Prince/Sapporo, Japan 10.21.2001

It was already a huge, huge, huge acclaim, it was said to have surpassed his first visit to Japan, no, it was the best live performance of his life, I don’t care if I die! Prince’s Japan visit drew everyone into a whirlpool of emotion! It was the first to be announced, and there were rumors that it would be a secret gig, but the result was a live performance that exceeded expectations, recorded with high quality audience sound at the Sapporo Welfare Pension Hall on November 21, 2002! Eric Leeds was scheduled to take over as horn instead of Maceo Parker on this day, but Maceo was pleased with the great content of the Japanese performance, so Maceo stayed, and Eric also participated in the performance, which was a big happening at the Sapporo performance! The tension was already at its maximum from Prince’s wonderful drum solo! Eric’s wonderful sax solo in Money Don’t Mater 2nite! Ah Eric, you’re here too! Above all, it’s a rare performance of Power Fantastic! This really melts your heart. Prince and the band perform a classic song that you can’t listen to without crying, in a gentle and jazzy way! In 1+1+1=3, Prince takes the rhythm with James Brown’s phrase on the guitar, and the band tightens up, and the horns, led by Maceo, respond to it. This is the best moment of the Japan tour! The funky groove that seems to go on forever suddenly breaks with the performance of Question Of U, and this moment is truly the best Prince band ever, and it’s a great performance! In addition, the drum solo by John Blackwell, the best drummer in the history of Prince’s band, the pause and bounce, the sense of rhythm, it’s a speechless performance! And without a pause, the Santana Medley, which is not often performed on the ONA tour, is performed by this current best lineup, and it is a wonderful medley that is somehow jazzy and rockish, something you’ve never heard before, and I’m sure the people of Sapporo were satisfied with just this performance! And in Gotta Broke Heart Again, Maceo shows off his best saxophone that will make you swoon! The band also came together to play Everlasting Now before the encore, and it was a powerful performance that seemed to pound into the audience what funk is! The encore began with Prince’s guitar cutting to start Alphabet St. The jam that followed was also a world where your body tingled, you jumped, you couldn’t stop dancing! Then, as expected, Pass The Peas came out, led by Maceo’s MC, and JB funk unfolded with a big horn performance by Greg and Eric, this is really heavy! And at the end, All The Critics Love U In Japan, where Prince’s keyboards were the center of the cool groove that got the audience going! It was a dream-like live performance, the best! There was no after show during this visit to Japan, but since this Sapporo performance was billed as a secret gig, it may have been a live performance that added the same club gig elements as the Sendai performance. That’s why many people were unable to attend this Sapporo performance, so please enjoy it with this item! This is the best must-have item for Japanese Prince fans! ! ! ! ! ! ! KOSEI NENNKIN HALL SAPPOLO JAPAN NOV 21, 2001 Disc 1 Prince Drum Solo/The Rainbow Children Pop Life Money Don`t Mater 2nite Purple Rain The Work Pt.1 Power Fantastic 1+1+1=3（Incl. Love Rollercoaster/Turn It Loose/Housequake) Question Of U /Drum Solo Sanatana Medely Disc 2 When You Were Mine Gotta Broken Heart Again The Ride Sign Of The Times Take Me With U Raspberry Beret The Everlasting Now Alphabet St. / Jam Pass The Peas All The Critics Love U In Japan/Love Bizarre