If you're referring to the "Sign O' the Times" concert video, it has never been "legally" released in the U.S. on DVD, so you're lucky. Similarly, Prince recorded and released (on VHS) a Syracuse, New York concert performance from the Purple Rain tour (from March 1985), that never made it to DVD either. I was one of…

Point taken, but artists aren't always the best judges — a look at what Dylan chose to release v. initially keep under wraps between 1967 and 1991 or so proves that. And even the "not up to stuff" vault stuff often adds interesting context that some fans (like me) tend to appreciate. At the very least, certain…

As always, an annoying fact of life re: being a Prince fan is how hard it is to actually listen to some of his albums. Yes, TIDAL has most of them for streaming, but it is still missing—at the very least—the Black Album, Gold Experience, New Power Soul, Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, MPL Sound, and Crystal Ball. At…

Totally agree. I like the first 5 songs on Tom Joad, but the remainder is a boring wash for me, with little melody or variation in the tempos. Fine, but talky and unmemorable, whereas every song on Nebraska hangs with you (and the album's sequencing refocuses your attention as each song comes along). I appreciate…

A million times "YES" to "Emotionally Yours." The O'Jays did an unbelievably good version of that at the 30th Anniversary Dylan Special (i.e., the point at which everyone assumed Dylan was washed up and done).

The song is really carried by a great sample of Johnny Jenkins' cover of Dr. John's "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" with Duane Allman on slide guitar.

Sadly, as much as I love the guy, I think Alex Chilton could also be accused of wasting his talent — though due to indifference and intent (rather than a cash grab). To me, he is the greater tragedy. For Sting and Rod Stewart, for example, it's not like there was a conscious break, but rather that their worst traits…

Agreed. I met Woodward at a lunch several years ago, and asked him what it was like to have Robert Redford play him in a movie. He responded, "I've disappointed a lot of women."

You must not have seen the DVD/Blu-Ray then. There are extended outtakes on the subject of Chris Bell's likely homosexuality, including input from his brother and Van Duren.
From watching that footage, it is plain that, if Chris Bell was gay, he never talked about it with his brother or anyone, and no one has much to…