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Thread started 06/17/11 8:19am

802

Does Zapp and The Time's performances from the Controversy Tour exist on video?

Not asking for bootlegs on this site. I'm just curious because I never heard of this footage, if it does exist.

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Reply #1 posted 06/17/11 11:29am

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802 said:

Not asking for bootlegs on this site. I'm just curious because I never heard of this footage, if it does exist.

I won't be surprised if it does exist but, if so it's locked in the vault.

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Reply #2 posted 06/17/11 12:02pm

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According to a Time fansite:

14.02.1982 • Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA [bootleg info]
15.02.1982 • Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA [audio available]
16.02.1982 • Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA [30 min. audio available] [35 min. video available w/Prince

Then there's the two gigs they did at the Roxy in L.A. in bewteen the Controversey & 1999 tours:

16.02.1982 • The Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, CA [concert info] [bootleg info] [bootleg info] [bootleg info] [45 min. video available]
08.03.1982 • First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN [bootleg info] [65 min. video available w/Prince]

Other then the Live at The Roxy gigs, I didn't even know there's video for the gigs above exist. The 1st Avenue gig is a Prince gig and there's video for that ?!

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Reply #3 posted 06/17/11 12:49pm

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Apparently part of the 2/16/82 performance was on YouTube at some point: http://prince.org/msg/5/192831

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Reply #4 posted 06/17/11 1:56pm

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alphachannel said:

Apparently part of the 2/16/82 performance was on YouTube at some point: http://prince.org/msg/5/192831

There's an FM broadcast from Europe circulating, but it doesn't have the Dance 2 The Beat part with Prince. The audio on the video itself for the two gigs sound horrible. Now if I can only learn how to replace it with the FM recording, I'd be set.

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Reply #5 posted 06/18/11 7:20am

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Reply #6 posted 06/18/11 10:08am

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I saw Zapp and THe Time on the Controversy tour from the front roqw - back when festival seating was permitted in arenas. It was my first Prince gig. I remember taking pictures and being the only one with a camera in the place (today, everyone in the house has a camera phone recording the show). I thought Zapp would never stop playing - I recall Roger just being over the top. I remember how white Prince's boots were and how cool Dez ad Morris Day looked to me then. Lisa and Bobby Z looked sleazy just like the photos on the record covers.

What a great video if this tour was capture on pro shot film...hmmm...I watch it every few months to go back to my younger days.

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Reply #7 posted 06/18/11 1:11pm

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There is very good pro-shot footage of a Prince set from this tour, but I don't think there is any footage of The Time and/or Zapp in circulation.

http://main.thedigitalgar...it-81.html

Video footage seems to be from 3(?) different cameras, with some very nice close up shots.

[Edited 6/18/11 13:11pm]

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