Post Description

Serial #.............: Fan Release
Artist...............: Prince
Album................: The Dirty Dark Ages
Year.................: 2008
Genre................: Support Act
Comment..............: Rolling Stones Tour Opening Act, Memorial Coliseum, 
Los Angeles, 11th October 1981
Type.................: Bootleg
Duration.............: 18:21
Cover(s) Included....: Nope
Audio Format.........: MP3
Bitrate..............: 320kbps
Source...............: Audience Recording (Quality : Poor!)


Traklist

1. Bambi   2. When You Were Mine   3. Jack U Off   4. Uptown   5. Why You Wanna 
Treat Me So Bad?

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Damn, it's not often recordings appear out of the blue and are genuine surprises, 
but this recording surfacing 27 years after the show took place is a real shocker. 
Prince's appearance as one of the opening acts for the Rolling Stones in LA was/is 
a much talked about, wish-you-were-there moment simply due to the apparent abuse 
he received - well now you can be in amongst it....sort of. The recording is very 
much of it's time and hasn't aged gracefully at all. It is very harsh with a 
constant shrill distortion throughout, and one certainly gets the impression from 
the recording that it has been taped in the middle of a large crowd with noise all 
around. Add to that a few drop-outs during the show, a number of comments from the 
person recording and his female friend (who evidently doesn't want to watch Prince) 
and the recording ending prematurely, and you may think this is unappealing rubbish 
- but it's not. It's fascinating, very insightful, and really very funny in parts. 
The recording begins during 'Bambi' and it's obvious from the start that the falsetto 
will not be making an appearance for the Rolling Stones crowd - Prince only lapses 
into using it during the last two lines of 'Bambi', with the remainder of the 18 
minute set sung in a lower register - very macho. A basic run-through of 'Bambi' and 
'When You Were Mine' follows each getting a decent, but unenthusiastic reception from 
the crowd. Alas Prince's "fuck you" attitude kicks-in and the choice of performing 
'Jack U Off' (incomplete and missing the 1st verse) is hilariously met with a tidal 
wave of booing from the crowd, along with the person recording commenting on the 
amount of trash building up (on stage?). Not to be outdone an instrumental 'Uptown' 
follows with Prince seemingly playing the guitar Rock God and again, throughout the 
crowd appear to be uninterested and boo him on occasion. The closing 'Why You Wanna 
Treat Me So Bad?' begins with some guitar which is suspiciously similar to 'Start Me
Up' before the band launch into the song proper, however it's cut short after 2 
minutes as the person recording gives up as his female friend shouts one final 
"boo" and the recording ends. In terms of the recording quality, this simply will 
not appeal to anyone, however from a fan's perspective, and a collector's perspective, 
it's a thoroughly fascinating piece of Prince's live history and I am eternally 
grateful that it has surfaced no matter the quality.