Prince - An Entirely New Galaxy

This is 1 of my favorite Bootlegs An Entirely New Galaxy features great work from Prince in 2009 including The 3 nights he was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The 1st night he performed Ol’ Skool Company, the 2nd night he performed Dreamer and he totally wreck the stage, and the 3rd night he performed Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful. The 2 shows feature are from The Conga Room, Los Angeles 3\28\09, and Club Nokia, Los Angeles 3\29\09. The Conga Room show Prince remembers past band members like Sonny T., Micheal B., And touring with Tamar. All of the guitar work on this set was excellent my favorites were when he did I'm Yours from the For You Album and his version of The Beatles " With A Little Help From My Friends", I love this to death. This set also features Prince discussing AEG and Sweet Thing which he performed with Chaka Khan. This is 1 for the collection while the Leno Performances are of course Soundboard, The rest of the set is an Audience Recording but a pretty good one.

The Complete Hawaii Tapes Volume 1

Released in 2004 by Sabotage Records this outstanding show Prince and the NPG performed is one of my favorites. December 16th 2003 the venue Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Band Lineup included Prince, John Blackwell, Rhonda Smith, Renato Neto, Rad, Chance Howard, Greg Boyer, Maceo Parker, and Candy Dulfer. By far one of the best NPG configurations yet. The music performed on this show to me seems like a Musicology Tour warm up with a high level of energy that only the man himself can give, from the Let's Go Crazy and Baby I'm A Star workout to the great Drum work by John Blackwell and the Sensual SHHH! DMSR the classic funk jam, hearing this live really gets the party started while Rhonda Smith plucking the Bass and he gets the crowd into the funk with a I like funky music chant. Controvery is great, this jam was released with the Prince in Hawaii: An Intmiate Portrait of an Artist Book. Slowing it down with 3 claasics The Beautiful Ones, Nothing Compares 2 U, and Insatiable I must say I felt like the vocals were on point. I can go on and on about this 3 CD set from Sabotage let me just say it is EXCELLENT, it also includes the aftershow which was great if you haven't heard copp it if you can you will love it.

Glam Slam South Beach June 7th 1994

Tracklisting: 01. Endorphinmachine 02. Space 03. Interactive 04. Days Of Wild\Incl. Hair 05. Now\Incl. Babies Makin Babies 06. Mustang Mix 07. The Ride 08. Get Wild 09. Acknowledge Me 10. Race 11. The Jam 12. SHHH

June 7th 1994 Prince or TAFKAP performed in South Beach at his Glam Slam Club, the show was also broadcasted Live via satellite to Glam Slam in Los Angeles and Minneapolis. This is an amazing show Prince and Band rip the stage with a mixture of everything. Some great highlights of this show for me are Space and the great Guitar solo it is to die for. Interactive always sounds great and funky but feels really fresh during this performance, Mayte breaking it down on Now. Days Of Wild, The Ride, and Get Wild are great,and Race is another funky favorite. With TAFKAP chanting thoughout the show this is an NPG Party or His 1st birthday you cannot deny the funktastic rock show you get here.

N.P.G. Resistance: Prince, Privacy, & Piracy. Part 1

Prince is 1 of the most prolific Musical Artist ever, with a catalog as vast as what he has it always keeps us craving for more. We have all been told that he is always working on new music, which brings me to my topic. Unreleased Songs and projects some announed not to see the light of day others just pirated among Prince fans and supporters. Back in the day I remember Mom And Pop Record Stores where you could find rare or what is known as bootleg recordings, Live, Outtakes, Audio, and Video at crazy prices that I know today I would not pay. Example I purchased a bootleg entitled ONLY 4 U with an 80 dollar price tag almost makes me sick to my stomach lol. At the time when I got it I felt great because when it came to the RUDE BOY you had to have more.

I will say this to there are better means to get bootlegs instead of paying outrages prices nowadays, and there are those who work hard against Bootleg companys charging high ass prices to keep these releases free so you can enjoy the music, but in the case of Prince this is wrong I'm not here to dispute it either he made the music it is his he can do what he wants with it right. Over the years I have heard stories about how he would just give away copies of some of his outtakes and things of that nature to friends, music insiders, so on and so forth then they would end up in record stores under Bootleg titles like The Jewel Box.

