PRINCE – Purple House – Paris 1992-1999 (3CD)

Audience 9.5 – A lot of audience periphery (shouting and bustling) but nonetheless it’s a crystal clean and very dynamic recording. The energy is palpable and comes right out pretty much all the way through as the audience is very responsive and Prince most definitely fed off it. Guitar tone is perfection – vocals very nicely placed in the mix as is everything really. Great, great stuff!

Audience 9.3 – The ’92 Aftershow is equally excellent with just slight differences in tone and distance to come second place to the Bataclan show.

Pro 9.3 – The radio broadcasts here are great and as you would expect, since they are professionally recorded, but honestly I still prefer the Bataclan audience tape which says an awful lot about what a good job taper did on that.

Audience 8.8 – The final disc contains London ’99 audience tape which is the weakest of this set but still decent enough to enjoy. Sounds somewhat distant (not in the stadium sense but small venue distant).

Prince
Purple House

Disc 1

Le Bataclan
Paris
17th November 1999

1. Drum Solo
2. Let’s Go Crazy
3. Doing It To Death
4. (I Feel Like) Bustin’ Loose
5. The Jam
6. Everyday People
7. Eye’mageddin
8. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)
9. Speech
10. Red House
11. Rock Guitar Jam

Disc 2

1. Kiss
2. Gett Off
3. Gett Off (Houstyle)
4. Talkin’ Loud And Sayin’ Nothing – It’s Alright – Push It Up
5. Release Yourself

Diamonds And Pearls Tour Aftershow
Les Baines Douches
Paris
12th July 1992

6. Gett Off
7. Sex Machine
8. Villanova Junction
9. Jughead
10. Step 2 The Mic – Gold Nigga – Black MF In The House

Nulle Part Ailleurs
5th May 1994 (Broadcast)

11. Endorphinmachine

Nulle Part Ailleurs
17th November 1999 (Broadcast)

12. Baby Knows
13. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (intro)
14. Alphabet St.
15. Everyday People
16. Finale Jam

Disc 3

Mermaid Theatre, London
15th November 1999

1. Let’s Go Crazy
2. She’s Always In My Hair
3. U Got The Look
4. Kiss (Groove)
5. Kiss
6. Gett Off
7. Gett Off (Houstyle)
8. Talkin’ Loud And Sayin’ Nothing – Sex Machine – It’s Alright
9. Purple House
10. The Jam
11. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
12. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (Loose Jam)
13. Baby Knows
14. Groove On
15. Release Yourself