Indigo Nights
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September 17th and 22nd, 2007 |
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| Label (s) | NPG Records | |||
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CD |
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15th |
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77:00 |
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Prince |
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indigO 2 , London 2007 |
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Indigo Nights is the fourth live album by the US musician Prince and the last to be released during his lifetime. He released it on September 30, 2008 on his music label NPG Records . Indigo Nights is only available as a CD supplement to the Coffee Table Book 21 Nights by Prince and photographer Randee St. Nicholas, distributed by Simon & Schuster . The tracklist is a compilation of the aftershows on September 17 and 22, 2007, which Prince played in the London music club indigO 2 .
The music on the album belongs to the genre R&B , funk , soul , pop and rock . Beverley Knight and Maceo Parker are guest musicians , and Prince plays a cover version of the Led Zeppelin hit Whole Lotta Love . The CD Indigo Nights was not included in the international charts and therefore had no opportunity to achieve gold or platinum status .
Emergence
From August 1 to September 21, 2007 Prince gave 21 concerts in the O 2 arena in London and called the tour 21 Nights in London: The Earth Tour . The concerts were all sold out and grossed a total of 22 million US dollars. After Prince finished the tour, he returned to Beverly Hills , California, where he had rented a villa at the time. There he invited various executives from the music industry to his home to talk to them about new sales opportunities for his music. About the meeting, Prince told Claire Hoffman of the US magazine The New Yorker that he “got the hearts and minds of the music moguls”. You sit with them and you can understand "how they see things".
Prince decided not to work with any recording company anymore. Although his records appear on his own music label NPG Records , he chose other channels for distribution. For Indigo Nights , he decided to cooperate with the US book publisher Simon & Schuster . Prince signed a contract to release the live CD Indigo Nights in combination with the Coffee Table Book 21 Nights for $ 50. "I'm really proud of this," said Prince of the work.
According to the US Boulevard - site RadarOnline.com the literary agency Vigliano Associates filed in April 2009 filed a lawsuit against Prince one. The agency believed that Prince had already been signed with them as “the exclusive agent for negotiations on a publishing deal” for two projects with book publisher Simon & Schuster and a special edition with British publisher Kraken Opus. In the summer of 2008 Vigliano Associates wanted to conclude the contract with Prince. After their portrayal, neither Prince nor Simon & Schuster had contacted them again. Due to the miscommunication, Vigliano Associates had lost the promised 15 percent commission , which corresponds to a sum of 200,000 US dollars. Neither Prince nor Simon & Schuster had commented on the indictment and nothing has become public about the outcome.
Aftershows
At 13 of the 21 concerts in London, Prince played an aftershow after the main concert, i.e. another concert after midnight. The aftershows were officially announced and took place in the indigO2 music club , which is located within the O 2 arena . Entry was £ 25, which at the time was about 37 euros. The capacity was approximately 2,500 spectators. Candy Dulfer (August 2nd), Mýa (August 19th) and will.i.am (September 2nd) took part in some of these after-shows as musical guests.
The aftershow on September 17th, 2007 was the twelfth and penultimate in the indigO2 music club . At this aftershow Prince played the seven songs 3121 , Girls & Boys , The Song of the Heart , Delirious , Just Like U (monologue) , Satisfied and Beggin 'Woman Blues and the songs mentioned were also in this order on the Indigo Nights CD recorded. Prince also played covers of Tom's Diner and Over the Rainbow , but did not place them on Indigo Nights .
The last after show on September 22nd opened Amy Winehouse , who sang Love Is a Losing Game . This song was not published on Indigo Nights , but the eight songs Rock Steady , Whole Lotta Love , All the Critics Love U in London , Misty Blue , Baby Love , Alphabet St. , Indigo Nights and The One did . These eight songs were arranged in a different order on Indigo Nights than they were actually performed; For example, Prince All the Critics played Love U in London after the first third of the aftershow and not as the last song. He also played cover versions of the songs Come Together , What Have You Done for Me Lately and Villanova Junction by Jimi Hendrix , which he also did not publish.
music
Music styles from the genres R&B , funk , soul , pop and rock are available on the Indigo Nights CD .
The song 3121 belongs to the funk genre. Right at the beginning there are horn sections of the songs The Entertainer , Alexander's Ragtime Band and Music! Music! Music! integrated. Music! Music! Music! was written by Stephen Weiss and Bernie Baum in 1949. Prince mixed the lyrics of 3121 with those of DMSR from his 1999 album .
