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Reply #60 posted 05/22/16 4:48pm

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Rock in Rio's show-capping finale was "Jughead". And it was only the fifth or sixth least-favorite song of the night IMO. That might be one better left to the archives.

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Reply #61 posted 05/22/16 5:06pm

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No clue. I only attended a Prince show once when I was a teenage. It was during his 6 mouth run of the Purple Rain Tour. March 18th, 1985, Nassau Coliseum L.I. N.Y. The entire concert I was completely SHELLBOUND. The man and his Revolution CRUSHED it. PERIOD!

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"So here I sit in my lonely room
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But all I've got is two cigarettes
And this broken heart of mine
So let the rain come down
Let the rain come down
Let the rain come down, down"
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Reply #62 posted 05/23/16 9:51am

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I saw Prince live about 10 times, starting with SOTT (2x) and Lovesexy (front row in the press area). These concerts were (of course) highlights in my life. My last shows were two concerts, including soundchecks, in 2002 in Antwerp and Rotterdam. Again fantastic! But to come to the question: I think the 1990 Nude tour concert I attended in Rotterdam was not so strong. I remember long waiting for the show to start, a terrible opening act, and when Prince finally appeared it started raining really hard... the show was rushed and not really long...


Yup. I was there too. I think the show on June 2nd lasted for only 45 minutes, when he suddenly quit after being soaked when he was behind his piano. Leaving everyone behind in the rain in shock. He probably didn't hear the chorus coming from the crowd when it was announced he quit and went to his hotel.
The second night, June 3rd, was played entirely, again with rain and a stadium which was maybe filled for 80% or so. People probably read about the previous show in the morning papers and decided not to bother going to Rotterdam because more rain was predicted. But he made up for it by returning for an extra show in Heerenveen in August. That show was perfect. Same with the Nude show in Dortmund, which was in between the Rotterdam and Heerenveen shows. The June 3rd show great as well BTW.
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Reply #63 posted 05/24/16 5:44am

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Went back and listened to the Welcome 2 Sydney shows from 2012 that I mentioned earlier. Awful, just as I remembered. It's strange how bad and lifeless they are, knowing 3rdeyegirl and the whole new change in direction with exciting new music is just two years away. He sounds like an imitation of himself, and the vibe is so impersonal and "stadium rock." I guess that's why he changed bands so often, and why it was so important to stay fresh...

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Reply #64 posted 05/24/16 7:02am

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TheDigitalGardener said:

FunkiestOne said:

'93 DNA Lounge show is a prime example off one of his best shows ever....at least among those circulating out there among fans, which includes hundreds.

eek There are hundreds of shows out there?

I would say so. Some of us are a bit picky about what we pick up. I hate poor quality sounding bootlegs. I'm a soundboard getter. I'l tolerate some shows that aren't soundboard too though.

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Reply #65 posted 05/24/16 7:18am

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thx185 said:

I missed him here in Austin at a little spot for South by Southwest just a few years ago. Crazy man, crazy.

I think that was a closed/weird show. Only certain people could go? I can't remember exactly but I live in East Texas and I was so mad I couldn't go. The last time he was in Texas before that was in 2006 with Tamar on her tour(I wasn't going to that) and 2004 on the Musicology tour. He was never down here when I was old enough or had the money to go.

I was at that show and it was no easy feat. You had to have a samsung phone, complete a scavenger hunt, be one of the first 150 people in line to pick up your wristbands for the show after youre done and be one of the first 300 people with a wristband at the venue. Luckily I was tipped off by one of the samsung employees a bit early so I was one of the first to do the scavenger hunt, but it was still about 8 collective hours of waiting in lines. Well worth it though to see Prince with Tribe Called Quest opening. Easily the best show I've ever been to in my life and by far the best Prince show I've seen. 300 people in the audience and a 3+ hour set. "Don't make me hurt you Austin. You know how many hits I got?" That line will echo in my brain forever.

