Post Description

Serial #.............: Fan Release
Artist...............: Prince
Album................: The Rules
Year.................: 2004
Genre................: Concert
Comment..............: Musicology Tour, Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, 9th September 2004
Type.................: Bootleg
Duration.............: 64:09 / 60:53
Cover(s) Included....: Yes
Audio Format.........: Lossless
Bitrate..............: Flac
Source...............: Audience Recording (Quality : EX-)


Tracklist:

Disc 1 

1. Musicology   2. Let's Go Crazy   3. I Would Die 4 U   4. When Doves Cry - 
1999 (intro)   5. Baby I'm A Star   6. Shhh   7. D.M.S.R. (including Crazy In 
Love)   8. No Diggity   9. Pass The Peas   10. Rhonda Solo - Mike Scott Solo - 
D.M.S.R. (outro)   11. A Love Bizarre (intro) - The Glamorous Life (intro) - I 
Feel For You   12. Controversy (including I Want To Take You Higher - 
Housequake)   13. Renato Interlude   14. Georgia On My Mind   15. Sometimes It 
Snows In April

Disc 2 

1. Little Red Corvette   2. Cream   3. I Wanna Be Your Lover   4. Prince And The 
Band   5. Alphabet St.   6. The Rules   7. On The Couch   8. (I Can't Get No) 
Satisfaction   9. Raspberry Beret   10. 7   11. Pop Life   12. Call My Name   
13. Let's Work   14. Freek-A-Leek   15. U Got The Look   16. Life 'O' The Party  
 17. Knock On Wood   18. Kiss   19. Take Me With U   20. 777-9311
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I really rate both the content and quality of this recording quite highly. 
Firstly, the show is incomplete and missing the closing encores (no 'Purple 
Rain', etc) and that is a pity as I actually enjoy the version of 'Purple Rain' 
from this tour. The remainder of the show is a pretty straightforward 2nd leg 
Musicology concert. Prince includes a few lines from 'I Want To Take You Higher' 
(as he does during the last 2 nights in San Jose) during the Controversy jam, 
and again the fantastic bass groove over 'Freek-A-Leek' is played. The acoustic 
set contains (again, as with the following San Jose shows) a very lengthy take 
on the the peculiar song listed here as 'The Rules' - clocking in at nearly 8 
minutes long. The quality of the recording is surprisingly good. The audience 
are audible throughout (including a few comments from a female regarding 
Rhonda's wardrobe choices), however they do not detract from the show at all. If 
I have one complaint, it is the bass is rather heavy during a few tracks - 
otherwise it's a fine example of what an audience recorded show can sound like.