I used to have this tape...of some show...from somewhere I don't even know, it may have been atlanta. All I know is it had THE best live version of purple rain on it...it was a full length version or close to it. I listened to that tape so much that one day...it broke! :OMG: (and my boyfriend was like "YES"!) I never made a copy of it!!! Now I would LOVE to get my hands on a great live version of purple rain again. Can anyone tell me what their fav version is and where it comes from? please! thanx

19 Min. ver. of Purple Rain on the Purple Finale
bootleg!!! Great show. Great sound!!!

Disorder said:

ahh thank you! do you knwo where that show was from?

atlanta '85, from city lights?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

is that the one I'm talking about? do you have it? Does PR kick ass on it? tell me tell me PLEASE!!

1986 from the last show with The Revolution. That solo is amazing!! I think I read that he broke several strings of the guitar on that one. It sounds highly likely.

Shorty said:

depends...does p give that lil speech that goes like, "listen--we don't have much time left on this earth...please try to love one another, alright? it's okay...we can do it!!!" at the end of the song? cuz that's on the atlanta '85 version...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

hmm...I don't remember any speeches...crap! must not be the one...how bout the other one that sabaisabai
was talkin' about ...in 86?
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Man, I never liked Purple Rain that much. I always thought it was so drawn out and long...until I heard the version from the RAVE INTO YEAR 2000 dvd. His performance on that was just incredible and you could see his fierce expresions all over his face. This made me finally love Purple Rain and now I acually enjoy listening to the long versions.

Amazing what some time and a great performance can do for someone.

Japan 89 . .. not Sendai but another Soundboard cut . . .. .just amazing solo.!
havent heard the final Revolution show,gotta get a hold of that one now!

at the end of atl 85 . . .i love when he yells "d'yall have a good time?? D'YALL HAVE A GOOD TIME???
WELL SOOO DIIID III!!!"
that is pretty fuckin awesome!
he kicked ass & he knew it!
& he's lettin every one know!
just brilliant,like a lil kid soaking up everything

It's a toss-up between Syracuse '85 and First Ave '83. I don't feel the actual sounding of the song in First Ave '83 is his best, but if you watch his performance (the first ever live performance of Purple Rain) and see the emotion on his face, and see how 5 minutes earlier he accepted a reward in MPLS on stage and he was clean and dry, but when he comes out for the enocre of Purple Rain he is drenched in sweat so caught up in emotion that he can't even sing the first line to the song when he is supposed to, that might be my favorite performance. My favorite sounding performance is Syracuse '85.

-phunk

Shorty said:

'86 i don't have, so i dunno...

thanx for the info everyone.

Purple Finale: Prince & The Revolution
Live at the Orange Bowl. Miami Florida
April 7th 1985. Last show of the Purple
Rain tour. It's a ThunderBall bootleg.
I hope this helps:-)