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The new volume of "Purple Underground" has appeared. The only new stuff is the Madhouse show (the first one in circulation actually) and the rehearsal for the New Year's Eve concert. There's also the "Hot Thing" rehearsal (only '"Shockadelica" and parts of "Superfunkycalifragisexy" were previously leaked last year in better quality).

PURPLE UNDERGROUND VOL 8 3-DISCS SET

Disc One : REMASTERED Live | Palais Omnisport de Paris Bercy | Paris | France | 17 June 1987

01. Sign O’ The Times
02. Play In The Sunshine incl. Shave And A Haircut [Charles Hale]
03. Little Red Corvette
04. Housequake
05. Girls & Boys
06. Slow Love
07. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man incl. Pacemaker 08. Hot Thing
09. Now's The Time [Charlie Parker]
10. Sheila E. drum solo
11. Let's Go Crazy incl. Shave And A Haircut [Charles Hale]
12. When Doves Cry incl. La, La, La, He, He, Hee (instr.) 13. Purple Rain
14. 1999
15. The Cross

Madhouse Open-Act | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle | Stuttgart, (West) Germany | 4 June, 1987

16. Mutiny

17. Two

18. Three

19. Six

Disc Two : Rehearsal #1 | Unknown location | Minneapolis, MN | USA | December 1987 | Hot Thing rehearsal

01. Hot Thing #1 incl. She (I Can't Resist) [Jesse Johnson] (chant) - Crazay [Jesse Johnson] (chant) 02. Hot Thing #2 incl. M’Lady [Sly And The Family Stone] (snippet) - In Time [Sly And The Family Stone] (snippets)

03. Hot Thing #3 incl. Give It Up Or Turn It A Loose [James Brown] (instr.)

04. Hot Thing #4 incl. When The Saints Go Marching In [traditional]

05. Strange Relationship

06. Shockadelica

07. Superfunkycalifragisexy incl. 3 Nigs Watchin' A Kung Fu Movie (mention) - Atomic Dog [George Clinton] (snippet)

Disc Three : Rehearsal #2 | Paisley Park Studios | Minneapolis, MN | USA | December 1987 | Rehearsal for the New Year’s Eve concert

01. Sign O’ The Times

02. Play In The Sunshine

03. Housequake

04. The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker incl. Four

05. Slow Love

06. Starfish And Coffee

07. Hot Thing

08. Now's The Time [Charlie Parker]

09. Sheila E. drum solo

10. If I Was Your Girlfriend

11. It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night #1

12. U Got The Look

13. Strange Relationship

14. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

15. Forever In My Life

16. Kiss

17. The Cross

18. It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night

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This will make the Estate happy

And it appears Eye do not care much for being sued in the US

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databank said:

This will make the Estate happy

And it appears Eye do not care much for being sued in the US

[Edited 6/15/19 11:40am]

Because they are outside of US & with international rules ...it will be for this case difficult to sue them directly !

how come my thread on this was pulled?

how come theres a sndbd of madhouse from 6/4/87 but not Prince's show?

More SOTT rehearsals . Hot Thing is 1 of my faves (as is the whole SOTT album/era), so I'm loving this 1 . Be back 2 u later Originals .

Thanks for the heads up!

Love SIX in soundboard!!!

omg, this is gorgeous! Don't get me wrong, I quite enjoy The Originals - but the Hot Thing Rehearsal blows everything on the new official release away. There's nothing as funky on there as the first minute of Hot Thing. Or the second minute. Or the third.

This is exactly the stuff that shows the mastery of Prince. Just him & the band jamming for half an hour on a groove that's funky like hell. I could listen to this till the end of time...

Estate, please give me a subscription service just for the part of vault containing all these unbelievable rehearsals that surfaced during the last 2 or 3 years! Whatever you ask - I'll gladly pay the fee!

So Eye isn't dead.... any news on BFTP 7.0 and on?!?!?

BoraBora said:

So Eye isn't dead.... any news on BFTP 7.0 and on?!?!?

Time will tell ?

kindofblue said:

omg, this is gorgeous! Don't get me wrong, I quite enjoy The Originals - but the Hot Thing Rehearsal blows everything on the new official release away. There's nothing as funky on there as the first minute of Hot Thing. Or the second minute. Or the third.

This is exactly the stuff that shows the mastery of Prince. Just him & the band jamming for half an hour on a groove that's funky like hell. I could listen to this till the end of time...

Estate, please give me a subscription service just for the part of vault containing all these unbelievable rehearsals that surfaced during the last 2 or 3 years! Whatever you ask - I'll gladly pay the fee!

or the 50th

kindofblue said:

love2thenines2003 said:

BoraBora said:

So Eye isn't dead.... any news on BFTP 7.0 and on?!?!?

Time will tell ?

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The Eye releases have in many cases better sound than what is launching WB!

Has anyone listened to disc 3 yet ?

The info files says it is a rehearsal from December 87 - a rehearsal for the New Years Eve show.

Has this been confirmed as I am not so sure.

The set list is identical to the February 87 rehearsal, apart from IGBABN #1

But this song is cut into the set very abruptly. If it it removed, then listening to the rehearsal the sound flows more.

IGBABN #2 also sounds more like it did at the beggining of the tour. Fairly short - and by the time you get to November and especially the New Years Eve Version it has evolved into a long jam with lots of different elements.

