#Prince one nite alone box set full#

For such a powerhouse performer, Prince rarely released live recordings, and the 2002 version of the New Power Generation-including Greg Boyer, Shelia E., Renato Neto, Maceo Parker and Rhonda Smith-was a band able to meet his whims and demands. The set includes the three live CDs (concert and after-show) from the original release and adds the previously separate DVD release Prince Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas. The brief record, just over half an hour, will almost certainly continue to languish in the shadows of the terrific new Up All Nite With Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection box set, but it will at least get better distribution under the Prince estate’s limited time arrangement with Warner Bros. Musically, One Nite Alone… is a beautiful piece of work: long, floating melody lines, layered vocals and ethereal piano with bits of synthesizer and occasional drums. But Prince’s lyrics don’t always survive close scrutiny. There’s also a rather surprising track (“Avalanche”) calling Abraham Lincoln to task for not going far enough to guarantee equality for emancipated slaves. There is what can be taken as Prince’s definitive take on Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You” (a song he’d recorded before and a staple of live shows) and a perhaps less expected paean to virginity (“Young and Beautiful”), which shows his latter-day maturity, if not without a bit of a leer. The 10 on One Nite Alone… tracks are, unsurprisingly, mostly love songs, love found and love lost. And as opposed to the 1983 session released in 2018 as Piano & A Microphone, both are very much completed and produced albums. One Nite Alone… was included in the fan club edition of the box set One Nite Alone … Live!, and where The Truth is quick and clever, One Nite Alone… is intimate and understated. The Truth is a sometimes playful, sometimes political, generally upbeat record that was included as disc 4 in a hodgepodge of unreleased tracks on 1998’s Crystal Ball. They may or may not have stuck around, but a little push into the wider consciousness would have helped to restore the reputation of being a vibrant and multi-faceted artist that Prince seemed only so concerned with maintaining. The former is essentially a guitar album, the latter a piano set, and both could have found listeners around the realms of Tori Amos and Fiona Apple fandom. Two of the most sadly overlooked of his post major label, self-released albums are a pair of more-or-less solo acoustic albums, The Truth and One Night Alone, both buried as “bonus” discs in some (but not all) versions of poorly distributed box sets. Which is a shame, because he consistently released gems-from hard funk jams to sensitive singer-songwriter sides-that would have appealed to different demographics, if only they’d been heard. Without real A&R guidance, and while alternately eschewing and being denied media coverage, Prince didn’t readily reach new-or lapsed-fans. There aren’t many musicians who can play Madison Square Garden without a record contract.īuilding on that base, however, was a different matter. While existing largely outside the music industry (or within the micro-industry he built), Prince maintained a substantial and remarkably faithful fan base. Years after he was getting regular radio play, his albums were still charting and his concerts selling out.

#Prince one nite alone box set full#

Live! Was the first official live album of Prince's career and the 27 tracks included feature selections from The Rainbow Children as well as Prince's extensive back catalog, played with the full NPG as well as several solo piano excursions.Prince was never lacking for fans. Taken from the highlights of 9 different shows in March and April of 2002 and clocking in at over 2 hours, the resulting One Nite Alone. Members at the time included drummer John Blackwell, keyboardist Renato Neto and longtime collaborators like bassist Rhonda Smith and a horn section that included saxophonists Eric Leeds, Candy Dulfer and Maceo Parker. album, this upbeat trek through theaters in North America featured the full talents of Prince's ever-expanding New Power Generation band. However, as opposed to the intimacy of the largely solo One Nite Alone. studio album, Prince embarked on a tour of the same name.

After The Rainbow Children release and before the release of the One Nite Alone. 'Limited set containing four purple vinyl colored vinyl LP pressings. The gems from the Prince Vault just keep coming.