Prince: Diamonds & Pearls

The Diamonds and Pearls album in 1991 gave Prince album charts success with the song “Cream” giving him his fifth U.S. number one single. Diamonds and Pearls also marked the debut of the New Power Generation featuring rapper Tony M, Rosie Gaines on vocals, Michael Bland on drums, Levi Seacer and Kirk Johnson on guitar, Sonny T on bass, and Tommy Barbarella on keyboards.
Having mysteriously thanked Kate Bush in the credits of his Diamonds And Pearls album, Prince worked on Bush’s 1993 album, The Red Shoes. Collaborating chiefly on the song “Why Should I Love You,” Prince added bass, guitar, keyboards, his vocals and other arrangements to the mix. This would be the final “Prince” credit, until 2000. Kate Bush reciprocated in 1996 and is featured on background vocals on the Emancipation track, “My Computer.”
Prince’s twelfth album was titled “ being unpronounceable, he was often referred to as “The artist formerly known as Prince,” or simply “The Artist.” In 1993, at the request of Warner Bros., Prince released a 3-CD greatest hits compilation entitled The Hits/The B-Sides. The first two discs were also sold separately as The Hits 1 and The Hits 2. In addition to featuring the majority of Prince's hit singles (with the exception of “Batdance,” which was omitted), The Hits includes an array of previously hard-to-find recordings, notably B-sides spanning the majority of Prince’s career, as well as a handful of previously unreleased tracks, such as the Revolution-recorded “Power Fantastic.” A new song, “Peach,” was chosen as a promotional single to accompany the album. Unfortunately, neither the album nor single performed as well on the charts as Prince and Warner Bros. would have hoped. To this day, however, The Hits remains the closest thing to a definitive overview of Prince's musical output from 1978 to 1993.

Prince – live at Earls Court, London 24th June 1992

Disc 1

1. INTRO - TAKE MY HAND, PRECIOUS LORD 2. THUNDER 3. DADDY POP 4. DIAMONDS & PEARLS 5. LET'S GO CRAZY 6. KISS 7. DEAD ON IT 8. JUGHEAD 9. PURPLE RAIN 10. LIVE 4 LOVE 11. LIVELY UP YOURSELF 12. DELIRIOUS 13. WILLING & ABLE 14. DAMN U

Disc 2

1. SEXY MF 2. ORIENTAL INTRO 3. THIEVES IN THE TEMPLE 4. IT 5. A NIGHT IN TUNISIA 6. STROLLIN' 7. INSATIABLE 8. GETT OFF 9. GETT OFF (HOUSESTYLE) - THE FLOW 10. CREAM 11. CHAIN OF FOOLS

2 CD
Label : Moonraker
Catalogue : # 098-099
Disc Length : 62:50 / 48:31
Source : Soundboard Recording
Sound Quality : EX+
Year Of Release : 1996