearc to convert the files from Flc to MP3 but everytime i convert a track it says the mp3 already exists & do i want to replace it even though they haven't been converted to mp3 yet... So when i do say yes of course every track is replaced with the latest one so i can only burn one track. Make sense?

Just finished downloading it. Great setlist especially for those who say Prince plays the same ole shit. Don't get better than this.