the combination of Prince album, how the music connects to the film, Protege albums, B sides long versions and all other music created-released and unreleased that came from this high time in Purple Reign History. A very productive and creative year for Prince accompanied by drastic change and a huge output of songs 2nd only 2 the Parade/Dream Factory sessions.

Purple Rain:Prince & the Revolution rel 6.25.84
24weeks 16.3 million copies Movie Soundtrack US
1stAvenue, Minneapolis
St. Louis Park warehouse
Sunset Sound 8.1983-3.1984

Ice Cream Castles:The Time rel 7.2.1984

Apollonia 6 [self titled] rel 10.1.1984
The Glamorous Life: Sheila E. 6.1984

Andre Cymone: Dance Electric rel 1985
Dez Dickerson: Modernaire
Sheena Easton: [A Private Heaven]Sugar Walls rel 10.1984

Prince: Guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, vocals.
Brownmark: Bass guitar, vocals.
Lisa Coleman: Keyboards, piano, sitar, vocals.
Wendy Melvoin: Guitars, vocals.
Dr. Fink: Keyboards, organ, vocals.
Bobby Z.: Drums, percussion.
David Coleman: Violin. (uncredited)
Suzie Katayama: Violin, viola. (uncredited)
Novi Novog: Cello. (uncredited)

[Edited 8/31/10 14:54pm]

Purple Rain the movie began as as the start of a concert film from Controversy calle the 2nd Coming, from there in Prince's famous purple notebook he began developing a movie called Dreams which Albert Magnoli title Purple Rain. the electricity of this era was magnified by the movie. What fans of Prince:For U-199 the Time & Vanity 6 understood about "Uptown" came to the big screen. And exciting time, the deleted scenes, the music, that intended music, the script with Vanity written in. the explicit scenes and the whole background including the infamous 1983 1st Avenue show that premiered live music that became the Purple Rain sound strack.Background myths and drama. Introducing the white cloud.

"We were all such babies, so hungry for success. With Purple Rain it
became a total family affair." JJ (Jill Jones)

P U R P L E R A I N

Screenplay
by
Albert Magnoli


Formerly Dreams by William Blinn

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BEFORE HE CREATED THE MUSIC, HE LIVED EVERY BIT OF IT

OldFriends4Sale said:

Purple Rain the movie began as as the start of a concert film from Controversy calle the 2nd Coming, from there in Prince's famous purple notebook he began developing a movie called Dreams which Albert Magnoli title Purple Rain.

Not true at all.

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04 NOV, 1984 ::::: Detroit, MI, USA – Joe Louis Arena
05 NOV, 1984 ::::: Detroit, MI, USA – Joe Louis Arena
07 NOV, 1984 ::::: Detroit, MI, USA – Joe Louis Arena
08 NOV, 1984 ::::: Detroit, MI, USA – Joe Louis Arena
09 NOV, 1984 ::::: Detroit, MI, USA – Joe Louis Arena
11 NOV, 1984 ::::: Detroit, MI, USA – Joe Louis Arena
12 NOV, 1984 ::::: Detroit, MI, USA – Joe Louis Arena
14 NOV, 1984 ::::: Greensboro, NC, USA – Greensboro Coliseum
15 NOV, 1984 ::::: Greensboro, NC, USA – Greensboro Coliseum
16 NOV, 1984 ::::: Greensboro, NC, USA – Greensboro Coliseum
18 NOV, 1984 ::::: Landover, MD, USA – Capital Centre
19 NOV, 1984 ::::: Landover, MD, USA – Capital Centre
20 NOV, 1984 ::::: Landover, MD, USA – Capital Centre
22 NOV, 1984 ::::: Philadelphia, PA, USA – Spectrum
23 NOV, 1984 ::::: Philadelphia, PA, USA – Spectrum
24 NOV, 1984 ::::: Philadelphia, PA, USA – Spectrum
26 NOV, 1984 ::::: Landover, MD, USA – Capital Centre
28 NOV, 1984 ::::: Landover, MD, USA – Capital Centre
29 NOV, 1984 ::::: Landover, MD, USA – Capital Centre
30 NOV, 1984 ::::: Landover, MD, USA – Capital Centre
02 DEC, 1984 ::::: Toronto, ON, Canada – Maple Leaf Gardens
03 DEC, 1984 ::::: Toronto, ON, Canada – Maple Leaf Gardens
05 DEC, 1984 ::::: Richfield, OH, USA – Richfield Coliseum
06 DEC, 1984 ::::: Richfield, OH, USA – Richfield Coliseum
09 DEC, 1984 ::::: Rosemont, IL, USA – Rosemont Horizon
10 DEC, 1984 ::::: Rosemont, IL, USA – Rosemont Horizon
11 DEC, 1984 ::::: Rosemont, IL, USA – Rosemont Horizon
13 DEC, 1984 ::::: Rosemont, IL, USA – Rosemont Horizon
14 DEC, 1984 ::::: Rosemont, IL, USA – Rosemont Horizon (m)
15 DEC, 1984 ::::: Lexington, KY, USA – Rupp Arena
17 DEC, 1984 ::::: Buffalo, NY, USA – Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
18 DEC, 1984 ::::: Buffalo, NY, USA – Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
20 DEC, 1984 ::::: St. Louis, MO, USA – St. Louis Arena
21 DEC, 1984 ::::: St. Louis, MO, USA – St. Louis Arena
23 DEC, 1984 ::::: St. Paul, MN, USA – Saint Paul Civic Center Arena
24 DEC, 1984 ::::: St. Paul, MN, USA – Saint Paul Civic Center Arena (m)
26 DEC, 1984 ::::: St. Paul, MN, USA – Saint Paul Civic Center Arena
27 DEC, 1984 ::::: St. Paul, MN, USA – Saint Paul Civic Center Arena
28 DEC, 1984 ::::: St. Paul, MN, USA – Saint Paul Civic Center Arena (m)
30 DEC, 1984 ::::: Dallas, TX, USA – Reunion Arena
31 DEC, 1984 ::::: Dallas, TX, USA – Reunion Arena
01 JAN, 1985 ::::: Dallas, TX, USA – Reunion Arena
03 JAN, 1985 ::::: Atlanta, GA, USA – The Omni
04 JAN, 1985 ::::: Atlanta, GA, USA – The Omni
06 JAN, 1985 ::::: Atlanta, GA, USA – The Omni
07 JAN, 1985 ::::: Atlanta, GA, USA – The Omni
08 JAN, 1985 ::::: Atlanta, GA, USA – The Omni
10 JAN, 1985 ::::: Houston, TX, USA – Summit
11 JAN, 1985 ::::: Houston, TX, USA – Summit
13 JAN, 1985 ::::: Houston, TX, USA – Summit
14 JAN, 1985 ::::: Houston, TX, USA – Summit
16 JAN, 1985 ::::: Houston, TX, USA – Summit
17 JAN, 1985 ::::: Houston, TX, USA – Summit
19 JAN, 1985 ::::: Birmingham, AL, USA – Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum
21 JAN, 1985 ::::: Cincinnati, OH, USA – Riverfront Coliseum
22 JAN, 1985 ::::: Cincinnati, OH, USA – Riverfront Coliseum
23 JAN, 1985 ::::: Cincinnati, OH, USA – Riverfront Coliseum
25 JAN, 1985 ::::: Memphis, TN, USA – Mid-South Coliseum
26 JAN, 1985 ::::: Memphis, TN, USA – Mid-South Coliseu
29 JAN, 1985 ::::: Austin, TX, USA – UT-Frank Erwin Center
30 JAN, 1985 ::::: Austin, TX, USA – UT-Frank Erwin Center
01 FEB, 1985 ::::: New Orleans, LA, USA – Louisiana Superdome
03 FEB, 1985 ::::: Birmingham, AL, USA – Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum (m)
04 FEB, 1985 ::::: Memphis, TN, USA – Mid-South Coliseum
14 FEB, 1985 ::::: Tacoma, WA, USA – Tacoma Dome
15 FEB, 1985 ::::: Tacoma, WA, USA – Tacoma Dome
18 FEB, 1985 ::::: Inglewood, CA, USA – The Forum
19 FEB, 1985 ::::: Inglewood, CA, USA – The Forum
20 FEB, 1985 ::::: Inglewood, CA, USA – The Forum
22 FEB, 1985 ::::: Inglewood, CA, USA – The Forum
23 FEB, 1985 ::::: Inglewood, CA, USA – The Forum
24 FEB, 1985 ::::: Inglewood, CA, USA – The Forum
27 FEB, 1985 ::::: Daly City, CA, USA – Cow Palace
28 FEB, 1985 ::::: Daly City, CA, USA – Cow Palace
01 MAR, 1985 ::::: Daly City, CA, USA – Cow Palace
03 MAR, 1985 ::::: Daly City, CA, USA – Cow Palace (m)
04 MAR, 1985 ::::: Daly City, CA, USA – Cow Palace
05 MAR, 1985 ::::: Daly City, CA, USA – Cow Palace
07 MAR, 1985 ::::: Las Cruces, NM, USA – NMSU Pan Am Center
08 MAR, 1985 ::::: Las Cruces, NM, USA – NMSU Pan Am Center
10 MAR, 1985 ::::: Long Beach, CA, USA – Long Beach Arena
11 MAR, 1985 ::::: Long Beach, CA, USA – Long Beach Arena
12 MAR, 1985 ::::: Long Beach, CA, USA – Long Beach Arena
17 MAR, 1985 ::::: Uniondale, NY, USA – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
18 MAR, 1985 ::::: Uniondale, NY, USA – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
20 MAR, 1985 ::::: Uniondale, NY, USA – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
22 MAR, 1985 ::::: Uniondale, NY, USA – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
23 MAR, 1985 ::::: Uniondale, NY, USA – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
24 MAR, 1985 ::::: Uniondale, NY, USA – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (m)
26 MAR, 1985 ::::: Hartford, CT, USA – Hartford Civic Center
27 MAR, 1985 ::::: Worcester, MA, USA – Worcester Centrum
28 MAR, 1985 ::::: Worcester, MA, USA – Worcester Centrum
30 MAR, 1985 ::::: Syracuse, NY, USA – Carrier Dome
01 APR, 1985 ::::: Indianapolis, IN, USA – Market Square Arena
03 APR, 1985 ::::: Tallahassee, FL, USA – Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
04 APR, 1985 ::::: Lakeland, FL, USA – Lakeland Civic Center
05 APR, 1985 ::::: Lakeland, FL, USA – Lakeland Civic Center
07 APR, 1985 ::::: Miami, FL, USA – Orange Bowl (as 'Purple Bowl Stadium')