The following songs Girls & Boys , The Song of the Heart and Delirious are played in a kind of medley and have a smooth transition. The songs can also be assigned to the funk genre. Delirious also contains elements from the rockabilly genre . The medley ends with Prince's improvised spoken monologue Just Like U (monologue) . This monologue is accompanied by subtle drumming in the background and brass players.
The R&B ballad Satisfied includes a saxophone solo by Mike Phillips. The song has a smooth transition to the piece Beggin 'Woman Blues , which is a medley from the songs Beggin' Woman and Three Handed Woman . Similar to Just Like U (monologue) , Beggin 'Woman Blues is accompanied by discreet drumming in the background.
The song Rock Steady is from the genre funk and rock. Beverley Knight takes over the vocals, accompanied by Prince on guitar. Whole Lotta Love is also from the rock genre and is played as an instrumental version , with Prince acting as lead guitarist .
Alphabet St. includes an alto saxophone solo by Maceo Parker . As the song progresses, it evolves into a jam session that contains chants from (Eye Like) Funky Music . (Eye Like) Funky Music can be found on the 1998 album Newpower Soul by Prince's backing band The New Power Generation .
Indigo Nights is essentially an instrumental piece. At the beginning, “London knows how to party” chants from Prince can be heard. The melody and rhythm are based on the song Get On the Boat from Prince's album 3121 .
The two songs Misty Blue and Baby Love are sung by Shelby J .; Misty Blue is a ballad from the genres of soul and pop music. Baby Love can be assigned to funk and rock.
The ballad The One begins with the melody and rhythm of The Question of U from Prince's 1990 album Graffiti Bridge , Mike Phillips plays a saxophone solo in the live version. Prince sings the lyrics to The One and Maceo Parker plays an alto saxophone solo. Then Renato Neto can be heard performing a keyboard solo.
The last song is originally called All the Critics Love U in New York . For the concert series in London, Prince changed the lyrics to All the Critics Love U in London . During the course of the song, Morris Hayes plays a keyboard solo. After the song has finished, the first 30 seconds of Batdance can be heard from the tape .
List of titles and publications
| No. | song | author | length |
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| 1 | 3121 | Prince | 7:43 |
| 2 | Girls & Boys | Prince | 4:04 |
| 3 | The Song of the Heart | Prince | 1:39 |
| 4th | Delirious | Prince | 2:00 |
| 5 | Just Like U (monologue) | Prince | 2:49 |
| 6th | Satisfied | Prince | 6:18 |
| 7th | Beggin 'Woman Blues | Prince, Ben Raleigh, Cousin Joe , Hilda Taylor | 6:42 |
| 8th | Rock Steady (lead vocals: Beverley Knight ) | 1972 by Aretha Franklin | 6:36 |
| 9 | Whole Lotta Love (instrumental version) | 1969 by Led Zeppelin | 4:41 |
| 10 | Alphabet St. | Prince | 6:08 |
| 11 | Indigo Nights | Prince | 3:40 |
| 12 | Misty Blue (lead vocals: Shelby J.) | 1966 by Bob Montgomery | 4:25 |
| 13 | Baby Love (lead vocals: Shelby J.) | 1977 Jerry Seay of Mother's Finest | 3:53 |
| 14th | The One | Prince | 9:07 |
| 15th | All the Critics Love U in London | Prince | 7:05 |
On September 30, 2008, the book publisher Simon & Schuster published the live CD Indigo Nights as a supplement to the Coffee Table Book 21 Nights . The CD is located on the inside of the front cover . After One Nite Alone, Indigo Nights is … Live! (2002) and C-Note (2003) the third and last live album by Prince, which was released during his lifetime. Unlike the previous live albums published on Prince Indigo Nights five cover versions .
Beggin 'Woman Blues is a medley of the songs Beggin' Woman by Cousin Joe from 1947 and Three Handed Woman by Ben Raleigh and Hilda Taylor from 1950; Prince wrote additional lyrics . The piece Misty Blue was published in 1966 by the American songwriter Bob Montgomery. He originally wrote the song for Brenda Lee , but she turned it down. Whole Lotta Love released Led Zeppelin from their album Led Zeppelin II as a single in 1969 and Rock Steady released Aretha Franklin on their album Young, Gifted and Black in 1971 . The song Baby Love was written by Jerry Seay of the band Mother's Finest in 1977 , who released it on the album Another Mother Further .
The remaining ten songs are by Prince; Delirious and All the Critics Love U in New York were released on the album in 1999 (1982). Girls & Boys appeared on the album Parade (1986). The track Alphabet St. was released on the album Lovesexy (1988). The One released Prince on the Newpower Soul (1998) album by The New Power Generation . 3121 and Satisfied can be found on the album 3121 (2006). Prince released The Song of the Heart , also in 2006, only on the soundtrack to the animated film Happy Feet .
