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Prince - Coachella

Label/s      : Eye Records 
Catalog #    : EYE#67-68
Release Year : 2008
2CD Length   : 74:20 | 74:45 
Date/Venue/s : 2008-04-26 | Empire Polo Field (Main Stage) | Coachella Music & Arts Festival
Source       : Audience Recording
Quality      : EX-
Genre/s      : Funk; Rock
Codec/Lineage: MP3

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Band Memember/s:
Prince              : Vox | Guitar  
Cora Coleman-Dunham : Drums  
Josh Dunham         : Bass  
Morris Hayes        : Keyboards  
Renato Neto         : Keyboards  
Greg Boyer          : Trombone  
Leo Gauna           : Trombone  
Josh Levy           : Baritone Saxophone  
Gilbert Elorreaga   : Trumpet  
Gene Centeno        : Saxophone  
Shelby J.           : Vox  
Marva King          : Vox  
Ledisi              : Vox  


Guest Member/s:
Sheila E.           : Percussion | Vox  
Morris Day          : Vox  
Jerome Benton       : Vox 

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Track/Set Listing:

CD1: Concert - Part 1  
Tracks       : 17  
Playtime     : 01:14:18  
Size         : 140.47 MB

01. Intro (02:04)  
02. The Bird (02:44)
03. Jungle Love (04:21)
04. The Glamorous Life (03:39) 
05. Santana Medley (07:33)          | incl. Jungle Strut / Batuka / Soul Sacrifice / Toussaint L’Overture  
06. 1999 (04:23)  
07. I Feel 4 U (02:05)  
08. Controversy (05:11)      | incl. Housequake [interpolation]
09. Little Red Corvette (07:21)  
10. Musicology (04:01)
11. Prince And The Band (02:42)  
12. Cream (03:41)  
13. U Got The Look (02:26)  
14. Shhhh! (07:35)  
15. Anotherloverholenyohead (03:03)
16. Rock Lobster (02:06)  
17. Creep (09:16) 


CD2: Tracks 01-05 Concert - Part 2  
Tracks       : 12  
Playtime     : 01:14:43  
Size         : 141.20 MB

01. Angel (08:44)  
02. 7 (03:54)  
03. Come Together (09:58)  
04. Purple Rain (07:27)  
05. Let’s Go Crazy (04:51)  

Tamar Promo Tour - The Tabernacle, Atlanta : 2006-03-17(am) (Audience Recording VG+)  
06. Beautiful Strange (08:14)  
07. It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me (07:11) | incl. Be Happy - Holla Back Girl 

Prince & The NPG ft. Tamar w/ Maceo Parker - Celebrate Brooklyn @ Prospect Park, New York : 2006-06-15 (Audience Recording VG)  
08. Get On The Boat (06:50)  

Stevie Wonder ft. Prince - Madison Square Garden, New York : 2007-11-17 (Audience Recording G)  
09. Superstition (05:34)  

Sheila E & The Escovedo Family ft. Prince - Harvelle's, Redondo Beach : 2008-03-29 (Audience Recording G)  
10. Havelle's Funk E Jam (02:29)  

The Time ft. Rihanna - Grammy Awards : 2008-02-10 (Soundboard Recording)  
11. Jungle Love - Umbrella - Don't Stop The Music - Jungle Love (Medley) (05:48)  

The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno : 2008-04-25 (Soundboard Recording)  
12. Turn Me Loose (03:38)  

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Comment/s:

It should come as no surprise to anyone that this has been sourced from the freely 
circulating original release 'Coachella The Coolest Place On Earth'. "Eye" Records 
have had a stab at audio mastering to justify you spending your hard earned cash 
on it, thrown on some bonus material (I say bonus, but the quality of some of the 
bonus recordings is anything but a bonus), dressed it all up in some pretty 
packaging, and given it a simplistic title. Normally, I'm no fan of labels ripping 
off free releases, however very occasionally there is an event which really 
deserves a pressed release - ethics of pressing a fan release aside, I believe the
Coachella Festival deserved it. As of August 2008 there are 4 releases 
circulating of the show all sourced from the same recording. The original release 
'Coachella The Coolest Place On Earth', 4DaFunk's 'Purple Storm In The Coachella 
Valley', Sabotage's 'The New Golden Age', and this one. There's no doubt that this 
release is superior to the original, however I'd really struggle to find the better 
version of the remaining three, and I'd say all are of an equally high standard 
and it's down to personal taste as to which you hunt down.

As to the bonus material included, there are some nice little oddities, but the 
quality of the recordings leaves a fair amount to be desired on a few, and presumably 
they have been included purely for the sake of completeness. The Tamar / Prince 
Atlanta show is circulating in it's complete form, so we'll skip past that one 
(although it's one of the highlights of the entire release, and shouldn't be 
overlooked). Prince's guest appearance with Maceo is something of a rarity and a 
welcome inclusion, and it's not a bad recording by any means. Unfortunately the next 
two bonus tracks (both the Stevie Wonder appearance and the guesting with the 
Escovedo family) are woeful and suffer from crowd screaming, shouting and interference
- nice rarities to have, but not for their audio quality. The release ends with 
two soundboard broadcasts in the shape of The Time's live appearance at The Grammy's
with Rihanna (yawn), and Prince's Coachella plug on The Tonight Show.

The release includes a 14 page booklet with various reports of the Coachella gig and
numerous pics from the show along with The Tonight Show appearance and various 
others from the period. Overall this is a pretty solid, impressive release if we 
look past the fact the main show has been swiped from a fan release. Sure, it's not
cool. Sure, it's a disgrace that "Eye" couldn't source their own material and can
profit from someone else's work without even crediting their source on the artwork, 
but this it's par for the course - unfortunately. If you don't like it, there's 
always the 4DaFunk release which lacks the bonus material, but is of equal excellence
in terms of the Coachella recording.