Midnight
Beat Catalog # MBCDC027 Release Year 1994 Luxembourg CD Length 74:14 Date/Venue Live Covers Versions Source Various Quality VG/EX |
Comments
Deane's Comments (rates this release 3.5/5.0)
An
interesting release of Prince performing covers. Many of these have been around
for a long time. Cold Sweat is from the classic Small Club show. There are a few
other releases like this around, but so far this is the most varied. Most take
tracks from Small Club and a June 14, 1987 aftershow and that's it. The
inclusion of his guest appearance with Bangles is a nice addition not found
anywhere else. The small booklet does include information about all the tracks.
If you get into Prince reworking classic songs by other artists this is worth
having regardless of the average and below average sound quality
Dale's Comments
(rates this release 3/5.0)
Just having all these cover versions on a single disc make this release
worth picking up.
Mike's Comments
(rates this release 2.75/5.0)
A
semi-interesting idea here, a compilation made up of cover versions Prince has
performed live over the years. It could, and should, have been done much better
than this however, for the sound quality varies wildly from nigh-on perfect
soundboard to good, mediocre and poor audience recordings. Most of the tracks
here are available on other titles, usually in better sound too, the only
exceptions being the two tracks from the Paris 1992 shows. But neither of those
are sufficient reason to recommend this particularly highly.