Sign O The Times Rehearsal Sessions 1.0 4CD
Sabotage
Catalog # SAB166-169
Release Year   
4CD Length 64.23 | 73.28 | 58.35 | 71.54
Date/Venue 1987 Tour Reahearsals
Source soundboard
Quality EX+
G2P Rating 5/5.0

Track Listing
Paisley Park rehearsal 21/2/87 (disc 1 & disc 2 tracks 1 - 4)
'The sex of it' band rehearsal, August/September 1987 (disc 2 tracks 5 - 21)
Paisley Park rehearsal 18/11/87 (disc 3 & disc 4 tracks 1 - 5)
'Baby go-go' band rehearsal, August/September 1987 (disc 4 tracks 6 - 20)
Disc #1
  1. Sign "O" the times
  2. Play in the sunshine
  3. Housequake
  4. The ballad of Dorothy Parker
  5. Slow love
  6. Starfish and coffee
  7. Hot thing
  8. Now's the time
  9. Drum solo by Sheila E.
  10. If I was your girlfriend
  11. U got the look
  12. Strange relationship
  13. I could never take the place of your man
               Disc #2
  1. Forever in my life
  2. Kiss
  3. The Cross
  4. It's gonna be a beautiful night
  5. The sex of it
  6. The sex of it
  7. The sex of it
  8. The sex of it
  9. The sex of it
  10. The sex of it
  11. The sex of it
  12. The sex of it
  13. The sex of it
  14. The sex of it
  15. The sex of it
  16. The sex of it
  17. The sex of it
  18. The sex of it
  19. The sex of it
  20. The sex of it
  21. The sex of it
              Disc #3
  1. Sign "O" the times
  2. Play in the sunshine
  3. Little red Corvette
  4. Erotic City
  5. Housequake
  6. Slow love
  7. Do me, baby
  8. Adore
  9. I could never take the place of your man
  10. Hot thing
  11. What's your name / Love or $ / Data bank
  12. Let's pretend we're married
  13. Delirious
  14. Jack U off
  15. If I was your girlfriend
  16. Let's go crazy
  17. When doves cry
               Disc #4
  1. Purple rain
  2. 1999
  3. U got the look
  4. Kiss
  5. It's gonna be a beautiful night
  6. Baby go-go
  7. Baby go-go
  8. Baby go-go
  9. Baby go-go
  10. Baby go-go
  11. Baby go-go
  12. Baby go-go
  13. Baby go-go
  14. Baby go-go
  15. Baby go-go
  16. Baby go-go
  17. Baby go-go
  18. Baby go-go
  19. Baby go-go
  20. Baby go-go

Comments
Deane's Comments (rates this release 5/5.0)
An excellent collection of rehearsals from various points in 1987. The first rehearsal here (also on Now's the time) features a couple of songs that were subsequently dropped from the set before the SOTT tour even started - 'U got the look' and 'Strange relationship'. Interestingly, the show rehearsed here had only one track not from the SOTT album, namely 'Kiss'. This set also contains two rehearsals from summer 1987 where Prince teaches his band to play 'Baby go-go' and 'The sex of it'. These are quite interesting and feature numerous takes of the song played one after the other along with instructions and general band chat. The last rehearsal here, from November 1987 (and also on The sign), is most likely in preparation for the US tour that never occurred. The show has changed quite dramatically with a number of new songs brought in, including 'Delirious'and 'Jack U off' in the same arrangements that they would be played on the Lovesexy tour. This is an essential set.

 

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