Quality varies again but I found this particular O2 week of shows to contain the best audio fidelity. The after party shows are also really good, a lot of energy here…it’s a fine collection and the bonus DVD, while mainly fan shot, is a nice addition.
Prince
Mr. Dynamite 10 CD/1 DVD Canister
Disc 1
Nite 14 O2 Arena, 01.09.2007
01 psychedelic intro
02 1999
03 Take Me With U
04 Guitar
05 Musicology (feat. Will.i.am) – Race (instr.) – freestyle rap [Will.i.am]
06 Play That Funky Music [Wild Cherry] – Psychoticbumpschool [Bootsy’s Rubber Band] (instr.)
07 Satisfied
08 The Rules – Data Bank (lyrics)
09 Cream
10 U Got The Look
11 The Question Of U (instr.)
Disc 2
Nite 14 O2 Arena, 01.09.2007 cont’d
12 The One – Fallin’ [Alicia Keys] (feat. Marva)
13 The Question Of U (piano intro)
14 Raspberry Beret (intro) – Sexy Dancer (intro) – Pop Life (intro)
15 Diamonds And Pearls
16 The Beautiful Ones
17 How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore
18 Strange Relationship
19 Little Red Corvette
20 Sometimes It Snows In April
21 Lolita (cut short)
22 Black Sweat (Prince bass solo)
23 Kiss
24 Purple Rain
25 I Feel For You
26 Controversy – Housequake
27 Nothing Compares 2 U
DISC 3
Nite 14 O2 Arena, 01.09.2007 cont’d
01 A Love Bizarre
02 Sexy Dancer (instr.) – Le Freak [Chic] (vox: Shelby J.) – Movin’ [Brass Construction] (instr.)
03 Sign “O” The Times
04 Irresistible Bitch (intro) – Erotic City (intro)
05 Alphabet St.
06 When Doves Cry – Nasty Girl (intro)
07 I Wanna Be Your Lover
08 Head (intro)
09 D.M.S.R.
10 Let’s Go Crazy
Nite 13 O2 Arena, 31.08.2007
11 Musicology – Race (instr.)
12 Prince & The Band
13 What You Need [INXS] (vox: Shelby J.)
14 Play That Funky Music [Wild Cherry] – Psychoticbumpschool [Bootsy’s Rubber Band] (instr.) – We Need Some Money [Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers] (instr.)
15 Pass The Peas [The JB’s]
16 Piano intro
17 Diamonds And Pearls
18 A 1,000 Hugs And Kisses (unreleased song!)
19 Little Red Corvette
Disc 4
Nite 13 O2 Arena, 31.08.2007 cont’d
20 Raspberry Beret
21 Sometimes It Snows In April (full version)
22 7
23 Come Together [The Beatles]
24 piano intro
25 Sign “O” The Times
26 Pop Life
27 D.M.S.R. – Erotic City (intro)
28 I Wanna Be Your Lover
29 When Doves Cry
30 Alphabet St.
Nite 15 O2 Arena, 06.09.2007
31 piano intro
32 The Morning Papers
33 Diamonds And Pearls (starting 2x)
34 The Beautiful Ones
35 Insatiable
36 Little Red Corvette
37 Sometimes It Snows In April
38 Crazy [Gnarls Barkley] (vox: Shelby J.) incl. “This is my house” speech – One Nation Under A Groove [Funkadelic]
Disc 5
Nite 14 IndigO2, 02.09.2007 – Prince & The NPG aftershow
01 Let’s Go [The Cars]
02 The One U Wanna C
03 Honky Tonk Women [The Rolling Stones] (vox: Shelby J.)
04 When You Were Mine
05 What Have You Done For Me Lately [Janet Jackson]
06 Partyman
07 It’s Alright [Graham Central Station]
08 What You Need [INXS] (vox: Shelby J.)
09 Stratus [Billy Cobham]
10 Gotta Broken Heart Again
Disc 6
Nite 14 IndigO2, 02.09.2007 – Prince & The NPG aftershow cont’d
11 Love Is A Losing Game [Amy Winehouse] (vox: Shelby J.)
12 Sing A Simple Song [Sly & The Family Stone]
13 Shake Everything You’ve Got [Maceo Parker]
14 Thank You For Talkin’ To Me Africa [Sly & The Family Stone] – No Diggity [Blackstreet] – Kashmir [Led Zeppelin] (instr.) – A Real Mother For Ya [Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson]
15 Shadows And Chains (new song based on The Chain [Fleetwood Mac]) – Kashmir [Led Zeppelin] (instr.)
16 Suga Mama [Beyonce?L] (vox: Shelby J.)
17 Alphabet St.
18 Dance To The Music [Sly & The Family Stone]
19 Get On The Boat (feat. Will.i.am freestyle rap) – freestyle rap [Will.i.am]
20 Where Is The Love? [Black Eyed Peas] (feat. Will.i.am) – Ain’t It Funky Now [James Brown] (instr.)
21 Redhead Stepchild (vox: Shelby J.)
Disc 7
Nite 15 indigO2, 07.09.2007 – Prince & The NPG
01 Honky Tonk Women [The Rolling Stones] (vox: Shelby J.)
02 Crazy [Gnarls Barkly] (vox: Shelby J.) – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head [Kylie Minogue] – One Nation Under A Groove [Funkadelic]
