Unless you don't know the "Just My Imagination" solo by heart, and I mean to the smallest blue note, you can't get it, and you don't have a say.

I make weird Skipper faces in the street whenever this shit is on.

People Without look at me suspiciously.

But you picked my curiosity with Camden and other mentioned.
I'm not sure I can change the core of my religion now that I got so far, but I would lend an ear.

paulludvig said:

Do you remember what Prince wore at the Trojan?

Let's hope at least a condom.

I saw an article about the ten best bootlegs in history. Guess what was there?

Exactly. It's all about the mood.

There's the Jerry Lee Lewis live, at The Star Club in Hamburg,
and one could say that it's poorly recorded, it's full of tempo errors, noises...
Yet it has this je-ne-sais-quoi that transcends it.

In 1988, "Small Club" was experimental jazz-pop, the elite,
Skipper was God, he had Clapton and Miles in awe,
and there's something that breaks my heart in the "Still Would Stand All Time" guitar solo,
the knowledge that this musical elegance would never really cross the line,
that this was only for the connoisseurs, that no massive public conversion would ever happen.

Yeah, Lovesexy was a mirage alright.

But there is no musician as generous as Skipper.
Nobody forced him to do these aftershows. He could have taken a nap.
I'm sure we all would.

Sure, it was somewhat of a show-business ego thing
(hey you punks, I jump up and down for 2 hours without losing a single note,
and here I am 2 hours after the show playing for 2 hours, bow down motherfuckers!),
but Skipper always had the good sense to know that he isn't good at much,
except for playing music and showing off.

Rave!
On the One.
Gimme five, shit.
Las Vegas.

bluegangsta said:

Since before I had any grasp on Prince's official discography, I would see 'Small Club/ 'Trojan Horse' always touted as something of a holy grail for Prince recordings, especially, of course bootlegs. No doubt it's probably the best recorded document of famous Prince aftershowws of that time, but comparing it with Camden 88 or Park Cafe 87, I've always struggled to see why this is considered on of his best performances?

Yeah, the guitar work on Imagination and Rave is great, no doubt, but how is it any better thean, the Camden show? Also, does anyone else not feel that it's not the most accurate representation of what Prince was doing at the time, due to a lack of Eric Leeds?

Discuss, argue, postulate! What am I missing?

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I am right with you. I never really got this show either. For me its really boring. I like the guitar jam at the end of Rave but thats only about 3 minutes. Just my Imagination guitar solo is good also but other than that I am not a fan of this show at all. There are so many other aftershows that blow this one away

SquirrelMeat said:

bonatoc said:

Unless you don't know the "Just My Imagination" solo by heart, and I mean to the smallest blue note, you can't get it, and you don't have a say.

I make weird Skipper faces in the street whenever this shit is on.

People Without look at me suspiciously.

But you picked my curiosity with Camden and other mentioned.
I'm not sure I can change the core of my religion now that I got so far, but I would lend an ear.

My favorite version of Just My Imagination is the one from The Reseda aftershow. Just My Imagination is followed by an insane version of Superfunkycali.

KingSausage said:

SquirrelMeat said:

I was at Trojan and Camden and Camden was by far my my favourite. Although I was drunk at the time, that always gives a different experience!

You were at both those shows. Holy shit. You're like Jesus!

No, Jesus got in to Park Cafe, I didn't. Which I think was a fucking liberty, as they let him in with sandals on.

SquirrelMeat said: