Ooooh yes!! I've just found a bundle of old tapes of mine & found my recording of this Radio 1 gig!! Ahhh man It's so funky! I remember my best pal & I tried ringing the BBC radio 1 phone number about 100 times to win a ticket for this gig. Did any one here on the org attend it? Apparently it was a thank you gig for his fans. We were in 6th year at school & skipped school this afternoon waiting for Prince to come on the radio. Ha ha, dancing about crazy in her kitchen in our school uniforms, thinking we were Mayte!! Ah sweet memories! "B4 we go, b4 we go, Hornz kick ass!"

I was not at the show but it's a great wee set. Peach is very memorable from what I remember, will have to dig it out again tonight for a listen.

This was a very busy day for Prince. He played the R1 gig during the day, then played the final Act II show in the evening at Wembley Arena, then a few hours after that he played the aftershow at Bagleys in Kings Cross.

Phew!

i think maybe his bst short set ever.

it is so tight!

Both 1999 & America are really super fast, funky versions. Listening to that band then, they are well tight & had a superb sound. You can't help be blown away. I find that wee radio 1 show very, very enjoyable to listen to!! Must admit, I do wish the npg I heard in the summer had sounded more like this. Was the radio presenter Simon Bates? The guy was speechless after he saw Prince do his thing! And no wonder!

SometimesIwonder said:

Both 1999 & America are really super fast, funky versions. Listening to that band then, they are well tight & had a superb sound. You can't help be blown away. I find that wee radio 1 show very, very enjoyable to listen to!! Must admit, I do wish the npg I heard in the summer had sounded more like this. Was the radio presenter Simon Bates? The guy was speechless after he saw Prince do his thing! And no wonder!

I'm pretty sure it was Simon Bates I remember him making a sarky comment about his bosses "if he doesn't how your head's on the block"

I listened to it live and got my sister in law to tape it.It's on the Rock Over Germany boot IIRC.

Think i'll go and dig it out

I don't remember this. Was it a live broadcast of a concert or did Prince go into the bbc studio?

catpark said:

I don't remember this. Was it a live broadcast of a concert or did Prince go into the bbc studio?

It was recorded before a small audience at BBC Broadcasting house and broadcast live during Simon Bates' R1 show.

Simon bates had received a call from Prince's people 3 days earlier saying that Prince wanted to do a live show on R1 for the fans who could not make it to his Wembley concerts, and as a sort of thank you to all fans.

http://www.princevault.co...er,_1993-m

TheDigitalGardener said:

catpark said:

I don't remember this. Was it a live broadcast of a concert or did Prince go into the bbc studio?

It was recorded before a small audience at BBC Broadcasting house and broadcast live during Simon Bates' R1 show.

Simon bates had received a call from Prince's people 3 days earlier saying that Prince wanted to do a live show on R1 for the fans who could not make it to his Wembley concerts, and as a sort of thank you to all fans.

Thanks M. See from the princevault he played about 7 songs, nice thought from Prince. He wouldn't do that now though

catpark said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

It was recorded before a small audience at BBC Broadcasting house and broadcast live during Simon Bates' R1 show.

Simon bates had received a call from Prince's people 3 days earlier saying that Prince wanted to do a live show on R1 for the fans who could not make it to his Wembley concerts, and as a sort of thank you to all fans.

Thanks M. See from the princevault he played about 7 songs, nice thought from Prince. He wouldn't do that now though

How can you not know about this Cat?

lol weren't you at the Bagleys show?

muirdo said:

catpark said:

Thanks M. See from the princevault he played about 7 songs, nice thought from Prince. He wouldn't do that now though

How can you not know about this Cat?

lol weren't you at the Bagleys show?

I know exactly where I was on that day of the bbc R1 broadcast, I was a young girl that just had a baby, and I think I was still in hospital too on that day or just came out. By then Prince was last on my list, it was like Prince who? My life with my husband and my 2 kids were my prority back then. Oh my how things have changed fom 20yrs ago.

The Bagleys show? what was that?

catpark said:

muirdo said:

How can you not know about this Cat?

lol weren't you at the Bagleys show?

I know exactly where I was on that day of the bbc R1 broadcast, I was a young girl that just had a baby, and I think I was still in hospital too on that day or just came out. By then Prince was last on my list, it was like Prince who? My life with my husband and my 2 kids were my prority back then. Oh my how things have changed fom 20yrs ago.

The Bagleys show? what was that?

Ive forgotten when my kids was born it wasn't 93! there 20 and 21! They'll kill me if they saw this Jesus I'm so stupid I swear lol!