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Reply #66 posted 05/24/16 7:40am

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The Emancipation promo, where he forgot the words to "Jam of the Year."

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Reply #67 posted 05/24/16 7:41am

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Most disappointing shows for me were the UK Sign O' The Times shows and then not many years later, the Blenheim Palace concert. (For obvious reasons !)

I was so upset at the time when I heard the news!!

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Reply #68 posted 05/24/16 8:03am

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I went to the show at Werchter Boutique in Belgium 2010 together with my wife. It was her first and only time at a Prince concert.
I wouldn't say it was bad but it wasn't great either, of whitch he admitted later in the Belgian media.
Just somewhat uninspired and with a skeleton crew band, something that really worked on the electronic fersion of Kiss at the time.
Sadly my wife was not impressed and never went along after that one stating: "that paying €100 for what we got was outragious", she did have a point....
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Reply #69 posted 05/24/16 8:06am

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Cthulhu said:

I went to the show at Werchter Boutique in Belgium 2010 together with my wife. It was her first and only time at a Prince concert. I wouldn't say it was bad but it wasn't great either, of whitch he admitted later in the Belgian media. Just somewhat uninspired and with a skeleton crew band, something that really worked on the electronic fersion of Kiss at the time. Sadly my wife was not impressed and never went along after that one stating: "that paying €100 for what we got was outragious", she did have a point.... [Edited 5/24/16 8:03am]

I'd love to see this.

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Reply #70 posted 05/24/16 8:31am

Cthulhu

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Cthulhu said:


I went to the show at Werchter Boutique in Belgium 2010 together with my wife. It was her first and only time at a Prince concert. I wouldn't say it was bad but it wasn't great either, of whitch he admitted later in the Belgian media. Just somewhat uninspired and with a skeleton crew band, something that really worked on the electronic fersion of Kiss at the time. Sadly my wife was not impressed and never went along after that one stating: "that paying €100 for what we got was outragious", she did have a point.... [Edited 5/24/16 8:03am]

I'd love to see this.


He said something in the line of that it wasn't his best performance because they where still "in try-out for the coming shows in the US" (the W2A shows). This ticked my wife off even more, lol.
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Reply #71 posted 05/24/16 8:37am

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razord said:

I'm not trying to bring any negativity here by asking this but does anyone know of any show that it Prince was off form in general? I have never heard of such a thing but thought I'd just ask fellow Org members.

At a show in Atlantic City at Trump Marina he hurt his leg and had to cancel shows after that--- also Chaka Khan took a huge spill falling on her backside....found out later the stage was slippery from sweating....refrigeration units were right below the stage -next floor down underneath......I was in the 5th row center at that show....I never noticed when he got hurt and didn't even know.....until after the show that he got hurt......the 1st four rows were comped casino folks just sitting there- my row and back everyone standing....also he started in on " The One" with Mayte all dressed in white then cut it saying " I'm not feeling that one tonight".....Mayte was not happy so I guess overall that's a bad show?

It was filmed also....don't know if it is out there.

I was at the Trump Marina show, that was a great concert it was one of the only times in a small venue that things were controlled and NOT General admission, usually the times (many) I saw him if it was in a small venue it was always GA and the pushing and shoving was insane at times, but always good shows. I think the only show I was not feeling it, was Jones Beach 97 the emancipation tour, the band was flat, maybe because of the outdoors not sure, but it was not memorable at all.


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Reply #72 posted 05/24/16 8:38am

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BanishedBrian said:

I never attended a bad regular show, but I did go to one aftershow performance that was terrible. It was 1997 at the 9:30 Club in DC... he basically mailed it in for 25 minutes and bailed. Only highlight was that he sang the lyrics to 18 & Over over Johnny... the rest was a total waste of time. It didn't help that his 1997 era NPG was sorely lacking in skill compared to the prior version.

