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Very cool to hear. Anyone know the exact date/venue?

Revolution81 said:

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Very cool to hear. Anyone know the exact date/venue?

is the song just pop-up or was it in circulation since decades? I don't remember a rehearsal for this song at this stage?

love2thenines2003 said:

Revolution81 said:

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Very cool to hear. Anyone know the exact date/venue?

is the song just pop-up or was it in circulation since decades? I don't remember a rehearsal for this song at this stage?

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just pop up

Landonfunkmonkey said:

So is this in general circulation? I've not seen or heard it mentioned anywhere else [Edited 9/7/23 13:52pm]

Yes it's in circulation (not in general circulation) but nothing big for u is coming anyway!

Fuck sake. Famz trying to be all cryptic like their idol. lol.
Remember the golden days of FBG and 4DF? No wank off each other bullshit. It was "here it is... enjoy it."

love2thenines2003 said:

Smh.

Landonfunkmonkey said:

OK. It's great.

Cool and special....yes it is...I did not think 1st that a such song was rehearsed...the era....hum...end 86...very early 87?

[Edited 9/7/23 15:07pm]

Very loose. Interesting may be the operative word, and I wonder what other songs were played if this was part of a larger rehearsal. Crazy to hear him directing out all the parts on a song like this. I can't say this would've gone over well live in front of an audience, but maybe they could've worked on it more. Hard to do justice live to such a studio masterpiece creation.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

Crystal ball or the ball?

Crystal Ball.

FragileUndertow said:

Havent heard it. My main go to questions are. 1. Sound quality. 2. How long is it

Soundboard. 10:56

SquirrelMeat said:

love2thenines2003 said:

Landonfunkmonkey said:

OK. It's great.

Cool and special....yes it is...I did not think 1st that a such song was rehearsed...the era....hum...end 86...very early 87?

[Edited 9/7/23 15:07pm]

Miko is on it so that places it from March 87 to Feb 89, but the horns section sounds SOTT tour. So either March 87 tour rehearsals or soundcheck between May and June 87...or a one off rehearsal for the New Years Eve show in 87.

So Crystal Ball and Shockadelica rehearsal version exist but how come we've never heard the live versions, did he change his mind last minute ?

paisleyparkgirl said:

So Crystal Ball and Shockadelica rehearsal version exist but how come we've never heard the live versions, did he change his mind last minute ?

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And Rebirth Of The Flesh (he released a old rehearsal during the NPGMC if I remember correctly)

Found these comments:

it's impressive to hear it all performed in its glorious ten minutes. I'd like to found a complete live rendition of 3 Chain 'O Gold too, before or late. The audio is not the best (but not the worst either) and the live rendition penalizes some passages but enhances others. Maybe it was gems like these that would have embellished Prince's instrumental and "dark" part of Sign "O" The Times SDE...

Listening to it now, it has little cool horn interpolations from For Love (Jill Jones) and The Lines (Eric Leeds).

johnpiex said:

johnpiex said:

Now this is exciting. Far more exciting than these recent SDE previews, I must say.

Amen to that. It's surreal hearing this track performed by a full band