Leírás
Pop, Rock, Pop Rock, a klasszikus 1993-as FM rádiós koncert teljes anyaga.
Remaszterizált 2CD kiadvány, 2020.
In a career as long and storied as Prince’s, it’s easy to throw around glib remarks about ‘turning points’ and ‘watershed moments’ in describing almost any year that one might choose to pick, but in the case of 1993, it’s genuinely possible to
make the case that this was the pivotal moment in the Prince narrative. In 1992, flush from the success of „Diamonds & Pearls”, he negotiated the famous $100m deal with Warner Brothers, the largest recording contract in history, yet quickly discovered it was a poisoned chalice. The small print warned that the big money, the famous $10m per-album advance, only kicked in if each album that Prince released sold a minimum of 5 million copies. The first record under the new terms, „Love Symbol”, barely broke 1m, and so Prince’s mythic contract, the biggest deal in history, remained just that – a myth.
In 1993, while preparing for his first American tour in five years, Prince launched into open warfare against Warner brothers. The tour was divided into two: Act I took place in the US and largely focused on the material from „Love Symbol”, while Act II was Prince’s return to Europe and presented new work alongside the greatest hits. When Prince took to the stage for Act 1, he announced that he was changing his name to the famous, unpronounceable symbol and the dispute with Warners formed the backdrop of the entire tour. This performance comes from the Act II tour and the ‘Rock Over Germany’ Festival in Lüneberg, Germany, on the 3rd of September 1993, an event broadcast live. In what is perhaps the finest concert from the tour, it would be one of the final nights of freedom for „The Artist Formerly Known As Prince”, before he headed back to ‘slavery’, and the battlefields yet to come.
Felvételek :
CD 1.:
01. My Name Is Prince – 02. Sexy MF – 03. The Beautiful Ones – 04. Let’s Go Crazy – 05. Kiss – 06. Irresistible Bitch – 07. She’s Always In My Hair – 08. Raspberry Beret – 09. The Cross – 10. Sign O’ The Times – 11. Purple Rain – 12. Instrumental Medley: Thunder/When Doves Cry/Nothing Compares 2 U/And God Created Woman/Diamonds And Pearls – 13. Piano Instrumental – 14. Venus De Milo – 15. I Love U In Me
CD 2.:
01. Strollin’ – 02. Scandalous – 03. Girls And Boys – 04. 7(Seven) – 05. Mayte’s Speech – 06. 1999 – 07. Baby I’m A Star – 08. Rock The House – 09. America – 10. D.M.S.R. – 11. Gett Off – 12. Pope/It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night – 13. Peach
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