were any concerts from the gold experience tour pro shot in full? or were they all bootlegs?

There weren't any shows from this tour recorded for broadcast on TV or release on home video that I can recall.

Great tour though

that depends ... 1995 apr 1 The Sunday Show contains pro shot material from London 2005.

I went to this show in Manchester (UK)-where I live. I loved it but it was a technical disaster-Princed kept on disappearing to sort out the sound system. he also refused to play any major hits. People wer walking out. However for me it was great as I was in an enclosed area at the front and was screaming at Prince and Mayte

I went to that concert - March 11th. I was 16 and my mother let me have the day off school. That was the 1st time i ever saw him live. My jaw nearly hit the floor when he came out the travelator with a big beaming smile. I knew most of the tracks he played because i had the beautiful experience boot.

I can barely remember anything that happened as i was just in too much shock and awe. One incident does stick in my mind though. He unzipped his high waisted trousers right open, reached in and grabbed his twig and berries and gave them a good ol' shake.

I have never ever seen a bootleg recording of any manchester show. Does anybody know if they were ever any released?

Probably no tv channel/video label bothered with it since there was nothing for the general public on this show.

LiveToTell86 said:

Or no TV channel had the rights to show it before midnight

jcurley said:

I felt the same, I loved hearing the Gold Experience material live, and stuff like 7, Pink Cashmere, I Love U In Me, but I could see all around people moaning because they weren't getting the hits. That's why the O2 shows were a big success, casual listeners just want the stuff they know.

NouveauDance said:

I forgot i heard Pink Cashmere-I love that song. Thanks for reminding me. You are right about the O2 tour. Prince has learned to strip the approach in two.Mainstream nostalgia and then hard core Prince. The Indigo Night concerts were a perfect example of this

jcurley said:

I came up to Manchester after seeing all the Wembley shows only to find that half the stage set had been left back in London cos it cost too much to have it moved!!

The Wembley gigs had sound problems too, I remember one night Eric Leeds made a guest appearance and performed a solo without his mike switched on, we just sat through 3 or 4 minutes of total silence!!

3121 said:

Luckily for me I was not 16 and went to the pub opposite the (Then) G-Mex,they were playing Prince, what a great day!

NouveauDance said:

I think the magic is on the music from 1978-1989 personally

What I love is to hear his post 1989 music mixed in with the magic music

I do that alot when I'm trying to get into his new(er) music

jcurley said:

which made it the best tour he's ever done!! plus if people were walking out, then it proves how some don't follow his career closely cause that whole era was about putting prince 2 bed and allowing 2 reach new levels.

NouveauDance said:

and that's what made the O2 shows so

L4OATheOriginal said:

I'll take your word for it. I passed on them completely for that very reason.

L4OATheOriginal said:

Hey you are preaching to the converted-just saying how it was

NouveauDance said:

smart move

jcurley said:

i know what ur saying cause when i saw him in nyc in 94 and a whole lot of us were watching the show with our jaws dropped and imersing in the funk, some dipshit was complaining that he didn't do LRC

This is the tour i have least memory of, i seem to recall being sat at the back of Sheffield Arena in the UK and he did 'America' at some point, i confuse this with ActII though cause it was at the same venue (Which i hate).

Some tours stick in the memory over others.

"vicky waiting" from the gold tour finale in japan

Saw this show both nights in Dublin and Oh My G God
He detoured Dublin for the big tours ie. Parade, SOTT and Lovesexy which I would loved to have seen live.
Then he brought Nude(Cork), and Diamonds and Pearl and I was in awe.We missed Act II as well and then came Gold.
This was/is the show for the fanatic.
If you ain't seen it,find it.
This was the show where the NPG were there tightest.
The track list,were of dreams to come.
And do we have to mention Mayte's Ass OH MAN!
The shows since have technacly have been fine,technacly.
But this tour was raw and I loved it.
The tour was better then the albums it was promoting
To me Prince is all about that rawness in his music.

xenon said:

I thought the Gold Experience tour was the one where he played Earls Court. Am I remembering it wrong?

DoctorMambo said:

Nah that was Diamonds and Pearls in 92.. I just remembered I went to one of the Birmingham shows later on in the tour too, all the sound problems seemed to have been fixed by then and it was a pretty flawless show if I remember correctly.

Incidentally the name of this tour was actually The Ultimate Live Experience Tour and there were no dates in 94 (just me being picky, sorry! )

Should have been called the TDK tour for the sheer amount of samples and tapes.

Good tour but not a patch on Parade, SOTT, Lovesexy or ONA.

we will eventually see pro shot footage from this tour...unless that guy (interviewed about lotusflow3r) was talking out of his arse. time will tell