Sabotage Catalog # SAB 193 Release Year 2002 CD Length 77.45 Date/Venue Shelved 1986 Studio Album Source soundboard Quality EX+++ |
Comments
Deane's Comments (rates
this release 5/5.0)
A real gem. Dream
factory is a fantastic album that would have been the Revolution's
defining statement had it been released. As it was the band split and and the
same thing happened to this album, some songs ending up on Sign
"O" the times (albeit in slightly different form to here), some
belatedly emerging on the Crystal ball set, while others have
amazingly never been released. 'Train' is far better than the version Mavis
Staples released, while 'All my dreams' is a true epic and deserved a better
fate that to languish in the vaults all these years. The flawless sound of this
album ensures its classic status.
Fink's Comments (rates
this release 5/5.0)
An absolutely fantastic
release. This configuration was sequenced sometime between June and July 1986 -
although it is not the final configuration. I can only imagine what would have
happened had this actually been released, as it is Prince and the Revolution at
their most creative and at their imaginative peak.
Firstly, you have to remember that Sign O' The Times (the album) hadn't been
released or thought about yet, so the forget how the tracks sound on the Sign O'
The Times album. Visions is a beautiful solo piano piece by Lisa, Nevaeh Ni
Ecalp A (A Place In Heaven backwards) is simply an intro to Dream Factory. Train
is an absolutely amazing song and it's a crime it hasn't been released.
Interlude is Wendy's guitar solo piece. Strange Relationship is the 'Revolution'
version. I Could Never Take The Place is slightly extended during the guitar
portion of the song. A Place In Heaven is Lisa's vocal. And finally 'All My
Dreams' - surely if there's one song that sums up Prince, Wendy & Lisa's work
together at it's most inspirational, imaginative and most clever - it's that.
The material was obviously too good to shelve after the Revolution disbanded, so
it's understandable he chose to use some tracks on S.O.T.T. An absolute must
have album for any Prince fan. The packaging for this disc is brilliant. The
booklet includes a nice 'story of the Dream Factory', taken from The Vault.
Sheer class.