HamsterHuey said:

IstenSzek said:

you know, despite parade being my favorite prince album, i've never been able to get into the shows
from the tour. it all just sounds so cluttered and too fast. but i'll give it another go i guess.

I get that, it's the same complaint lots of people have about Livesexy; too many snippets, no time to get into things. But the difference is, there was an official video release for Livesexy, so in that way, the audio made sense more.

I bet that once The Estate wakes up, a video release of the 1986 tour will be high on their 'most requested'-list.

To me, personally, this tour was the first I saw Prince live. And it made an impact. The show is meant to be seen and indeed suffers from it's 'audio only' treatment.

I think both this 86 show and the leaked 83 show are amazing to have in such quality, but as a whole, they do not tickle me much, as both shows are rather formulaic. Which is also the case with some of his most admired tours, but somehow he was able to make it sound more exciting, musically.

true, a good dvd release of some of these shows might make me appreciate it more.

HamsterHuey said:

IstenSzek said:

you know, despite parade being my favorite prince album, i've never been able to get into the shows
from the tour. it all just sounds so cluttered and too fast. but i'll give it another go i guess.

I get that, it's the same complaint lots of people have about Livesexy; too many snippets, no time to get into things. But the difference is, there was an official video release for Livesexy, so in that way, the audio made sense more.

You mean Lovesexy. Livesexy is the name of a bootleg video.

TheDigitalGardener said:

HamsterHuey said:

I get that, it's the same complaint lots of people have about Livesexy; too many snippets, no time to get into things. But the difference is, there was an official video release for Livesexy, so in that way, the audio made sense more.

You mean Lovesexy. Livesexy is the name of a bootleg video.

I picked up 2 official videos of the Dortmund show from my local Our Price in the 90s (UK)– pretty sure that they were called Livesexy 1 & 2. Oddly, Livesexy 2 contained the first half of the show, Livesexy 1 the second.

*EDIT*

No, you're correct, I'm mistaken (a along time ago ).

[Edited 3/28/18 6:16am]

TheDigitalGardener said:

HamsterHuey said:

I get that, it's the same complaint lots of people have about Livesexy; too many snippets, no time to get into things. But the difference is, there was an official video release for Livesexy, so in that way, the audio made sense more.

You mean Lovesexy. Livesexy is the name of a bootleg video.

You mean Lovesexy Live. Lovesexy is the name of the album.

I mean, since we're being pedantic and all that

IstenSzek said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

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djThunderfunk said:

Excellent quality on this one! I haven't done a comparsison yet but this just might be my favorite bootleg from the Parade Tour. Love it!

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My favorite shows from the Parade Tour are Boston, Sweden, the last Revolution Show, and the full Detroit Birthday show, in that order. The energy and fun of the Boston show put it just slightly above the Sweden Show for me. So, I know you haven't compared the new release yet. But, when you do, I'd be interested to know where you rank this one in relation to those four.

1725topp said:

djThunderfunk said:

Excellent quality on this one! I haven't done a comparsison yet but this just might be my favorite bootleg from the Parade Tour. Love it!

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My favorite shows from the Parade Tour are Boston, Sweden, the last Revolution Show, and the full Detroit Birthday show, in that order. The energy and fun of the Boston show put it just slightly above the Sweden Show for me. So, I know you haven't compared the new release yet. But, when you do, I'd be interested to know where you rank this one in relation to those four.

Still haven't done a comparison (who knows when I'll have time for such a fun project), but, off the top of my head from memory:

I like Boston a lot, but the version I listened to had some audio problems in the early part of the show.

The classic Sweden show from the original City Lights is pretty good.

The last Revolution show from Japan is terrific, but, iirc it's only circulating as an audience recording, so, great show or not, I'll never put it up there with some of these great soundboards.

The Detroit show is pretty great and the one I'm most likely to prefer over this new one. I don't know if I've ever heard the "full" show, though.

You didn't mention Paris, it's pretty great too.

rusty1 said:

djThunderfunk said:

1725topp said:

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My favorite shows from the Parade Tour are Boston, Sweden, the last Revolution Show, and the full Detroit Birthday show, in that order. The energy and fun of the Boston show put it just slightly above the Sweden Show for me. So, I know you haven't compared the new release yet. But, when you do, I'd be interested to know where you rank this one in relation to those four.

Still haven't done a comparison (who knows when I'll have time for such a fun project), but, off the top of my head from memory:

I like Boston a lot, but the version I listened to had some audio problems in the early part of the show.

The classic Sweden show from the original City Lights is pretty good.

The last Revolution show from Japan is terrific, but, iirc it's only circulating as an audience recording, so, great show or not, I'll never put it up there with some of these great soundboards.

The Detroit show is pretty great and the one I'm most likely to prefer over this new one. I don't know if I've ever heard the "full" show, though.

You didn't mention Paris, it's pretty great too.

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Sadly, I don't remember the Paris show off the top of my head, which means I must dig through my stash. I tend to stop collecting shows from tours once I find enough shows that have either great video or audio, unless, of course, I find a show that has a song or two that isn't on something that I already have or, as in some cases, the performance of one song is just so different and better than the performance of that song from the shows that I already have. (I'm more into collecting video of live shows than I am into the audio of live shows unless there is an excellent audio that blows away anything I have on video.) That being said, I have mostly enjoyed the Detroit show as a video, including the full show, which I found on a site from which I downloaded it for free and a site where someone was selling it. Since I'm more into live video, I have software that allows me to rip the sound from the video, edit the sound as best I can, and listen to it just as an audio if I'd like just to hear it.

rusty1 said:

Again, i was at the Aug 3 1986 show..

Yeah, we know. Maybe there will be a third page to this thread and you can go for the hat trick.

TheDigitalGardener said:

rusty1 said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

Yeah, we know. Maybe there will be a third page to this thread and you can go for the hat trick.

😬 sorry

No, I'm sorry. I'm just being a moaning old bastard

TheDigitalGardener said:

FragileUndertow said:

djThunderfunk said:

Was it this one?

Same show Parade Tour 25 August 1986 https://www.discogs.com/P...se/4401693

My first concert!!!!

djThunderfunk said:

andrewm7 said:

djThunderfunk said:

Excellent quality on this one! I haven't done a comparsison yet but this just might be my favorite bootleg from the Parade Tour. Love it!

This recording is remarkable! Everything is really well balanced. I am just pathetically grateful to be listening to it, and the night beforehand! Much props to the persons who kept these tapes and made them available for us to enjoy.

I fully agree! If I may: the one & only drawback is that Anotherloverholenyohead is cut at the end.

I was at both shows, the opening night Sat. 8/2 was the longer of the two. I had a floor seat maybe 12th row on 8/3 and Wendy bit an apple and tossed it over our heads. I believe this was right before her solo on "I wonder U." That was earlier in the show from what I recall (nearly 32 yrs ago LOL). Maybe that sparked the crowd to toss stuff back at the stage later. Frankly, I don't recall the incident but do remember the 8/3 show being cut short. The huge plus on 8/3 was Sheila sauntering through the crowd (maybe 10' away from my seats) and onto the stage for an amazing rendition of "A Love Bizzare" Which went into P jumping around in some funky PJ's and a very cool trench coat. He was having a blast dancing and playing guitar..."something about the roof the roof is on fire...LOL.

Definitely would enjoy hearing this show again.

djThunderfunk said:

IstenSzek said:

you know, despite parade being my favorite prince album, i've never been able to get into the shows
from the tour. it all just sounds so cluttered and too fast. but i'll give it another go i guess.

This one is representative of the tour. If you don't dig the show from other boots you probably still won't.

Listening now while gathering documentation for taxes. Deej, you are the man!

LadyLayla said:

djThunderfunk said:

This one is representative of the tour. If you don't dig the show from other boots you probably still won't.

Listening now while gathering documentation for taxes. Deej, you are the man!

Thanks, but I didn't leak it. Whomever did is "the man"!

IstenSzek said:

djThunderfunk said:

This one is representative of the tour. If you don't dig the show from other boots you probably still won't.

yup, still the same for me, i'm skipping through it now. i don't know exactly what it is.

it's also wendy and lisa. i've always loved their contributions and presence on prince's
albums. but in the live shows they bother me. i'm just not a fan, let's put it like that.

in fact, compared to prince's post 1992 live output, i like his revolution concerts about
30% compared to all his other bands.

but that's another thread. i'm sure enough people are already sharpening their knives

That's an interesting take.

Did this leak only as mp3, or was there also a lossless version? Anyone know?

purplemode said:

Did this leak only as mp3, or was there also a lossless version? Anyone know?

There was a FLAC version making the rounds but it was not lossless, it was merely a transcode of the same 320kbps mp3 that everybody else is sharing.

djThunderfunk said:

purplemode said:

Did this leak only as mp3, or was there also a lossless version? Anyone know?

There was a FLAC version making the rounds but it was not lossless, it was merely a transcode of the same 320kbps mp3 that everybody else is sharing.

Thanks for letting me know. This is a great sounding show. Right up there with Stockholm and Detroit.