Yeah I have to agree as much as I love Rhonda Smith, she was stronger when she was with Renato and John Blackwell by far.


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Reply #73 posted 05/24/16 8:40am

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I heard that the show he had in Australia right after he heard of Vanity's death was really bad. but that's to be expected. He was in mourning. sad

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Reply #74 posted 05/24/16 8:59am

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BanishedBrian said:

I never attended a bad regular show, but I did go to one aftershow performance that was terrible. It was 1997 at the 9:30 Club in DC... he basically mailed it in for 25 minutes and bailed. Only highlight was that he sang the lyrics to 18 & Over over Johnny... the rest was a total waste of time. It didn't help that his 1997 era NPG was sorely lacking in skill compared to the prior version.

-- Are you sure this was the 9:30 club because the owner said Prince inquired about performing there but never did. He had a show at Navy yard that I heard was bad but apparently the venue was so run down he had to take out a broom and swept the stage himself.

Yes, it was the 9:30 Club. I was there. The show was short, but it my first (and only) aftershow, so I still thought it was awesome!

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Reply #75 posted 05/24/16 9:05am

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Grog said:

Well, he was booed long time ago when he opened for the Stones, but I would say that he was able to overcome those Spooky Electric people and have a very decent career.

That was not a bad show given by Prince - it was a bad show by those racist hate filled fans

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I've been a Stones fan almost as long as I've been a Prince fan, so I'm weighing in: I really doubt it was because the core Stones fans were racist - the Stones have played tonnes of shows with black openers over the years: Ike and Tina, BB King, Stevie Wonder, Billy Preston, Peter Tosh... in fact, in their early days, they once headlined an R&B revue tour where nobody would talk to them because they were given the headliner spot over James Brown and a bunch of Motown acts (they said Marvin Gaye finally broke the ice). Stones fans welcomed these openers. BUT Stones fans by the early 1980s were cock-rockers, and despite Mick Jagger licking Ron Wood's lips on television, Prince pushed their homophobia buttons a little too far for their liking. It was "Jack U Off" that had the crowd chasing his underwear-clad ass off stage, not a "black-sounding" song, but a rockabilly song that threatened pansexuality. And yes, Jagger convinced him to go through with the second show, where fans brought shit to throw at the band. Keith - usually pretty loyal to his band and the fans - blamed Prince for trying to upstage the Stones: remember, Robert Christgau's review of Dirty Mind declared "Mick Jagger should fold up his penis and go home." Mick and Ron Wood always liked Prince.

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Reply #76 posted 05/24/16 9:24am

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The first Chicago show of Welcome 2 America (9/24/2012) was pretty awful. Bad sound, tech issues. (Purple Rain without a guitar solo? Yup, that happened.) Lots of unhappy concert-goers - and the press had quite a field day with it, too.

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Reply #77 posted 05/24/16 3:07pm

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Wlcm2thdwn3 said:

I heard that the show he had in Australia right after he heard of Vanity's death was really bad. but that's to be expected. He was in mourning. sad

I can't fathom this. It seems like that would make the show more emotionally powerful.

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Reply #78 posted 05/24/16 4:04pm

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This show at Paisley Park was pretty bad. He looked bored and pretty depressed the whole night. Y Should Eye Do That was godawful and the crowd wasn't feeling it. Prince sat and watched Geneva dance around for a bit, and I swear he just looked like he was tired of the whole thing.

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Reply #79 posted 05/24/16 5:20pm

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The first Chicago show of Welcome 2 America (9/24/2012) was pretty awful. Bad sound, tech issues. (Purple Rain without a guitar solo? Yup, that happened.) Lots of unhappy concert-goers - and the press had quite a field day with it, too.

I was at this show and I agree that the sound was bad and that PR without a guitar solo was stupid, but I was SO happy to hear him sing "The Glamourous Life" and "Jungle Love". Plus, of the three Chicago shows, his hair and outfit were best at that show.

