Prince - [1989.02.05] Lovesexy Dome

Описание: Label : Fan Release
Disc Length : 63:08 / 59:02
Source : Audience Recording
Sound Quality : G+
Lovesexy Tour
Dome, Tokyo
5th February 1989
Disc 1
1. Escape 2. Housequake (including Take The A-Train) 3. Slow Love 4. Adore 5. Delirious 6. Jack U Off 7. Sister 8. Do Me, Baby - Adore 9. I Wanna Be Your Lover (intro) - Head 10. Girls And Boys 11. A Love Bizarre (including Murph Drag) 12. Happy Birthday Mr. Udo 13. When You Were Mine 14. Little Red Corvette 15. Controversy 16. U Got The Look 17. Superfunkycalifragisexy - Controversy 18. Bob George 19. Anna Stesia 20. Cross The Line
Disc 2
1. Eye No 2. Lovesexy 3. Glam Slam 4. The Cross 5. I Wish U Heaven 6. Kiss 7. Dance On - Sheila E Drum Solo (including Transmississippirap) 8. Venus De Milo 9. Starfish And Coffee 10. Raspberry Beret 11. Condition Of The Heart 12. International Lover 13. Strange Relationship - Free - When 2 R In Love 14. Chopsticks 15. When 2 R In Love 16. Let's Go Crazy 17. When Doves Cry 18. Purple Rain 19. 1999
COMMENT

In terms of the performance this is probably my favourite of the 8 Japanese Lovesexy '89 shows - in terms of quality it most certainly isn't. Throughout the first half of the recording the show is barely audible and what little you can hear is very faint - it's muffled, echoed and extremely thin. The second half of the recording is a slight improvement, but still far below average and very murky with a heavy dose of (an admittedly vocal) Japanese audience. It's undoubtedly a superior show to the first Tokyo concert (HERE) with a number of very unusual moments and genuine surprises. 'A Love Bizarre' is very lengthy with various call-and-responses with the crowd and includes the "Fellas, I'm back..." line from 'Murph Drag'. This is followed by Prince singing 'Happy Birthday' to the Japanese tour promoter Mr. Udo prior to 'When You Were Mine' during which Prince's guitar appears to fail - one of a couple of technical faults during the show. The piano medley is the undoubted highlight and includes 2 rare performances - firstly of 'International Lover' (no matter how brief) and 'Free' - and again a portion of 'Chopsticks' is played. 'When Doves Cry' unusually doesn't feature the barking dog sample towards the end - the Lovesexy geek in me noted that omission. The show closes with '1999' (no 'Alphabet St.' encore) and the recording includes what appears to be a PA announcement in Japanese. Unfortunately the quality of the recording, and in particular the first half of the show, means that once again the quality of the concert is far superior to the recording and the majority of people would have a hard time sitting through this - let alone enjoying it.