SOTT Rehearsals Vol. 2 (4DF) 3CD

SOTT Rehearsals Vol. 2 3CD

4DaFunk
Catalog # 4DF 039-040-041
Release Year 2006
3CD Length 61:09 / 55:09 / 60:57
Date/Venue Paisley Park-NEC, Birmingham Rehearsals 1987
Source Soundboard Recordings
Quality EX

Rating 4.75/5.0

Track Listing
Disc 1
Sign O' The Times Tour Rehearsal - Paisley Park : 2nd April 1987 (Part 1)
1. Sign O' The Times 2. Play In The Sunshine 3. Little Red Corvette 4. Housequake 5. Girls And Boys 6. Slow Love 7. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Take #1) 8. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Take #2) 9. Hot Thing 10. Now's The Time 11. Sheila E Drum Solo 12. If I Was Your Girlfriend 13. Strange Relationship 14. U Got The Look 15. 1999

Disc 2
Sign O' The Times Tour Rehearsal - NEC, Birmingham : Mid-April 1987 (Part 1)
1. Sign O' The Times 2. Play In The Sunshine 3. Little Red Corvette 4. Housequake 5. Girls And Boys 6. Slow Love 7. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 8. Hot Thing 9. Now's The Time 10. Sheila E Drum Solo 11. If I Was Your Girlfriend 12. Let's Go Crazy 13. When Doves Cry (including La, La, La, He, He, Hee)

Disc 3
Sign O' The Times Tour Rehearsal - Paisley Park : 2nd April 1987 (Part 2)
1. Forever In My Life 2. Kiss 3. The Cross 4. It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night (including Six)

Sign O' The Times Tour Rehearsal - NEC, Birmingham : Mid-April 1987 (Part 2)
5. Purple Rain 6. 1999 7. Forever In My Life 8. Kiss 9. The Cross 10. It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night (including Six)

Comments
Fink's Comments (rates this release 4.75/5.0)
Sourced from the Sabotage release 'Sign O' The Times Rehearsal Sessions 2.0' this is another great reworking of a much-respected and well-loved bootleg. As has been pointed out in the past the Sabotage release (and every other one before it) of the rehearsals suffered due to the pitch being incorrect (amongst other thing). The 2nd April rehearsal in particular ran at an audibly slow speed and was glaringly obvious. As one would expect, this has been corrected here and the rehearsal sounds like it should. A few edits/cuts/flaws appear to have also been smoothed over and a fair amount of hiss has been reduced. Credit should be paid for the amount of hiss they have removed from the Birmingham rehearsal alone as it's far clearer, cleaner and fresher.

For me, the rehearsals contained in this volume are nowhere near as inspired as the content of Volume 1, and whilst there are rarities such as 'La, La, La, He, He, Hee' and 'U Got The Look', the rehearsals themselves are also lacking slightly. Taking place a matter of weeks before the Sign O' The Times tour began, it's to be expected that both are very representative of the tour itself. I've already covered the content in my comments on the Sabotage release, so shan't repeat myself - suffice to say this is another excellent release by 4DaFunk with major attention to detail and a vast improvement over any previous version of these rehearsals. Vol. 1 can be found HERE.