Thunderball Catalog # TB058/59 Release Year 1998 Israel 2CD Length
70:45 | 70:55
Date/Venue Nude Tour
Rehearsals April 1990 Source Soundboard Quality EX/EX-
G2P Rating 4.875/5.0
Track Listing Nude Tour Rehearsals Intro, The Future, 1999, Housequake, Sexy
Dancer, Kiss, I'm In The Mood, Blues In C, Purple Rain, Take Me With U, Alphabet
St./It Takes 2, The Question Of U, Electric Man, Ain't No Way, Nothing Compares
2 U, Batdance, Baby I'm A Star, Jealous Again, Our Love Is Here 2 Stay, Erotic
Cit, Sex, Interlude, Let's Work, The Future, 1999, Housequake, Sexy Dancer
Comments Deane's
Comments(rates this release 4.75/5.0) First I have to say I really enjoy rehearsal releases. I know
that a number of people find them annoying and flat, but I really enjoy hearing
the the imprefections and building of the songs. This release is a basicly a run
through of the nude tour show. Prince and the band are rather chatty through out
the release. Early on disc one Prince comments that he hates Philly and the they
won't even see the dust of this tour. Many of the songs are played only briefly,
2minutes or less. The major exception is a 38min work out of Sex on disc two.
Other highlights are Jealous Again and a good run through of Electric Man, a
personal favorite. There are a number of breaks during the release suggesting
that this wasn't all from the same rehearsal, but from a few during the same
period. As for the packaging... two picture discs... nice graphics and
period montages, but no real information in the sixteen page booklet. The front
cover appears to be an early hand written version of the song Sex. A nice
documnet of the Nude rehearsals.
Dale's Comments(rates this release 5/5.0) I agree
that these are most likely not from the same rehearsal, but this release ROCKS
none-the-less. Many of the tracks are also found on Sabotage's previous release
Spanish Harem. In fact, they even "borrowed" part of the cover artfrom that
release. Shame, indeed. That's alright though, Thunderball made up for that in
the thoroughness of this release. Defintely do NOT pass this one up if you see
it. You won't find a better rehearsal document of this time period.
Mike's Comments(rates this release 5/5.0) This
rehearsal was played shortly before the Nude tour began. It begins as
a more or less straightforward run through of the standard set but once that is
over the band move on to various other songs, most notably 'Sex' which lasts for
over 30 minutes! Quite why so much effort was put into that song is unclear
since it was not played throughout the duration of the tour (in fact it has
never been played live). It's tight and funky, as is the rest of the
performance, and makes you wish he'd played some aftershows on the tour. An
excellent bootleg.