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Well, while I'm still waiting for the DVD from Prince of previous Montraux shows I'm enjoying this years ones. Pretty good audience recordings and some nice set lists, bobbing my head to FUNK at the moment.

I'm sure there will be plenty who elaborate far more than I but seek them out, well worth a download.

Oh yess and the quality is perfect!

ARock said:

Oh yess and the quality is perfect!

Perfect may be a bit of a stretch, but they are very good. Now if someone can do an enhancement the kind we saw with the Dakota shows then these will be utterly awesome. In fact I fully expect this to happen as these have been released super quick which is awesome.

Great stuff all round so far.

The only thing I would have liked more is if the 3rdEye TV hadn't given such clues as to some of the more surprising tracks in the sets. I'd have been amazed to see Strays Of The World, FUNK, Superconductor etc if we hadn't known they were rehearsing them anyway.

But that said, the fact that they did the 3rdEye TV stuff was awesome anyway, so I'll stop beeing a whiney little fam.

TheEnglishGent said:

Well, while I'm still waiting for the DVD from Prince of previous Montraux shows

PUHLEASE!!!!

Did you ever actually watch the festival's logo for a second or two?!

It is Montreux.

PopcornFetus said:

I was hoping this would happen.

FYI: Almost every fart by mr Prince is recorded nowadays.

So the question was not if it would be recorded, but rather how many times or how well.

udo said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Well, while I'm still waiting for the DVD from Prince of previous Montraux shows

PUHLEASE!!!!

Did you ever actually watch the festival's logo for a second or two?!

It is Montreux.

PUHLEASE!!!!

Did you ever actually see that I had it right in the title and this is a typo? But thanks for clearing up the confusion as I'm sure people were completely baffled as to what I was referring to.

[Edited 7/17/13 3:51am]

TheEnglishGent said:

udo said:

PUHLEASE!!!!

Did you ever actually watch the festival's logo for a second or two?!

It is Montreux.

PUHLEASE!!!!

Did you ever actually see that I had it right in the title and this is a typo? But thanks for clearing up the confusion as I'm sure people were completely baffled as to what I was referring to.

It was not about the correct ways of typing but the wrong ones.

But thanks for understanding and good luck hunting down even better versions of said goodies!

udo said:

TheEnglishGent said:

PUHLEASE!!!!

Did you ever actually see that I had it right in the title and this is a typo? But thanks for clearing up the confusion as I'm sure people were completely baffled as to what I was referring to.

It was not about the correct ways of typing but the wrong ones.

But thanks for understanding and good luck hunting down even better versions of said goodies!

How many versions are out there? The ones I have have the meta data showing recorded by FG, (these are just the initials to protect the innocent!) and enhanced by Confusion. Are there other better recordings out there. They are pretty good but just doing a simple bass boost has made them far more listenable for me.

Shades Of Umber is making my brain explode! EPIC!

SchlomoThaHomo said:

Shades Of Umber is making my brain explode! EPIC!

Great isn't it? Is it a cover? Google isn't turning up much.

whoa.

TheEnglishGent said:

How many versions are out there? The ones I have have the meta data showing recorded by FG, (these are just the initials to protect the innocent!) and enhanced by Confusion...

There are currently no better versions out there. Besides, the Confusion release is going to be hard to beat (unless a soundboard turns up).

TwiliteKid said:

SchlomoThaHomo said:

Shades Of Umber is making my brain explode! EPIC!

Great isn't it? Is it a cover? Google isn't turning up much.

oh man i hope it's not a cover. i really want it to be an original.

Reverend said:

TheEnglishGent said:

How many versions are out there? The ones I have have the meta data showing recorded by FG, (these are just the initials to protect the innocent!) and enhanced by Confusion...

There are currently no better versions out there. Besides, the Confusion release is going to be hard to beat (unless a soundboard turns up).

Thanks, much clearer than Udo's slightly cryptic post.

Wow! That was fast.

DL now, looking forward to this...

In the concerts forum, the only setlist is from night 3, so i'm curious to see how diverse they were to decide if i'll holla at this boot. Shades of Umber hmmm, another new joint huh. Is it as good as The Breakdown? Is a ballad, midtempo, a rocker, what, do share!!! Dude needs to decide what he's going to do with this stuff. I mean including the new stuff from W2A.... there's an album in there somewhere!

datdude said:

In the concerts forum, the only setlist is from night 3, so i'm curious to see how diverse they were to decide if i'll holla at this boot. Shades of Umber hmmm, another new joint huh. Is it as good as The Breakdown? Is a ballad, midtempo, a rocker, what, do share!!! Dude needs to decide what he's going to do with this stuff. I mean including the new stuff from W2A.... there's an album in there somewhere!