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Reply #80 posted 05/24/16 9:46pm

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Marrk said:



TheDigitalGardener said:




FunkiestOne said:




'93 DNA Lounge show is a prime example off one of his best shows ever....at least among those circulating out there among fans, which includes hundreds.



eek There are hundreds of shows out there?




I would say so. Some of us are a bit picky about what we pick up. I hate poor quality sounding bootlegs. I'm a soundboard getter. I'l tolerate some shows that aren't soundboard too though.



I can relate to that 100%. I'm quite picky too when it comes to that. Soundboard recordings are my favorite ones too, but there are SB recordings where I can't hear any audience. For me it's important to hear them singing, clapping and cheering along. For me that's one of the aspects of the magic of a good live recording.
There are some great audience recordings as well. The first recording of June 3rd 1990 was terrific. Perefect sound. At one point where Purple Rain starts, there's this girl askng her friend next to her: "Is this Purple Rain? Yes it is, isn't it?" eek
Hello! For the rest, a fantastic recording, especially in comparison to what circulated after that. Many a live recording that wasn't to my liking went straight into the pedal bin.
Blasphemy? Maybe. Quality is more important to me. Just shoot me lol
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Reply #81 posted 05/24/16 9:55pm

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I was at a show in San Diego with some sorry line up...me and my best friend went. His first Prince show. It was the shows where he sold the Supercute CD singles and stuff...I cant remember the year. Geneva was there and the fonkybaldheads and shit...it was so damn lame. The only memorable thing was I met Morris Hayes. Crazy Tall and very nice dude. Very Cool. But The Show sucked ass. Even by vegas cabaret standards...it was just wack. I was entirely unimpressed and felt bad that this was the show my homie happened to see. He ended up Catchig dude at Coachella with the whole Creep thing, So I suppose he was vindicated. But I was embarrased about this San Diego Show. The last Time I was in San Diego was for a Love4One Another Show in a College gym. Dude fucking brought down the house...inCREDible. But this second one...BLEH! The Kodak Shows in April in hollywood were tight as fuck as well as the aftershow at HOB...in fact...every other performance was great or good...but the one I went with a non-prince fan to...go figure,....

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Reply #82 posted 05/25/16 12:42am

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BobGeorge909 said:

I was at a show in San Diego with some sorry line up...me and my best friend went. His first Prince show. It was the shows where he sold the Supercute CD singles and stuff...I cant remember the year. Geneva was there and the fonkybaldheads and shit...it was so damn lame. The only memorable thing was I met Morris Hayes. Crazy Tall and very nice dude. Very Cool. But The Show sucked ass. Even by vegas cabaret standards...it was just wack. I was entirely unimpressed and felt bad that this was the show my homie happened to see. He ended up Catchig dude at Coachella with the whole Creep thing, So I suppose he was vindicated. But I was embarrased about this San Diego Show. The last Time I was in San Diego was for a Love4One Another Show in a College gym. Dude fucking brought down the house...inCREDible. But this second one...BLEH! The Kodak Shows in April in hollywood were tight as fuck as well as the aftershow at HOB...in fact...every other performance was great or good...but the one I went with a non-prince fan to...go figure,....

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2000 Hit & Run Tour, correct? That was probably Prince's shittiest band, playing a shitty set of stale hits. Ugh.
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Reply #83 posted 05/25/16 3:33am

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KingSausage said:

BobGeorge909 said:

I was at a show in San Diego with some sorry line up...me and my best friend went. His first Prince show. It was the shows where he sold the Supercute CD singles and stuff...I cant remember the year. Geneva was there and the fonkybaldheads and shit...it was so damn lame. The only memorable thing was I met Morris Hayes. Crazy Tall and very nice dude. Very Cool. But The Show sucked ass. Even by vegas cabaret standards...it was just wack. I was entirely unimpressed and felt bad that this was the show my homie happened to see. He ended up Catchig dude at Coachella with the whole Creep thing, So I suppose he was vindicated. But I was embarrased about this San Diego Show. The last Time I was in San Diego was for a Love4One Another Show in a College gym. Dude fucking brought down the house...inCREDible. But this second one...BLEH! The Kodak Shows in April in hollywood were tight as fuck as well as the aftershow at HOB...in fact...every other performance was great or good...but the one I went with a non-prince fan to...go figure,....