03 Rock Steady [Aretha Franklin] (vox: Shelby J.)
04 Suga Mama [Beyonce?L] (vox: Shelby J.)
05 What You Need [INXS] (vox: Shelby J.)
06 Love Is A Losing Game [Amy Winehouse] (vox: Shelby J.)
07 Baby Love [Mother’s Finest] (vox: Shelby J.)
08 Redhead Stepchild (vox: Shelby J.)
09 Stratus [Billy Cobham] – More Bounce To The Ounce [Zapp & Roger]
Disc 8
Nite 15 indigO2, 07.09.2007 – Prince & The NPG cont’d
10 Planet Earth
11 Guitar
12 Somewhere Here On Earth
13 The One U Wanna C
14 When You Were Mine
15 Anotherloverholenyohead
16 Rock Lobster [The B-52’s] (instr.)
17 3121 – Bootsy? (What’s The Name Of This Town) [Bootsy’s Rubber Band] (chant) – Alexander’s Ragtime Band [Irving Berlin] (instr.)
-Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel In) [Teresa Brewer] (instr.) – The Entertainer [Scott Joplin] – More Bounce To The Ounce [Zapp & Roger]
-Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless) [Crystal Waters] (instr.) – Tom’s Diner [Suzanne Vega] (instr.)
18 Prince’s bass jam – No Diggity [Blackstreet]
Disc 9
Nite 15 indigO2, 07.09.2007 – Prince & The NPG
01 Chelsea Rodgers
02 Mike Phillips intro
03 So What [Miles Davis] – Do Ya Think I’m Sexy [Rod Stewart] (instr.)
04 Shake Everything You’ve Got [Maceo Parker]
05 band introduction
06 I’m A Woman (I’m A Backbone) [Rufus feat. Chaka Khan] (vox: Marvalicious)
07 The Chicken [James Brown] – Chelsea Rodgers (chant)
Disc 10
Nite 15 indigO2, 07.09.2007 – Prince & The NPG cont’d
08 I’m Going Down [Rose Royce] (vox: Shelby J.)
09 Rock Steady [Aretha Franklin] (vox: Shelby J.) – Good To Your Earhole [Funkadelic] (chant)
10 Suga Mama [Beyonce?] (vox: Shelby J.) – Chelsea Rodgers (chant)
11 Soul Vaccination [Tower Of Power] (instr.)
The Pigalle Club, London, 17.09.2007
12 I Wanna Be Your Lover (vox: Beverley Knight)
13 Flash Light [Parliament] (instr.) – Miss You [The Rolling Stones] (instr.)
14 Funkin’ For Jamaica (N.Y.) [Tom Browne] (vox: Beverley Knight)
15 Atomic Dog [George Clinton] – It’s Time For The (Percolator) [Cajmere] (vocoder: Mike Philly)
16 Mothership Connection (Star Child) [Parliament] (instr.; vocoder: Mike Philly)
-Can I Kick It? [A Tribe Called Quest] (vox: Mike Philly)
-Freddie’s Dead [Curtis Mayfield] (instr.)
Bonus DVD
“Planet Earth Is A Stage” – London O2 Videos 2007 – Reel #1
This abolutely xclusive, yet uncirculating O2 Arena video is the only O2 performance which offers a complete show (no material missing). It offers a direct view of the stage, but also focuses on the video screen at some points, e.g. during the piano sit-down. The video has been paired with the best audio around, an excellent uncirculating source. And this is only the beginning, since there is more rare material “out there”…
The show itself is a special one: The first main show in September and the very last Saturday nite show of Prince’s stay in London 2007 – and it feels! Prince was definitely on fire that nite: ‘I might be small, but so is dynamite!’ he proclaimed before explaining “The Rules”. The show started with an unusual psychedelic “thunderstorm” intro, somewhat reminiscent of the Purple Rain tour interlude. For “Musicology”, special guest Will.i.am came on stage and added some freestyle raps. Mr. Dynamite proceeded to give his purple fans a great hot concert and ended the show with a highly-explosive late encore: This was the only main show lasting *past* the 23:00h curfew! Which means that “Let’s Go Crazy” probably resulted in somebody having to pay a hefty monetary fine – And it was only the beginning of the nite…
Nite 11, O2 Arena, 25.08.2007 pm, 100′
This video has been given “the full treatment”: All 10 breaks have been smoothly edited, missing views have been carefully completed by other video material, and the audio has been replaced by the best audio source around. This enhanced video version offers a much improved experience, and nicely completes 3121 London Week#4 as well.
Planet Earth video clips
The DVD features all 3 official video clips from the Planet Earth album: Guitar (Verizon Promo) / Chelsea Rodgers / Somewhere Here On Earth
Other Xtras
The DVD includes some other suprises, like The Tour Book Featurette, a different perspective on the making of the “Chelsea Rodgers” video clip, and more.
The Line-Up:
Prince: vox, guitar, bass, keys
Renato Neto: jazz keys
Morris Hayes: funk keys
Cora Coleman-Dunham: drums
Josh Dunham: bass
Maceo Parker: alto sax
Mike Philips: alto sax, vocoder, tenor sax
Greg Boyer: trombone
Lee Hogans: trumpet
Shelby Johnson: lead / backing vox
Marva King: lead / backing vox
The Twinz – Maya & Nandy McLean: dancing, backing vox
Special Guests:
This set features two special guest performances by Will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas)
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