One Nite Alone In Hamburg
3 CD
Label : Sabotage Records
Catalogue : #SAB 254-255-256
Disc Length : 78:29 / 75:38 / 75:32
Source : Audience Recordings
Sound Quality : EX
Year Of Release : 2003
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One Nite Alone Tour
CCH Hall 1, Hamburg
16th October 2002
Disc 1
1. Intro 2. The Rainbow Children 3. Muse 2 The Pharaoh 4. Xenophobia 5. The Work, Part 1 6. Extraordinary 7. Mellow 8. 1+1+1=3 (including Give It Up Or Turn It Loose - Housequake) 9. Love Rollercoaster 10. Speech 11. The Other Side Of The Pillow 12. Strollin' (including U Want Me) 13. Gotta Broken Heart Again
Disc 2
1. Speech 2. Strange Relationship 3. Pass The Peas 4. When You Were Mine 5. Whole Lotta Love 6. Family Name 7. Take Me With U 8. Raspberry Beret 9. The Everlasting Now 10. Adore 11. Girls And Boys 12. Purple Rain (intro) 13. Diamonds And Pearls 14. The Beautiful Ones 15. Nothing Compares 2 U 16. The Ladder 17. Starfish And Coffee 18. Sometimes It Snows In April 19. Purple Rain 20. Outro
Disc 3
One Nite Alone Tour Soundcheck - CCH Hall 1, Hamburg : 16th October 2002
1. Instrumental 2. Pop Life 3. Santana Medley (aborted) 4. Santana Medley 5. The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker - Four
PA Tracks - Mojo, Hamburg : 17th October 2002 (am)
6. All The Critics Love U In New York 7. Calhoun Square 8. Pass The Peas
PA Track - CCH Hall 1, Hamburg : 16th October 2002
9. The Question Of U
One Nite Alone Tour - Hamilton Place Theatre, Hamilton : 13th June 2002
10. You've Got A Friend 11. When You Were Mine 12. Anna Stesia
COMMENT
An excellent release from Sabotage of an extremely enjoyable One Nite Alone European show. The quality of the recording is surprisingly clear and definitely a match for any others from the European leg of the tour. The audience are audible throughout but in no way interfere with the show which is to the fore of the recording. The audience also add a great atmosphere to the show which is sorely lacking on some others - the audience singing in unison on 'Purple Rain' is a personal highlight. Disc 1 & 2 contain the show which is surprisingly basic for such an enjoyable concert. 'Extraordinary' is a great addition which was played slightly less frequently, as is 'Whole Lotta Love' which also contains the guitar feedback segment to close. The piano segment of the show contains a rare performance of 'Girls & Boys' however it consists of the chorus only and lasts barely 30 seconds. This is followed by the brief intro to 'Purple Rain' before
Prince moves on to the more regular 'Diamonds And Pearls'. 'Purple Rain' does make an appearance as a final encore to close out the show and is followed by Renato's keyboard outro. Disc 3 contains a mixture of tracks recorded at various locations in and around Hamburg, along with three tracks from the One Nite Alone concert in Hamilton. The tracks recorded at the Hamburg soundcheck (tracks #1-5) could be classed as an audience EX- recording as the quality is slightly less good than the main show. That said, they are surprisingly impressive and contain an interesting, but short soundcheck. Running at a little over 30 minutes the main focus is on rehearsing the horns for both 'Pop Life' and 'The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker'. There is slightly less interaction with the NPGMC members than on most other circulating soundchecks, however Prince does talk to them on a few occasions and recounts a funny tale from the previous nights show concerning someone taking photographs. Tracks #6-8 were recorded from the PA at the Hamburg afterparty, and come from a performance at the Xenophobia Celebration at Paisley Park on 25th June 2002. The quality of the recording leaves a little to be desired as the audience members from the afterparty are audible throughout. Track #9 is also a PA recorded track, this time played to the audience prior to the main Hamburg concert, and originates from the Xenophobia Celebration at Paisley Park on 25th June 2002. The final three tracks originate from the Canadian leg of the One Nite Alone tour in Hamilton and are of excellent quality. The complete show is available on the fan releases 'One Nite Alone In Hamilton' or 'Hamilton Rise'. The packaging for this Sabotage release is stunning and contains a beautiful 12 page booklet with a nice report of the Hamburg concert along with various pictures mainly taken from the tour book. Personally I think this is one of the better One Nite Alone tour releases - sure, I could easily have lived without the PA tracks on Disc 3 as their inclusion doesn't make this release any better - however the main Hamburg show and the Hamburg soundcheck are fantastic from beginning to end.
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