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"To me, Prince and the Time's entire thing is visual. The microcosm they've developed 4 themselves was a movie begging to be made.

There's music. That means there's night, there's bars, there are alley's. All of a sudden, a story begins to emerge.

They're exaggerations or minimizations developed to fit a story that never happened, yet, in a strange way, a story that is their reality." - Albert Magnoli on Purple Rain

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"I want to be a mountain man! Mountain man, mountain man!"

June 4. 1984
The Glamorous Life Sheila
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1.The Belle Of St,Mark
2.Shortberry Strawcake
3.Noon Rendezvous
4.Oliver's House
5.Next Time Wipe The Lipstic
Off Your Collar
6.The Glamorous Life
7.The Glamorous Life (Club Edit)

June 25. 1984
Purple Rain
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1.Let's Go Crazy
2.Take Me With You
3.The Beautiful Ones
4.Computer Blue
5.Darling Nikki
6.When Doves Cry
7.I Would Die 4 You
8.Baby I'm A Star
9.Purple Rain

July 9. 1984
Ice Cream Castle The Time
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1.Ice Cream Castle
2.My Drawers
3.Chili Sauce
4.Jungle Love
5.If The Kid Can't Make You Come
6.The Bird

October 1. 1984
Apollonia 6 Apollonia 6
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1.Happy Brithday,Mr Christian
2.Sex Shooter
3.Blue Limosine
4.A Million Miles(I Love You)
5.Ooo She She Wa Wa
6.Some Kind Of Lover
7.In A Spanish Villa

OldFriends4Sale said:

I have this poster hanging up too.

