Atlanta January 19th 1997 2CD
Sabotage
Catalog # SAB 020/21
Release Year 1997  
2CD Length 73:22 | 73:52
Date/Venue 19 January 1997 Atlanta & Bonus
Source Audience Recordings
Quality VG/EX
Rating 4.0/5.0

Track Listing
Love 4 One Another Charities Tour  Atlanta Live, Atlanta 19th January 1997
Disc 1

1. Intro 2. Jam Of The Year 3. Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing 4. Rock N' Roll Is Alive (outro) [listed as Instrumental Jam on packaging] 5. Purple Rain 6. 17 Days 7. Get Yo Groove On (including Six) 8. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 9. Face Down (including 777-9311 - Hair) 10. Interlude 11. The Cross 12. One Of Us 13. Do Me, Baby (including Adore - Insatiable - Scandalous - How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore) 14. Sexy MF 15. If I Was Your Girlfriend 16. The Ride (intro)

Disc 2
1. The Ride 2. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore 3. Take The A-Train 4. Raspberry Beret 5. Mr. Happy 6. 18 & Over 7. Johnny 8. Sleep Around 9. Take The A-Train 10. Freedom Jam 11. Rhonda's Solo 12. I Feel Alright 13. Partyman Jam

Love 4 One Another Charities Tour Soundcheck - Tower Theater, Philadelphia : 7th January 1997
14. Ja Of The Year

Love 4 One Another Charities Tour - State Theater, Detroit : 13th January 1997
15. Somebody's Somebody

Love 4 One Another Charities Tour - Roseland Ballroom, New York : 11th January 1997 (Soundboard Recording)
16. Jam Of The Year 17. Face Down

Rosie O'Donnell Show : 7th January 1997 (Broadcast EX)
18. Somebody's Somebody 19. The Holy River

Comments
Fink's Comments (rates this release 4.5/5.0)
One of the longest Love 4 One Another shows circulating and a rather impressive audience recording. The audience are audible throughout, and there are certain parts of the show where they are slightly too audible (the opening song 'Jam Of The Year' especially), but on the whole they add a fun atmosphere to the recording and do not detract from your enjoyment in any way.

The Atlanta show contains a few songs not normally performed on the short tour and it is a very loose, jovial show with Prince interacting with the crowd in an unusually friendly way. The highlight of these shows is always 'Face Down' and this one is no different, as well as some inspiring bass it also includes brief snippets from both '777-9311' and 'Hair' during the extended bass outro. The closing encore is also a joy to listen to with a fantastic call-and-response centred around "Freedom Is A Beautiful Thing".

The show is brought to an end with a rare performance of 'Partyman'. The bonus tracks on here are a nice addition, but the quality is rather hit and miss. The soundcheck is very echoed and slightly disappointing, the Detroit performance is slightly thin however it is of excellent quality. The two New York tracks have been lifted directly from the officially released cassette, and are in perfect soundboard quality as is the broadcast from the Rosie O'Donnell show. Certainly one of the better early 1997 recordings and the the performance and set-list also make it one of the more interesting. A great release.

Deane's Comments (rates this release 3.5/5.0)
A neat Jam Of The Year release with average sound quality. It is an audience recording and a fairly average show. The Philly soundcheck is an interesting addition. The New York tracks are from the official 'bootleg' tape and I'm certain the Rosie O'donnell tracks will show-up on all those Broadcast releated CDs that are coming out. A good document of the Jam Of The Year tour. This may be one of the first shows that included Reverand Mike Scott in the line-up.

Dale's Comments  (rates this release 4/5.0)
Sound quality on an audience recording doesn't get 'much' better, and the packaging is pretty decent. The content of the show is the only category that is below par. An added bonus for me though, is that it was performed on my birthday. :-)

Mike's Comments  (rates this release 4/5.0)
A nice show with a lengthy encore including a jam based around 'Partyman'. A good selection of bonus tracks makes this one to consider when looking for a 1997 show.

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