Oh yeah,I think so!

be more specific please

The quality of the Small CLub recording alone makes it beter in my opinion. Add on the performances of Housequake, Just My Imagination, and People Without and Small Club blows every Prince bootleg in history out of the water.

When I lived in LA and would prowl the streets of Holllywood in the middle of the night, ood ball radio stations would play this bootleg openly. That is how legendary it is.

LaMont said:

Yeah,but I enjoy the New Morning concert more.

what about the sound quality?
& is New Morning the concert with Wasn't My Faith? ( Terrific track)

jn2 said:

I think its Wasn't My Name,and sound quality is excellent!!!

jn2 said:

I think the lyric is actually 'Was it my face' ie 'Was it my face?', 'Was it my eyes?' etc might be wrong though so feel free 2 my ass if I'm wrong

Jamademus said:

I think you're right.

gypsyfire said:

Why thank U

This is difficult to pick wich one
is "better".
Small club IS a board mix, but an
uneven mix at that.

New morning is an audience tape, so
the SQ is lower, but there are some
real loose and free flowing groves here
like the second song.
Great jams that you can tell were
made up on the spot and lots of cool
soloing from around the band.
The groovy-Blues, but soulful "Was it my face?"
Obviously improvized.
The slammin' Housequake/Mutiny/Beautiful Night.
The catchy uptempo Red House is no
slouch and there is even a great
Just My Imagination.

Small Club has the AMAZING opening instrumental
jam, the stunning Just My Imagination, &
the KILLER rocking jam of RaveU2TJF as
well as other great material.
The ease on the ears because of the
soundboard quality of the recording
can not be denied, but in my opinion,
I think that Prince & the band
were a little more on for the
New Morning show than on the Small Club
show.
I also think that the Small Club
version of People Without is overrated.
To me, it sounds like Prince wants to say
something here and has a few ideas, but
it just hasn't come together yet and he
is kind of fumbling around a little
with it. Which is GREAT to get to hear
in an aftershow performance, but I
guess I just don't enjoy it in this
peticular case. I don't think he
quite pulled it off. Like the DMSR.
He just doesn't quite hit it.

I also really love the 1987 Vieanna
Club U4 aftershow. Now that shit is
l o o s e and f u n k y!!

Why does "People Without" get so much praise? I mean, it has some decent lyrics, but the music is so repetitive. Even for something that may have been improvised on the spot, Prince has done much better with other improvised jams in other aftershows.

Personally I LOVE Small Club but I understand the debate, and it's a debate which will go on and on. I think part of Small Clubs ongoing appeal is that it came out at a time when most Prince bootlegs sounded like shit. 2 finally hear such a great show (and I'm sorry naysayers it IS a great show!!) in such great sound quality blew a lot of people away (myself included).
I think now people come 2 that recording expecting miracles and are understandebly dissapointed. The first time I heard 'What's Goin On' I felt the same.
Small Club remains a recording every Prince fan must hear.Nuff Said.

Jamademus said:

I have heard it, and it is very good...but it still has no Eric...which I gotta deduct points for...

-SWANGsignsofffornow

jtgillia said:

the lyrics r a spot on message.
the music is haunting.
just gives me a chill.
& anything that can
give me a chill
deserves my
praise

Jamademus said:

The song is called "What Did I Do?"

Neversin.

Neversin said:

The set I have it on lists it as "Wasn't My Faith," but it also lists "Moonbeam Levels" as "A Better Place to Die" so...

chewymusic said:

Oh yes! That is the most interesting aftershow of that time... The Ball...
if only proper quality recording of that show was available...

FunkMistress said:

Well that's what you get with crap ass bootlegs...

Neversin.