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Thread started 01/04/10 5:45pm

purplewisdom

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some of you Old skoolers help me here..Purple rush 2...?

when was the elec intercourse & Purple Rain recorded?

thanks

for some reason...this is one of my favs bootlegs.
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Reply #1 posted 01/04/10 6:20pm

TBeatty716

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I'm pretty sure it's from the 8/3/83 benefit concert at First Avenue. I haven't listened to that in a long time though so I might be wrong.
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Reply #2 posted 01/04/10 6:40pm

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I don't know if the First Avenue show is part of the Purple Rush series, but "Electric Intercourse"'s only recording is from that show in 1983, as TBeatty mentioned. There's also a recording from the rehearsal earlier that day.

"Purple Rain", "I Would Die 4 U", and "Baby I'm A Star" were all recorded there, and those takes (with a bit of overdubbing and lyric correction) ended up on the album. Those songs were "premiered" as well for the first time, as was "Computer Blue" and "Let's Go Crazy". Good show. There's video of it as well.
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Reply #3 posted 01/04/10 6:47pm

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props..mucho love!!
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Reply #4 posted 01/04/10 6:52pm

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purplewisdom said:

props..mucho love!!

Get a copy of Per Nilsen's Prince DMSR - The First Decade. That story is in there. Prince had a mobile recording truck rented for the event. It was a bit of a last minute idea. It was a blistering hot night in Minneapolis, and even hotter in the club. (I've been in there.....the ventilation is lacking at times.) They played the show, and Prince later asked the engineer "Did we get it?" He was told Yes, and he went on home.

If you read the credits in the Purple Rain album, it notes that those three songs were recorded at First Avenue in the summer of 1983.
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Reply #5 posted 01/04/10 7:09pm

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"the beautiful ones" is the third track on prince and the revolution's soundtrack album Purple Rain. produced, arranged, composed, and performed by prince, the song was recorded at sunset sound in los angeles by peggy mac and david leonard in early September 1983.


the song replaced "Electric Intercourse" on the purple rain album (1983). [rumor has it that] it was originally written for susannah melvoin (revolution band member wendy's twin sister) to woo her away from her then boyfriend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...tiful_Ones
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Reply #6 posted 01/04/10 7:10pm

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ernestsewell said:

purplewisdom said:

props..mucho love!!

Get a copy of Per Nilsen's Prince DMSR - The First Decade. That story is in there. Prince had a mobile recording truck rented for the event. It was a bit of a last minute idea. It was a blistering hot night in Minneapolis, and even hotter in the club. (I've been in there.....the ventilation is lacking at times.) They played the show, and Prince later asked the engineer "Did we get it?" He was told Yes, and he went on home.

If you read the credits in the Purple Rain album, it notes that those three songs were recorded at First Avenue in the summer of 1983.


im partially crunk right now..but ive subs this thread.

thank you ernest! I cannot wait to investigate the source!
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Reply #7 posted 01/05/10 1:39am

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See here for details of Electric Intercourse recordings:

http://prince.org/msg/7/220734?pr
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Reply #8 posted 01/06/10 10:44pm

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That show is the best Prince & The Revolution show circulating, period. Nothing more to add. cool
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