I know there are different types of Prince fans to, some don't get involved in the exploration of Prince bootlegging for whatever reason and that's cool but then you have a diehard fan who wasn't old enough to see the Triple Threat Tour (1999 Tour)because he or she was either to young or wasn't born. You can't go to Youtube because Prince has taken everything down, but you can relive that through Audio or Video Bootlegs to each it's own.

Then you have Prince bloggers, websites, facebook groups, etc.....which report Prince news old and upcoming some with really great Pictures and great topics to discuss and the killer is sometimes it's not always about Prince but other artists or other creative entertainment. To me this is a complete circle of harmony, the music, the visuals, the discussions, the blogs, the facebook groups, and Prince websites. Just like with the Death of Housequake.com every so many years the even flow of things are disrupted, the bad part about this is that you don't who's doing it is it Prince? Maybe it is but with social media being so so popular the people we need to watch out for are in facebook groups, on your twitter, etc....Crazy isn't it and if this is so what they have to realize is Prince created this fanzy whether he wanted it or not and a lot of people put in hard work to bring some of the things they do in the name of Prince with money out of there own pocket not to be recognized by Prince himself but because they love his MUSIC. Again I'm not gonna debate that either because whatever someone has to offer it's up to me whether I want it or not, if you don't NPG Deputies please give us our space just like we give you yours. Written By: FTP For N.P.G. Resistance

Apollonia 6 - Happy Birthday Mr. Christian

This video pop up on You Tube about 2 years ago very very much 80's style kinda of cheesy but fits with the times. It has been stated that other than Sex Shooter, Blue Limousine was suppose to be the next Video off the Apollonia 6 album but never materialized. Happy Birthday Mr. Christian's storyline and plot is a trip, with Apollonia, Brenda, And Susan playing schoolgirls getting a will read to them from the dearly departed Mr. Christian who leaves them nothing. Mr. Christian tells them they don't know what hard work is and need to basically get jobs which they do, from a Restaurant, a Grocery Store, and a Car Mechanic's Garage. Then when it's all said and done Mr. Christian emerges from his Limo and tells them it was a prank for his Birthday I guess the dude wanted to have some fun lol. Nonetheless the girls jump in the car and the party is on and popping, from the looks of this short film it never went beyond a rough cut which in some respects I see why still it's entertaining. Music in this video is slamming featuring Happy Birthday Mr. Christian, Sex Shooter, Ooo She She Wa Wa, and Blue Limousine off of the Apollonia 6 LP. You can check out the video on You Tube for the time being links posted below Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qY5tf_3-so

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3-GsEghbOc

Montreux, July 15th 2013

She's Always In My Hair

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Dreamer

The Purple Underground's Top 20 Greatest Prince TV Performances

Check Out Our YouTube Video On The Top 20 Tv Performances

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNnwZUyJaZ0

A couple of months ago Vibe Magazine's website had a list of what they thought Prince's top 10 greatest TV performances were. Well we here at The Purple Underground decided to do our list but instead of 10 we picked 20 performances by "His Royal Badness." With so many great Prince TV performances its hard to just pick 10. So here's OUR top 20 that was voted by myself (Micah aka cMs), P. Ross, & our silent partner Coach Mike, and I must say it wasn't easy. Enjoy "Purple People!"  :-)

 1. 2007 Superbowl Halftime Performance

 2. 1985 American Music Awards

 3. 1985 Grammy Awards

 4. 2004 Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame Induction

 5. 1991 performance on the Arsenio Hall Show

 6. 2004 Grammy Awards

 7. 2006 BET Awards (the Chaka Khan tribute)

 8. 2006 American Idol Season Finale

 9. 1996 Oprah Winfrey Show

10. Emancipation Celebration TV Special

11. 1987 MTV Video Music Awards

12. 1989 Saturday Night Live 15th Anniversary

13. 2005 NAACP Image Awards

14. 1995 American Music Awards

15. 1991 MTV Video Music Awards

16. 1998 Vibe

17.  1995 VH-1 Fashion Awards

18. 1997 Brit Awards

19. 1997 VH-1 Honors

20. 2004 Tonight Show With Jay Leno

Submitted By Micah Simpson AKA Cms