Post Description

Serial #.............: "Eye" Records Catalogue : #83-84
Artist...............: Prince
Album................: Purple Smoke On The Water
Year.................: 2009
Genre................: Concert
Comment..............: Montreux, Auditorium Stravinski - 16th July 2007
Type.................: Bootleg
Duration.............: 140:51
Cover(s) Included....: Yes
Audio Format.........: Lossless
Bitrate..............: Flac
Source...............: Audience Recordings (Quality : EX)


Traklist

Montreux Jazz Festival, Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, 16th July 2007

Disc 1
1. When The Saints Go Marching In (instrumental)   2. Footprints   3. The World 
Is A Ghetto (instrumental) (including It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That 
Swing)   4. Mind In 7   5. Down By The Riverside (instrumental)   6. Satisfied   
7. Beggin' Woman Blues   8. Girls And Boys (including Cutie Pie)   9. Purple 
Rain   10. What A Wonderful World (instrumental)   11. Gotta Broken Heart Again  
 12. Love Is A Losing Game   13. Sweet Thing   14. Musicology   15. Prince And 
The Band

Disc 2
1. Play That Funky Music   2. I Feel For You   3. Controversy   4. Crazy 
(including One Nation Under A Groove)   5. Nothing Compares 2 U   6. Take Me 
With U   7. Guitar   8. 7   9. Come Together   10. Little Red Corvette   11. 
Sometimes It Sows In April   12. MC Claude Nobs

Montreux Jazz Festival Aftershow - Montreux Jazz Cafe, Montreux : 17th July 2007 
(am)

13. Brick House   14. 3121   15. MC Claude Nobs   16. Band Jam (including The 
Chicken - All Blues)   17. Get On The Boat   18. MC Claude Nobs

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Prince's appearance at the 2007 Montreux Jazz Festival was previously 
circulating on the fan release 'Montreux Jazz Festival' and the aftershow on 
'Montreux Jazz Festival Aftershow', and I imagine it will come as a surprise to 
nobody that both the above fan recordings are the one's used here by "Eye" 
Records. The only difference between the two is that the fan release was missing 
the opening 1 minute of 'When The Saints Go Marching In', whereas it is here in 
it's entirety on this "Eye" Records release, so any, and all credit for this 
recording goes to the fan who recorded it and not to "Eye" Records. Suffice to 
say that there is zero difference between the two releases other than this 
particular release has both the main show and aftershow condensed onto two 90 
minute discs, rather than the two separate releases by the fans. Both the main 
show and aftershow are superb recordings and would be in contention for the best 
audience recordings to have surfaced from the multitude circulating from the 
many 2007 concerts. The main festival concert has a few niggling little ***les 
during 'Footprints' and some (very) background chatter in a few quiet parts of 
the concert, and the aftershow begins rather subdued and mellow, but improves 
during '3121' and is free of any problems from there on. These really are above 
any criticism, so it's pretty obvious why they were chosen by "Eye" to be 
packaged nicely, have their name slapped on it, and charge you/me for the 
"pleasure" of owning it. If you already have theses shows, cool. If you don't, 
then I suggest giving this release a wide berth and hunting down the original 
fan releases. The booklet and packaging are rather attractive, containing a 3 
page in-depth report about the history of the festival to the present, along 
with a multitude of pictures of Prince's performance and arrival in Montreux.