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Serial #.............: Xpert Catalogue : #001 A-B-C
Artist...............: Prince
Album................: Vienna
Year.................: 2003
Genre................: Concerts
Comment..............: Sign O' The Times Tour - Stadhalle, Vienna : 29th & 30th May 1987
Type.................: Bootleg
Duration.............: 72:51 / 73:09 / 71:16
Cover(s) Included....: Yes
Audio Format.........: Lossless
Bitrate..............: Flac
Source...............: Audience Recordings (Quality : EX)


Tracklist:

Disc 1 

Sign O' The Times Tour - Stadhalle, Vienna : 30th May 1987 [Listed as 29th May [br]1987 on packaging]

1. Intro   2. Sign O' The Times   3. Play In The Sunshine   4. Little Red 
Corvette   5. Housequake   6. Girls And Boys   7. Slow Love   8. I Could Never 
Take The Place Of Your Man   9. Hot Thing   10. Now's The Time - Sheila E Drum 
Solo   11. If I Was Your Girlfriend   12. Let's Go Crazy   13. When Doves Cry   
14. Purple Rain   15. 1999

Disc 2 

1. Forever In My Life   2. Kiss   3. The Cross   4. It's Gonna Be A Beautiful 
Night

Sign O' The Times Tour - Stadhalle, Vienna : 29th May 1987 [Listed as 30th May [br]1987 on packaging]

5. Sign O' The Times   6. Play In The Sunshine   7. Little Red Corvette   8. 
Housequake   9. The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker   10. Four   11. Girls And Boys   
12. Slow Love   13. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

Disc 3

1. Hot Thing   2. Now's The Time - Sheila E Drum Solo   3. If I Was Your 
Girlfriend   4. Let's Go Crazy   5. When Doves Cry   6. Purple Rain   7. 1999   
8. Forever In My Life   9. Kiss   10. The Cross   11. It's Gonna Be A Beautiful 
Night (including Cold Sweat)
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This Japanese 3cd set contains the two Vienna shows and both are of similar 
extremely high quality. First up - I'll deal with the incorrectly dated 
packaging as it has led to confusion in the past. The packaging states Disc 1 
and tracks 1-4 on Disc 2 are the 29th May 1987 show, and Disc 2 tracks 5-13 and 
all of Disc 3 are from the 30th May 1987 show - this is obviously a (pretty 
terrible) mistake. The first Sign O' The Times show on here (Disc 1 & Disc 2 
tracks 1-4) is the 30th May 1987. The second Sign O' The Times show on here 
(Disc 2 tracks 5-13 & Disc 3) is the 29th May 1987. Ok, all clear? The 30th May 
show is an exceptionally good, clear recording and has to be in contention for 
the best audience recording of the tour. The audience level is very minimal and 
outwith somebody occasionally blowing their whistle, there is little to fault. 
Prince sounds a little distant during the opening 'Sign O' The Times' and the 
audio channels switch from left to right slightly during 'I Could Never Take The 
Place Of Your Man', but it's all relative and very minor. One problem with this 
release is that 'Purple Rain' on Disc 1 (from the 30th May show) has a drop-out 
during the 2nd verse and the following '1999' has a number of rather annoying 
clicks throughout. I'm under the impression this is due to a fault which 
occurred when the discs were pressed and presumably it affects ALL copies - a 
pity as it does spoil the last 5 minutes of the disc. The 30th May show is 
fairly typical and perhaps a little straightforward with very little out of the 
ordinary occurring. Usually a good gauge of a decent Sign O' The Times show is 
whether 'It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night' is extended - unfortunately not in 
this case and it's the bare