The set has Starfish & Coffee in it too, which was there at the beginning but dropped for the tour.

Plus, the only oldie played is Kiss.

My hunch is that this is actually from February or March 87.

I am no expert, just a hunch.

Loving disc 2 with the Hot Thing rehearsal and Shockadelica.

Not listened to disc 1 yet - how does it compare to the 4DF release ??

Overall loving this release (and also loving Originals).

Glad Eye is still around as the drip feeding from the estate is way too slow.

highcalonic said:

kindofblue said:

omg, this is gorgeous! Don't get me wrong, I quite enjoy The Originals - but the Hot Thing Rehearsal blows everything on the new official release away. There's nothing as funky on there as the first minute of Hot Thing. Or the second minute. Or the third.

This is exactly the stuff that shows the mastery of Prince. Just him & the band jamming for half an hour on a groove that's funky like hell. I could listen to this till the end of time...

Estate, please give me a subscription service just for the part of vault containing all these unbelievable rehearsals that surfaced during the last 2 or 3 years! Whatever you ask - I'll gladly pay the fee!

mrdlf said:

Has anyone listened to disc 3 yet ?

The info files says it is a rehearsal from December 87 - a rehearsal for the New Years Eve show.

Has this been confirmed as I am not so sure.

The set list is identical to the February 87 rehearsal, apart from IGBABN #1

But this song is cut into the set very abruptly. If it it removed, then listening to the rehearsal the sound flows more.

IGBABN #2 also sounds more like it did at the beggining of the tour. Fairly short - and by the time you get to November and especially the New Years Eve Version it has evolved into a long jam with lots of different elements.

The set has Starfish & Coffee in it too, which was there at the beginning but dropped for the tour.

Plus, the only oldie played is Kiss.

My hunch is that this is actually from February or March 87.

I am no expert, just a hunch.

Loving disc 2 with the Hot Thing rehearsal and Shockadelica.

Not listened to disc 1 yet - how does it compare to the 4DF release ??

Overall loving this release (and also loving Originals).

Glad Eye is still around as the drip feeding from the estate is way too slow.

have u compared it to THAT rehearsal??

Quite special that U Got The Look is played in this rehearsal. The song usually wasn't on the playlist during the SOTT-Tour, but it was played during the New Year's Eve Show, which could give us a hit.

But as far as I know it was also rehearsed several times before the start of the SOTT-Tour, so that doesn't say too much....

mrdlf said:

Has anyone listened to disc 3 yet ?

The info files says it is a rehearsal from December 87 - a rehearsal for the New Years Eve show.

Has this been confirmed as I am not so sure.

The set list is identical to the February 87 rehearsal, apart from IGBABN #1

But this song is cut into the set very abruptly. If it it removed, then listening to the rehearsal the sound flows more.

IGBABN #2 also sounds more like it did at the beggining of the tour. Fairly short - and by the time you get to November and especially the New Years Eve Version it has evolved into a long jam with lots of different elements.

The set has Starfish & Coffee in it too, which was there at the beginning but dropped for the tour.

Plus, the only oldie played is Kiss.

My hunch is that this is actually from February or March 87.

I am no expert, just a hunch.

this is my favorite live and rehearsal era. glad to see we're still getting stuff and in way better quality than what the estate is giving us.

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How much of an upgrade does the Paris gig represent to the previous version? I see it's still lacking It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night, I'm guessing it's just a fan "remaster" in that case?

I have compared this new Eye rehearsal with the existing rehearsal from 21-02-87 and i think they are definitely different rehearsals, but they are almost certaintly from the same time.

I really do not think the new Eye release is a December 87 rehearsal.

Comparing the two:

SoTT: The '17 year old boys' line - a much different inflection on the vocals.

Play In The Sunshine: Eye has more band instruments tapping during the into. The chord changes are noticably different and there are more cymbals. The Eye version is more guitar heavy, and there is band chatter before the 1st verse.

Housequake: Different 'shut up already' line

Slow love: The lyrics are reversed in the 21-02-87 rehearsal, but in the correct order on the new Eye rehearsal. 21-02-87 starts 2, 3, huh and the Eye rehearsal is 2, 3 and straight into the song.

Starfish: False start on the February rehearsal

Hot Thing: There is an extra beat then a pause at the start of the 21-02-87 rehearsal. Not on the Eye rehearsal

If I Was Your GF: chat at the beginning of Eye rehearsal, plus discussion of an off note at the end of the song. Not on existing rehearsal.

U Got The Look: New Eye rehearsal is more guitar heavy and starts X, Y, Z and in. The existing Feb rehearsal starts W, X, Y, Z and in

Strange Relationship: Different Keyboard scatting at start. Band chat at beginning of new rehearsal.

ICNTTPOYM: Eye rehearsal has a drum beat intro, old rehearsal is straight in

Forever In My Life: Eye rehearsal has more band chat at the start. The old rehearsal has more prominent lyrics at the start.

The Cross: Different starts to each rehearsal

IGBABN: The older version is longer, but if from the Eye rehearsal you take #1 and add it to after #2 it sounds like a continuation. Not sure why Eye split it up and inserted it into the middle.

Anyway - definitely different, and definitely not December (in my not expert opinion )

MRDLF

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