The two songs Just Like U (monologue) and Indigo Nights were previously unreleased; no studio versions of them exist.
The book 21 Nights
The 256-page Coffee Table Book 21 Nights chronologically documents Prince's stay in London during his tour from August 1 to September 21, 2007. During this time, he was accompanied by photographer Randee St. Nicholas, who attended every single concert day recorded in the illustrated book . During the tour in London, Prince briefly traveled to Prague with Nicholas to shoot the music video for the song Somewhere Here on Earth with her . Therefore, photos from the Czech capital are also included in the book.
The 256 pages of 21 Nights contain mostly photos showing Prince; these show him, for example, during rehearsals in his hotel room at the luxury hotel The Dorchester in London or during live performances in the O 2 arena . In the foreword , Randee St. Nicholas writes about Prince that he is “an artist who is really like no other.” About the Prince photos, she said: “It may seem glamorous to other people, but [concert life] is his comfort zone. It's not that he's changing clothes to be Prince 'outside'. No, the guy just looks great 24 hours a day. ”The book also shows the dancers Maya and Nandy McClean and members of the backing band The New Power Generation .
In addition to the photos, there are some poems and rhymes written by Prince in the book . In addition, the lyrics of his then current album Planet Earth are printed. In addition, the lyrics of the Prince songs Days of Wild (1998), What's My Name (1998), Musicology (2004) and 3121 (2006) are printed in full or in part.
The British publisher Opus Kraken published the book 21 Nights in a special edition called The Prince Opus , limited to 950 copies worldwide, for US $ 2,100. In addition to the live CD Indigo Nights, this edition contains an Apple iPod touch with 40 minutes of live footage from the concert series in London. Originally, a competition was to take place among buyers in 2009, when all copies have been sold. Among other things, the winner should receive the book 21 Nights in a so-called “Number-One-Edition” as a unique specimen with 21 brilliant-cut diamonds and 5 purple-colored diamonds . Karl Fowler, founder and chief executive officer of Opus Kraken , said that a third of the 950 copies of The Prince Opus were sold in the first weekend after its release in 2007. The promotion ultimately ran until 2014, but a winner was never announced publicly. 2020, four years after Prince's death, the special edition is The Prince Opus for the equivalent of 2,000 euros remains on the site of Opus Kraken be ordered online.
reception
The mass media showed little interest in the CD Indigo Nights and the book 21 Nights ; For example, Allmusic , laut.de and Rolling Stone did not review the album or the book. 21 Nights reached number nine in the nonfiction - bestseller list of The New York Times .
literature
- Jason Draper: Chaos, Disorder, And Revolution. Backbeat Books, New York 2011, ISBN 978-0-87930-961-9 , OCLC 664668943 .
- Randee St. Nicholas: 21 Nights. Atria Books, New York London Toronto Sydney 2008, ISBN 978-1-4165-5444-8 OCLC 222250633 .
- Ronin Ro: Prince - Inside the Music and the Masks. St. Martin's Press, New York 2011, ISBN 978-0-312-38300-8 , OCLC 428027211 .
- Matt Thorne: Prince. Faber and Faber, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-571-27349-2 , OCLC 794814748 .
- Mick Wall : Prince - Purple Reign. Orion Publishing Group Ltd, Great Britain 2016, ISBN 978-1-4091-6920-8
Web links
- Princevault.com , information about the album Indigo Nights
- PrinceOpus.com , information on The Prince Opus special edition
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wall (2016), p. 178.
- ↑ a b Draper (2011), p. 218.
- ^ Ro (2011), p. 352.
- ↑ Smokey Fontaine: Prince Sued Over Photo Book. In: theurbandaily.com. April 23, 2009, accessed March 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Draper (2011), p. 223.
- ↑ Draper (2011), p. 226.
- ^ One-off Appearances (2000). In: Princevault.com. June 19, 2016, accessed March 16, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Thorne (2012), p. 433.
- ^ One-Off Performance - September 17, 2007 (am). In: Princevault.com. December 20, 2016, accessed March 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Thorne (2012), p. 435.
- ↑ One-Off Performance - September 22, 2007 (am). In: Princevault.com. December 20, 2016, accessed March 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Nicholas (2008), p. 3.
- ↑ Randee St. Nicholas website. 2017, accessed on March 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Draper (2011), pp. 217-218.
- ^ Opus website. 2020, accessed on March 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Best Sellers - Hardcover Nonfiction. In: nytimes.com. October 10, 2008, accessed March 16, 2017 .