Being that by 2002 Prince wanted to keep his set list fresh and purged many old stalwarts ( Purple Rain being the main casualty) the tour’s set list included long lost fan favourite such as The Question Of U and Joy In Repetition and are sadly omitted from this album.
One year since the curtain fell on its last show this double-disk set was released to keep those heady nights alive for those who went to what was really a master class of musicianship and an experience that continues to blow the mind of attendees years later. One Nite Alone… Live! captures the sound which swept fans away in 2002, Prince’s career musical peak. Worried that he was going to tour the piano album of the same name, the One Nite Alone Tour thankfully turned out to be the stuff fans’ dreams are made of. But then came along the One Nite Alone Tour, which is in my humble view his definitive tour. Prince once said if he ever released a live album it would have to be of the definitive show and being that his shows are always so varied, we all knew there was no such a thing as the ‘definitive show’. FormatĪlways opposed to releasing a live album, Prince finally give fans what they had been longing for since 1978.
Photography by Afshin Shahidi Performers Vocals/Guitar Prince Drums John Blackwell Keyboards Renato Neto Bass Guitar Rhonda Smith Trombone Greg Boyer Alto Sax Maceo Parker Saxophone Candy Dulfer Najee Data Production Prince Label NPG Records Distribution Big Daddy Music Cover/Design Afshin Shahidi and Sam Jennings Released 19 years, 2 months ago on 24 November 2002 Reissued as Up All Nite With Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection Running Time 2:04:34 US Chart Peak Not charted UK Chart Peak Not charted Orig. The three albums were also issued separately on vinyl – as originally available only on CD – the same day as the boxset. The original booklet was also faithfully reproduced. Sony Legacy reissued One Nite Alone… Live! on, repackaged as a boxset containing its original companion album The Aftershow: It Ain’t Over! as well as the DVD Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas – a filming of the tour’s final night that was captured for posterity – and the piano album One Nite Alone…, together they were repackaged with updated artwork by the original graphic artist Sam Jennings and titled Up All Nite With Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection. The boxset was mailed to the membership from 24 November 2002, before its wider commercial release on 17 December 2002 handled by Big Daddy Music Distribution. The intimate and stripped down format of the shows, as well as offering soundchecks and the best seating to subscribers of the, puts this tour as one of Prince’s most fondly remembered. The release was accompanied by a separately cased CD The Aftershow: It Ain’t Over! as well as a presentational picture booklet documenting the tour. One Nite Alone… Live! was released as a double album packaged in a piano shaped box-set and credited to Prince & the New Power Generation. Those exact shows where: Murat Theatre, Indianapolis on 11th March 2002 Warner Theatre, DC, 31 March Youkey Theatre, Lakeland, FL, April 6th Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston April 14th Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, 19th and 20th Paramount Theatre, Oakland, 24th Paramount Theatre, Seattle, April 29th and the Center For The Performing Arts, Portland, 30th April. It was compiled from recordings captured over nine concerts during the US leg of the One Nite Alone… Tour.
However, bending to fans’ demands, in 2002 Prince released One Nite Alone… Live! his first live album. The four albums were initially released on Prince’s own NPG Records, and marked his first LPs since he reverted his name from the “Love Symbol” back to Prince following his legal battle with Warner Bros.Īdditionally, the Prince estate and Legacy Recordings will release Up All Nite with Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection, a four-CD/one-DVD set that combines One Nite Alone … Live! and One Nite Alone … The Aftershow: It Ain’t Over! with the out-of-print concert film Prince Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas, documenting his December 15th, 2002, gig.Prince had always been opposed to releasing a live album, since all his tours were very different even from one show to the next, releasing a live album would never therefore produce the quintessential show. Prince’s 2001 LP, The Rainbow Children, and 2002 studio album, One Nite Alone …, will both be reissued on vinyl for the first time, while two live albums, the four-disc One Nite Alone … Live! and the double-LP One Nite Alone … The Aftershow: It Ain’t Over!, are also set for official rerelease.Īll of the reissued LPs - pressed on 150-gram clear ( The Rainbow Children) or purple vinyl (the One Nite Alone series) - arrive April 17th. Prince’s early-2000s output - much of it out of print - is featured in the next wave of reissues from the singer’s estate.
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