March 21. 1987
1st Avenue
Sign'O'TheTimes Open Rehearsal
1.Intro ...and 4 those of U on valium, my name is Prince...
2.Housequake
3.Girls & Boys
4.Slow Love
5.Hot Thing
6.Now's The Time *
7.Strange Relationship
8.Forever In My Life
9.Kiss
10.It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night

I dont play much prince these days. but i gave this one a spin a few weeks ago

Sweet show

great little rehearsal show. this was one of the first bootlegs i bought - He's Got The Look. Was a great feeling back then to find such a release.

TheDigitalGardener said:

Great show. Strange relationship is frighteningly good.

Agreed. Best one at rehearsal and then stangely dropped for the whole tour. Only Prince!

TheDigitalGardener said:

Great show. Strange relationship is frighteningly good.

My favorite from that, I loved the song rendition more than the 'jam session 2nd half'

I love any and all renditions of that song though. Fun he didn't really include it in the main show

OldFriends4Sale said:

When shoulder pads ruled the world! I actually have a Prince shoulder pad strangely enough. It was from his shirt he threw into the crowd in 86 singing Electic Man. I caught it, but being young and naive I didn't whisk it staight down. It was in my hand for one second before the rabid fans around me rushed in like a pack of wolves tearing it apart. I was left with one shoulder pad.

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OldFriends4Sale said:

WOWZERZZ!!! HE IS JUST HOTNESS!!! a friend of mines husband is over in minn right now and sent me some pics via email..of paisley and first ave. I had to school him a little first though. . He didnt know nothing about nothing! such a shame! He's a brother from another kind of mother..who is just 3 yrs shy of P. and didnt know anything about the Purple 1! just utter shamfulness in his part, so i inparted to him a little knowledge.

and now ... of course the brother cant get enuff of P's music!!!

TheDigitalGardener said:

Great show. Strange relationship is frighteningly good.

Damn sure is..extremely funky version. This is the same version he released through NPGMC!!

I love this rehearsal show. The only problem is I need the valium afterwards.

Always found this show interesting for the fact he introduces his polka dot suit as one of the 'new friends'...interesting as he shelved this style for the upcoming tour in favour of the leather trench coat and denims along with peach & black attire before once again raiding the closet a year later for the LoveSexy polka dot era.

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TheDigitalGardener said:

Great show. Strange relationship is frighteningly good.

My DVD of this always gets really gippy around this part of the show as I've absolutely rinsed this song... easily in my top ten Prince live performances this track

batman89 said:

Always found this show interesting for the fact he introduces his polka dot suit as one of the 'new friends'...interesting as he shelved this style for the upcoming tour in favour of the leather trench coat and denims along with peach & black attire before once again raiding the closet a year later for the LoveSexy polka dot era.

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well spotted!

(sorry couldn't resist)

The second I heard Prince's voice introducing everyone...in rehearsal...made me feel special that I was a part of it...even if that means listening to the bootleg cd in Los Angeles a year later...and even now in 2013...it's magical!

I love this show so much...still listen regularly. Strange Relationship is the highlight for sure. I also love this version of Girls & Boys as well.

ComeHereLetMeCutYourHair said:

The second I heard Prince's voice introducing everyone...in rehearsal...made me feel special that I was a part of it...even if that means listening to the bootleg cd in Los Angeles a year later...and even now in 2013...it's magical!

He was trying to push some of the new(not so new) members ... like Cat

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but the people that got the LOUDEST were Sheila E, Dr Fink, & Eric Leeds

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Had 2 be a bit weird 4 Dr Fink I bet, even Sheila & Eric, because they performed and recorded with the Revolution since 1984/84 Dr Fink with certain band members since the beginning

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I think it was a 1990 interview were it was obvious from Dr Finks words that things had drastically changed. And he commented on the motives of the new band members...

Something irreplacable of people who believed in you from before stardom, when you were recording/rehearsing in makeshift studios, no one knowing who you(Prince) were/was

LOVE the video clips!!!!!

----- Now that's how you Throw Some S*** Down -----

OldFriends4Sale said: