Can someone suggest me which is the best bootleg for each tour?

And maybe some of the oneoff performances?

LoveGalore said:

Sendai and/or Nagoya for Lovesexy

Return of the Bump Squad for Gold era
Madrid for Nude
Houston for Controversy
Saginaw for I think it's 1999? Tho Saginaw 82 could be Controversy too, I don't remember.

That rehearsal for Nude where he says, "did I say we'd do the show once today? Psyche! Here we go...." is a good non-audience run of the show. I think the boot was Nudity.

I'd agree about those Lovesexy shows. Wasn't there an Osaka one, too? I forget.

Houston Controversy is great. Just stellar stuff.

There are a lot of SOTT rehearsals, in full, that are out. Some have him doing more of the album, and the more moderate "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" version, then later when he did the show more like we know it, and IGBABN was faster.

There is a full SOTT show, but damn if I remember where it was recorded. I think it was called Wonderboy.

Paris or New York for Dirty Mind are both great, but the New York is closer to my heart since it was on my birthday.

The Purple Rain shows were so fucking similar, it comes down to how good was "Take Me With U," how long were his fucking talking moments before "Do Me Baby" and after the piano segment, and how funky was "Baby I'm A Star."

Le Zenith for the Parade tour (Paris) is so great, and it's where "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" was recorded. But, the original boot leaves off the last 4 songs, after "1999." But audience recordings of that last section do exist. Stockholm is also a great show.

There's a Gold era aftershow in Brussells that I've listened to for years, on Hallowed B Thy Name, and the video popped up after he died. It was a full circle moment.

Emancipation Philadelphia is good. I have it on VHS somewhere.

Of course things like Trojan Horse are beyond necessary. It's a full on journey.

TrivialPursuit said:

TrivialPursuit said:

LoveGalore said:

Return of the Bump Squad for Gold era
Madrid for Nude
Houston for Controversy
Saginaw for I think it's 1999? Tho Saginaw 82 could be Controversy too, I don't remember.

That rehearsal for Nude where he says, "did I say we'd do the show once today? Psyche! Here we go...." is a good non-audience run of the show. I think the boot was Nudity.

I'd agree about those Lovesexy shows. Wasn't there an Osaka one, too? I forget.

Houston Controversy is great. Just stellar stuff.

There are a lot of SOTT rehearsals, in full, that are out. Some have him doing more of the album, and the more moderate "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" version, then later when he did the show more like we know it, and IGBABN was faster.

There is a full SOTT show, but damn if I remember where it was recorded. I think it was called Wonderboy.

Paris or New York for Dirty Mind are both great, but the New York is closer to my heart since it was on my birthday.

The Purple Rain shows were so fucking similar, it comes down to how good was "Take Me With U," how long were his fucking talking moments before "Do Me Baby" and after the piano segment, and how funky was "Baby I'm A Star."

Le Zenith for the Parade tour (Paris) is so great, and it's where "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" was recorded. But, the original boot leaves off the last 4 songs, after "1999." But audience recordings of that last section do exist. Stockholm is also a great show.

There's a Gold era aftershow in Brussells that I've listened to for years, on Hallowed B Thy Name, and the video popped up after he died. It was a full circle moment.

Emancipation Philadelphia is good. I have it on VHS somewhere.

Of course things like Trojan Horse are beyond necessary. It's a full on journey.

Yes - Wonderboy. Recorded in Paris in June of 1987.

Genesia said:

TrivialPursuit said:

There is a full SOTT show, but damn if I remember where it was recorded. I think it was called Wonderboy.

Yes - Wonderboy. Recorded in Paris in June of 1987.

And I don't think it was the whole show, either. The average length of that tour was around 100 minutes or so. And since a CD can only hold 80 minutes....

I remember that boot because it was the first time I'd hear that arrangement of "Girls and Boys." There was just something about it that hit me so hard; I was obsessed with it. It was one of my two early favorite songs on Parade. That SOTT arrangement was so yummy.

TrivialPursuit said:

Genesia said:

I looked it up today. There appear to be a couple different versions - one complete, one not. Not sure what I have - haven’t looked recently.

Ohhhh, a complete SOTT show (non-rehearsal) would be nice. I think WOnderboy is all I ever had for years and years.

There's just so much fondness I have for that era on so many levels. That boot, years later, was icing on a cake that lasted 14 years to that point.

TrivialPursuit said:

Genesia said:

TrivialPursuit said:

And I don't think it was the whole show, either. The average length of that tour was around 100 minutes or so. And since a CD can only hold 80 minutes....

I remember that boot because it was the first time I'd hear that arrangement of "Girls and Boys." There was just something about it that hit me so hard; I was obsessed with it. It was one of my two early favorite songs on Parade. That SOTT arrangement was so yummy.

I looked it up today. There appear to be a couple different versions - one complete, one not. Not sure what I have - haven’t looked recently.

Yeah, sadly a proper complete version of either of the Paris shows in soundboard don't circulate. 4DF used recordings from the 22nd June Utrecht show to make a "complete" soundboard, so that is maybe one of the ones you have.
The Moonraker version of Wonderboy used IGBABN from a Sabotage release but also missed out the other tracks played, so the releases have always been a bit cut and paste.

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LoveGalore said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Ohhhh, a complete SOTT show (non-rehearsal) would be nice. I think WOnderboy is all I ever had for years and years.

There's just so much fondness I have for that era on so many levels. That boot, years later, was icing on a cake that lasted 14 years to that point.

there was never a soundboard complete show until recently?

Correct yes. The 20th June Utrecht show on the SOTT SDE.

Ramzoo said:

/>Le Zenith for the Parade tour (Paris) is so great, and it's where "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" was recorded. But, the original boot leaves off the last 4 songs, after "1999." But audience recordings of that last section do exist. My first concert ! Don't know why but "Mountains" exists in audience & soundboard recordings.

I'm hoping that Le Zenith would be part of any future SDE of Parade. As we know the show was recorded for release but never was sadly.

Ramzoo said:

Me too ! Still have my ticket stub framed !

Excellent.

mb71 said:

Genesia said:

TrivialPursuit said: I looked it up today. There appear to be a couple different versions - one complete, one not. Not sure what I have - haven’t looked recently.

Yeah, sadly a proper complete version of either of the Paris shows in soundboard don't circulate. 4DF used recordings from the 22nd June Utrecht show to make a "complete" soundboard, so that is maybe one of the ones you have.
The Moonraker version of Wonderboy used IGBABN from a Sabotage release but also missed out the other tracks played, so the releases have always been a bit cut and paste.

mb71's profile picture is my favorite so far