As we all moan for more official releases, I come to the conclusion that there's probably a large amount of stuff we haven't heard just cause there's so much. I know a live show is different to hearing actual new studio stuff, but...

Post about any boots or recordings you really think are special that maybe a lot of people here haven't given a chance. Surely someone's bound to find something captivating.

There are shitloads of great recordings but the majority here will bleat that they're not "pristine" enough.

This has always been a favourite of mine:

Fine Line Café
Label : 4DaFunk
Catalogue : #4DF 023-024
Disc Length : 54:00 / 55:16
Source : Audience Recording
Sound Quality : VG+
Year Of Release : 2005

5th December 1987
Disc 1

1. Instrumental Jam 2. Eleven 3. Horn Solo 4. Villanova Junction 5. Just My Imagination 6. Bass Solo
Disc 2

1. Freddie Freeloader 2. Jack U Off 3. Drum Solo 4. Chain Of Fools (including It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night) 5. Housequake (including Cold Sweat)

Madhouse Opening Act - Sign O' The Times Tour - Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht : 20th June 1987

6. Mutiny 7. Two 8. Three 9. Band Introductions 10. Six

Basically a lengthy instrumental jam session. Far from perfect sound, but since this kind of thing will probaby never see the light of day officially, it's pretty much essential if long jams/instrumental music is your bag.

This one is special because it's the only show of the entire ONA tour that didn't have horns.


One Nite Alone In Louisville
Label : 4DaFunk

Catalogue : #4DF 051-052
Disc Length : 79:41 / 70:05
Source : Audience Recording
Sound Quality : EX-
Year Of Release : 2007
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One Nite Alone Tour
Palace Theatre, Louisville
9th March 2002

Disc 1
1. One Nite Alone (instrumental) 2. The Beautiful Ones 3. Venus De Milo 4. Adore 5. Girls And Boys 6. Under The Cherry Moon (instrumental) 7. Nothing Compares 2 U 8. Condition Of The Heart 9. Purple Rain 10. The Rainbow Children 11. Muse 2 The Pharaoh 12. Xenophobia 13. A Case Of U 14. Mellow 15. 1+1+1 Is 3 (including Love Rollercoaster) 16. Strange Relationship 17. Sing A Simple Song 18. La, La, La, Means Eye Love U 19. Didn't Cha Know?

Disc 2
1. When You Were Mine 2. Avalanche 3. Family Name 4. Take Me With U 5. Raspberry Beret 6. Another Star 7. Soul Sacrifice - Santana Medley 8. Last December 9. Audience 10. Free 11. Starfish And Coffee 12. Sometimes It Snows In April 13. Eye Love U, But Eye Don't Trust U Anymore 14. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore 15. Speech 16. Anna Stesia

This is a great soundboard recording of a rehearsal from 1983. It pisses all over previous versions as it's taken from a lower generation tape.


The Bird Rehearsal
Label: Free Boot Generation
Cat No: #FBG 33
Running Time: 39:46 / 43:59
Source: Soundboard Recording
Quality: EX+
Released: August 2010
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Rehearsal : Summer 1983

Disc 1
1. The Bird 2. Baby I'm A Star (#1) 3. Baby I'm A Star (#2) 4. Baby I'm A Star (#3)

Disc 2
1. Let's Go Crazy (#1) 2. Let's Go Crazy (#2) 3. Computer Blue 4. G-Spot 5. I Would Die 4 U 6. Instrumental 7. Electric Intercourse (#1) 8. Electric Intercourse (#2) 9. Purple Rain 10. Purple Rain

There's a bootleg of a Controversy Tour show from Columbia, SC that is awesome.

For whatever reason Prince and the band were on fire that night.

Insane energy and the soundboard recording is pretty crystal clear.

This is how I like my Controversy.

Wonderful quality soundboard, sourced from the old City Lights set but this has been much improved.


Saginaw '82
Label : 4DaFunk
Catalogue : #4DF 003
Disc Length : 68:01
Source : Soundboard Recording
Sound Quality : EX+
Year Of Release : 2005
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Controversy Tour Wendler Arena, Saginaw 4th February 1982
1. Uptown 2. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? 3. I Wanna Be Your Lover 4. Head 5. Dirty Mind 6. Do Me, Baby 7. Controversy 8. Let's Work 9. Jack U Off 10. Partyup

A (possibly) little known collection of Gold era outtakes. Slightly different versions to those that were released officially.

Outtakes 93-94 on the FAAB label.

