The digital format is a reissue of the CD version, made available on 26 March 2005 on NPG Music Club "Musicology Download Store".Īll songs written by Prince, except where noted.ġ Written by André Cymone (music) & Prince (lyrics) (uncredited)Ģ Lyrics written by Prince and Susannah Melvoinģ Written by Prince (lyrics), Wendy Melvoin (music) and Lisa Coleman (music) (uncredited)
The compact disc version is the original issue. The audio was recorded directly from the mix console of Prince’s long time sound engineer, Scottie Baldwin. Live Sampler promo made available a few months previously.
One track, Xenophobia, had not previously been released in any form, other than as a different live version on the One Nite Alone. The majority of tracks were originally from Prince’s studio albums between 19. Two tracks were originally on One Nite Alone., released six months earlier. Six of the album’s 27 tracks were originally on The Rainbow Children. The live tracks included on the release covered a large portion of Prince’s career. The tracklist is fairly representative of a typical night’s show on the tour, although it misses the number of cover versions performed regularly on the tour (such as A Case Of You, Love Rollercoaster, La-La Means I Love You and Sing A Simple Song), leaving only Prince compositions. The CD is the first audio document of Prince’s concerts and includes tracks from nine different shows from eight venues on the One Nite Alone. The Aftershow: It Ain’t Over! were also re-released on vinyl individually on the same day). The Aftershow: It Ain’t Over! albums as well as the Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas DVD ( The Rainbow Children, One Nite Alone. The box-set includes a new packaging and design by Sam Jennings, the One Nite Alone. On, The Prince Estate re-released the album with Sony’s Legacy Recordings on vinyl (individually) and a 4CD+DVD box set called Up All Nite With Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection. The Aftershow: It Ain’t Over! (the NPG Music Club edition also included a copy of One Nite Alone., which had previously been released through the club separately). It was available for purchase only as part of a 3CD box-set also including One Nite Alone. Live! is Prince’s first live album, credited to Prince and the New Power Generation (the first album to receive that credit since 1992’s ).
This album has not received any awards in the USA This album has not received any certifications in the USA Warner Theatre, Washington, DC, USA Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, IN, USA Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Portland, OR, USA Lakeland Center - Youkey Theatre, Lakeland, FL, USA Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, CA, USA Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA, USA Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA Verizon Wireless Theater, Houston, TX, USA Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, CA, USA The album included a cover of a Joni Mitchell song, “A Case of You,” which Prince would reprise on his final tour.24 November 2002 (first shipments sent to NPG Music Club members) The sound of One Nite Alone… would be explored by Prince again in late 2015 and early 2016, when he would perform solo concerts for the first time in his career on his Piano and a Microphone Tour. Notably, the album credits also include “ambient singing” by Prince’s beloved Paisley Park doves, Divinity and Majesty, who can be heard softly cooing in the background of the stirring final track, “Arboretum.” On the album, however, Prince performed in a stripped-down style that more closely mirrors the title of the album, with only John Blackwell accompanying him on some tracks on drums, and Prince accompanying himself on piano and synthesizer.
On the tour Prince was joined by a full band, and he performed backed by drummer John Blackwell, bassist Rhonda Smith, keyboardist Renato Neto, and a large horn section that included the revered James Brown saxophonist Maceo Parker. When the album was released, Prince was already in the midst of a successful One Nite Alone… Tour, which would take him across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan for the majority of 2002.