Sheila E. Kanagawa, Japan 1990

Sheila E.’s performance in Japan during her illusory period has been unearthed! This live performance at Yokohama Arena on July 17, 1990 was recorded with a super high-quality audience. After the Lovesexy tour, Prince’s band broke up, and Sheila completed her fourth album with Prince, but it was shelved. Sheila was in poor health and was resting, but around that time she participated in a festival called Kirin Gigs. This is a live recording from that time. The live version is “Love On A Blue Train,” which can only be heard here, and “A Love Bizarre” is shocking with the guitar cutting of “Batdance” as the intro. And while incorporating arrangements from Prince’s Parade tour, it has its own unique development and is a great performance. The first single from the third album, “Hold Me,” is not written by Prince, but it is rare to hear it performed, and it offers pure mellow R&B. “Holly Rock” is soulful with female chorus, and the saxophone and guitar cutting are a little different from usual, making it a very fresh live version. And “The Glamorous Life”, which can be said to be a long version, makes you think it’s over, but then starts again. Sheila was the first to appear at the festival, and you’ll surely understand that she really got the crowd excited when you listen to it. Sheila’s fourth album, “Sex Cymbal”, which was made without the help of Prince, was released in April 1991, but in 1990 she started writing songs in the studio with Michael Peter, J.P. Charles, and David Gamson, a key figure in Scritti Politti. However, the songs were still not complete enough to be performed live, and as a result, many of these Prince songs were included in the set list. Kirin Gigs, Yokohama, Yokohama Arena July 17, 1990 Intro Love On A Blue Train Erotic City A Love Bizarre Hold Me Merci For The Speed ​​Of A Mad Clown In Summer Holly Rock The Glamorous Life