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2000 Hit & Run Tour, correct? That was probably Prince's shittiest band, playing a shitty set of stale hits. Ugh.

Yeah...I thinknso.

Supercute was slammin' tho...

...in the car on the way home.
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Reply #84 posted 05/25/16 3:46am

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I really like Nude show in Tokyo,

but.. the Prince Nude show at Gentofte, Copenhagen 1990 was (I hate to say it) really bad.

A Prince show in bright daylight, very uninspired and short concert.

I was there dressed as the joker/ gemini together with my littlebrother, who was at that moment a Prince fan too. We had purple jackets on with orange colored japanese letters on the sleeves (which we had seen in the Partyman video), green hair - and white make up in the half of the face, red lipstick too. Haha we were looking great... lol

We were both very disappointed with this concert, no atmosphere at the stadium at all, later I saw the Tokyo show on tv..... much much better.

Nude 1990 is my only really bad Prince concert experience.

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Reply #85 posted 05/25/16 3:47am

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Good old paper pics, from Nude tour Copenhagen, Gentofte 1990.

My littlebrother (the tall guy), and myself back then...


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Reply #86 posted 05/25/16 5:13am

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NikkiH said:



TrivialPursuit said:


I recently saw footage from Rotterdam or one of the Montreaux shows, where he comes out, playing "Controversy" forevah. He is constantly telling the sound guys to turn up the voice on stage, needs more guitar, etc. etc. They kind of just grooved on "Controversy" for a long while, until it was fixed.



Man I loved listening to the concerts where he's irritated with the sound people because it seems like it happened far too often. The best part is that he'll just keep singing but adding in what's wrong the whole time like: "Little Red Corvette...baby you're much too...I need more guitar...yes you are..." lol


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Reply #87 posted 05/25/16 9:09pm

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hisbadness said:

NikkiH said:

I think that was a closed/weird show. Only certain people could go? I can't remember exactly but I live in East Texas and I was so mad I couldn't go. The last time he was in Texas before that was in 2006 with Tamar on her tour(I wasn't going to that) and 2004 on the Musicology tour. He was never down here when I was old enough or had the money to go.

I was at that show and it was no easy feat. You had to have a samsung phone, complete a scavenger hunt, be one of the first 150 people in line to pick up your wristbands for the show after youre done and be one of the first 300 people with a wristband at the venue. Luckily I was tipped off by one of the samsung employees a bit early so I was one of the first to do the scavenger hunt, but it was still about 8 collective hours of waiting in lines. Well worth it though to see Prince with Tribe Called Quest opening. Easily the best show I've ever been to in my life and by far the best Prince show I've seen. 300 people in the audience and a 3+ hour set. "Don't make me hurt you Austin. You know how many hits I got?" That line will echo in my brain forever.

..Tribe Called Quest opened? Dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnn biggrin You breakin my heart biggrin

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Also, you 100% confirm what I thought about how ppl get into those kinds of SXSW shows. I figured you had to jump through all kinds of hoops.

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Really glad to you got to enjoy it. cool

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Reply #88 posted 05/25/16 9:30pm

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I remember in '97, during The Emancipation Tour, at the date I was at in Minneapolis (December 10, 1997 I believe it was). Prince slipped and fell and made a rather large BOOM. I remember being really concerned that he had really hurt himself. But...the show itself was awesome, just one really bad fall.

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Reply #89 posted 05/26/16 1:55am

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Ive always thought that the sampler sets of recent years dragged a show down.

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