13th July

14th July

CD1
01. Act Of God
02. What Have You Done For Me Lately
03. Northside
04. (Theme Song From) Which Way Is Up (incl. Dancing Machine)
05. Partyman - It's Alright
06. Take Me With U
07. Raspberry Beret
08. Cool - Dont Stop Til You Get Enough
09. Let's Work
10. U Got The Look
11. Shades Of Umber
12. Days Of Wild (incl. Big Fun, Ain't Nobody, Don't Stop The Music, Family Affair)
13. Nothing Compares 2 U
14. Mutiny

CD2
01. Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
02. Big City
03. Superconductor
04. 1999
05. Musicology (incl. Tighten Up, Mama Feelgood)
06. Partyup

15th July

TwiliteKid said:

SchlomoThaHomo said:

Shades Of Umber is making my brain explode! EPIC!

Great isn't it? Is it a cover? Google isn't turning up much.

Not digging it. Never really get into instrumental tracks very much, it certainly won't be going on any CD's I burn for the car.

datdude said:

In the concerts forum, the only setlist is from night 3, so i'm curious to see how diverse they were to decide if i'll holla at this boot. Shades of Umber hmmm, another new joint huh. Is it as good as The Breakdown? Is a ballad, midtempo, a rocker, what, do share!!! Dude needs to decide what he's going to do with this stuff. I mean including the new stuff from W2A.... there's an album in there somewhere!

It's a midtempo-ish (with tempo changes) 7:40 instrumental that really showcases the horn section, though other band members get their moments, too. What impresses me most about it is how dynamic it is, and how it's nothing else like I've heard from Prince. I really want a soundboard of this song. I think it's my new All This Love, in terms of Montreux addictions, and I'm not really even an instrumentals kind of guy,

There's some good stuff here on this set. Sort of weird to hear him do so much unexpected material ("F.U.N.K.", "Housequake" ) after the "Welcome 2..." tours.

Quality is very good... I Like it. And finally I can enjoy The Breakdown...

Thanx!

TheEnglishGent said:

Reverend said:

There are currently no better versions out there. Besides, the Confusion release is going to be hard to beat (unless a soundboard turns up).

Thanks, much clearer than Udo's slightly cryptic post.

Most of the times, there's multiple sources of a gig.

I.e.: multiple recordings, varying in 'quality' .

Also not all materials hit the interwebz that quick. Sometimes some tweaking is necessary or someone is waiting for something.

I do not know nor have claimed to know actual details about recordings of Montreux. I just go from the general principle.

That was why I said good luck. (check the usual spots and then again)

udo said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Thanks, much clearer than Udo's slightly cryptic post.

Most of the times, there's multiple sources of a gig.

I.e.: multiple recordings, varying in 'quality' .

Also not all materials hit the interwebz that quick. Sometimes some tweaking is necessary or someone is waiting for something.

I do not know nor have claimed to know actual details about recordings of Montreux. I just go from the general principle.

That was why I said good luck. (check the usual spots and then again)

That's cool. When I read it, it kind of seemed like you knew of other sources. I'll certainly be keeping my eyes peeled.

Oops, never mind.

[Edited 7/17/13 11:24am]

udo said:

PopcornFetus said:

I was hoping this would happen.

FYI: Almost every fart by mr Prince is recorded nowadays.

So the question was not if it would be recorded, but rather how many times or how well.

FYI: I know. I was referring to the speed with which it was made available.

SchlomoThaHomo said:

It's a midtempo-ish (with tempo changes) 7:40 instrumental that really showcases the horn section, though other band members get their moments, too. What impresses me most about it is how dynamic it is, and how it's nothing else like I've heard from Prince. I really want a soundboard of this song. I think it's my new All This Love, in terms of Montreux addictions, and I'm not really even an instrumentals kind of guy,

wow, unlike anything you've ever heard from him despite his extensive selection of instrumentals?! that says a lot

Monday Night's "Lights Off! LIGHTS OFF!!! Take Notes!" moment was a funny moment. Y'just know some people heard some words.

Hmmm. I just listened through some of the first night. I was not digging it.

The horns were tight, but other than that I'm just not impressed.

I couldn't figure out exactly what was missing until I got to 'The Jam', then it hit me.

A couple minutes at Prince Vault confirmed it, Prince doesn't play guitar, bass or keys. WTF?!?

If this had already been mentioned, I missed it.

At this point I was thinking I really didn't want to listen to the next two nights.

Then I remembered some of the praise here for Shades Of Umber from night 2, so I gave that track a spin.

Unfortunately I didn't like that one either. (Not hating on the instrumentals, I love Plectrum Electrum and the 2 that were on Sound Cloud).

I noticed at Prince Vault that Prince plays guitar & keys on night 3, so, I skip the rest of Night 2 and jump ahead...

Now I'm hearing some stuff I'm digging. I need to listen to the whole show for this one.

I just can't get into to a Prince show where he's only singing and not also playing.