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4 Those of U on Valium (SOTT preshow)

Hallowed B Thy Name (Gold aftershow in Brussels)

Nudity (Nude tour rehearsal I believe?)

There are Lovesexy shows from Nagoya, Sendai and one other Japan location. All are excellent.

Funky Party 2 Nite (Parade show with "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" recording used on SOTT)

Anything from The Ultimate Live Experience

Trojan Horse (of course)

Controversy Houston

Wonderboy (SOTT Paris)

mb71 said:

This is how I like my Controversy.

Wonderful quality soundboard, sourced from the old City Lights set but this has been much improved.


Saginaw '82
Label : 4DaFunk
Catalogue : #4DF 003
Disc Length : 68:01
Source : Soundboard Recording
Sound Quality : EX+
Year Of Release : 2005
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Controversy Tour Wendler Arena, Saginaw 4th February 1982
1. Uptown 2. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? 3. I Wanna Be Your Lover 4. Head 5. Dirty Mind 6. Do Me, Baby 7. Controversy 8. Let's Work 9. Jack U Off 10. Partyup

Now you got me wanting to dig out the City Lights collection...

I prefer Houston 1981 for the Controversy tour.

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Remember this one?
A great, energetic soundboard of Prince's performance at the Minnesota Music Awards in '86.

Setlist:
01. Intro
02. Raspberry Beret
03. Boys and Girls
04. Life Can Be So Nice
05. All Day, All Night
06. Mutiny (inc. Holly Rock, Dream Factory)
07. Kiss
08. Love or $

some essential bootlegs i LOVE are:

uniondale 1985

purple finale

all of the japanese lovesexy soundboards

1984 birthday show

welcome 2 the beautiful experience

city lights atlanta '85

neon rendezvous

small club

One Night Alone Live in Chicago is one of my faves. Midway through the show when he lets loose on 1+1+1=3 to Sing a Simple Song is just so fun and funky. "The usher dropped the popcorn!!"

We had a party years back and someone stole the CD and a bunch of others . Still sad to this day. I have it taped on cassette that when I desperate I will reconnect my old walkman to my stereo to hear it...but it was a GREAT boot.

Poplife88 said:

One Night Alone Live in Chicago is one of my faves.

Nice choice.
Sabotage released some great ONA gigs and despite them being audience recordings, the quality is mostly excellent.

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The 2002 Bataclan aftersihow was amazing. He played such a cool bass medley

GustavoRibas said:

The 2002 Bataclan aftersihow was amazing. He played such a cool bass medley

To be at that show...

WhenFansCry said:

I prefer Houston 1981 for the Controversy tour.

A dream come for me would be a pristine soundbaord recording of this show. One of my all-time favorites!

RJOrion said:

Prince @ The Capri Theater January 5, 1979 Prince @ The Ritz, New York March 22, 1981

Is there a bootleg of the Capri show??

Would love to hear that!

RJOrion said:

Prince @ The Capri Theater January 5, 1979

the people who saw WB's recording of it said it wasn't all that, but interesting to see knowing what kind of Live act monster he would become just a few years laters.
Hopefully this one will leak or better yet be released some day.

ExTAFKASoladeo1 said:

RJOrion said:

Prince @ The Capri Theater January 5, 1979 Prince @ The Ritz, New York March 22, 1981

Is there a bootleg of the Capri show??

No.

Ramzoo said:

I was there !

Lucky you , it sounded epic

JorisE73 said:

RJOrion said:

Prince @ The Capri Theater January 5, 1979

the people who saw WB's recording of it said it wasn't all that, but interesting to see knowing what kind of Live act monster he would become just a few years laters.
Hopefully this one will leak or better yet be released some day.

So, WB filmed this show ???

Farfunknugin said:

GustavoRibas said:

The 2002 Bataclan aftersihow was amazing. He played such a cool bass medley

To be at that show...

Same. That jam with the 'good morning to you' chant is electric.

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My first and favourite live boot is This Is My Night (DNA 93 aftershow). That live version of Come still gets me now.

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Closely followed by We Got No Love 4 Bootleggers (Manchester Academy 2014), mainly cos I was there. Felt like an aftershow with it being a small venue and was surreal to be 10 feet away from him

psyche2 said:

JorisE73 said:

the people who saw WB's recording of it said it wasn't all that, but interesting to see knowing what kind of Live act monster he would become just a few years laters.
Hopefully this one will leak or better yet be released some day.

So, WB filmed this show ???

https://Prince.org/msg/7/371435

See post #5 in this topic. Somewhere else he shared some screenshots of bith shows.

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