Efan said:

oooo never saw those 2 before

When I see the Purple Rain album cover or pictures from that era, the nostalgia of that era is almost unbearable. It was so much fun and Prince has never been as electric.

Part of it is me getting old (pushing 40) and part of it is how Prince himself has slipped creatively. Either way, 1984 will always be Prince's year.

The Purple Rain era:

What can you tell us about the overall vibe of Prince and the whole band on, the night you debuted the Purple Rain tracks at First Ave in Minneapolis? What do you remember of that day before the show and that night after this legendary performance? How nervous do you remember Wendy being before her first gig with the band that night?

We were so well rehearsed that any opening night jitters melted away after the first song was played. I think Wendy was more excited than nervous.

Tell us about your experience the day that Purple Rain premiered at Hollywood's Mann's Chinese Theater in California. What was going through your head seeing yourself on the big screen?

The whole thing was so surreal that day that the memory of it still seems like a dream. Seeing oneself on the big screen for the first time is also a dream come true. Of course, you hope that your complexion is looking OK on a close up.

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Dr Fink w/Taja Sevelle

Se7en said:

When I see the Purple Rain album cover or pictures from that era, the nostalgia of that era is almost unbearable. It was so much fun and Prince has never been as electric.

Part of it is me getting old (pushing 40) and part of it is how Prince himself has slipped creatively. Either way, 1984 will always be Prince's year.

I totally know what you mean.

Completely electric, every song hearing it on the radio or someones car driving by

When I first started hearing 17 Days at picnics I knew something was up with this music.

I still remember when I got PR on tape and put it into my walkman, laying on my bed and and just taking in the sounds. Or my dad taking me to see the movie and how he fidgetted when Apollonia's breast popped out or the God the Love theme scene.

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Efan said:

i mean DAMN...SHEILA was and is still tooo fine...and she seems like such a humble down to earth person too...love herrr!

lavender1983 said:

Efan said:

i mean DAMN...SHEILA was and is still tooo fine...and she seems like such a humble down to earth person too...love herrr!

A woman in this outfit is on the ATWIAD cover painting

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Let's Go Crazy

Dearly beloved
We are gathered here 2day 2 get through this thing called life
Electric word life, it means 4ever and that's a mighty long time
But I'm here 2 tell U there's somethin' else... the afterworld
A world of never ending happiness
U can always see the sun, day or night
So when U call up that shrink in Beverly Hills
U know the one - Dr. Everything'll Be Alright
Instead of asking him how much of your time is left
Ask him how much of your mind, baby
Cuz in this life things are much harder than in the afterworld
In this life U're on your own
And if de-elevator tries 2 bring U down, go crazy
Punch a higher floor!

If U don't like the world U're living in
Take a look around U, at least U got friends
U see, I called my old lady 4 a friendly word
She just picked up the phone, dropped it on the floor
"Ahh! Ahh!" was all I heard

CHORUS:
Are we gonna let de-elevator bring us down?
Oh no, let's go!
Let's go crazy, let's get nuts
Let's look 4 the purple banana till they put us in the truck
Let's go!

We're all excited, but we don't know why
Maybe it's cuz we're all gonna die
And when we do, what's it all 4?
U better live now before the grim reaper
Come knockin' on your door
Tell me...

CHORUS

Come on, baby
Let's get nuts!
Yeah (Crazy)
Let's go crazy

Are we gonna let de-elevator bring us down?
Oh no, let's go crazy! (Go crazy!)
I said let's go crazy! (Go crazy!)
Let's go! (Let's go!)
Go! (Let's go!)

Dr. Everything'll Be Alright will make everything go wrong
Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill
Hang tough children

He's coming!
He's coming!
Coming!

Take me away!

© 1984 Controversy Music - ASCAP

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Erotic City

I... I... I... I...

Erotic City {x2}

All of my purple life
I've been lookin' 4 a dame
That would wanna be my wife
That was my intention main
CHORUS:
If we cannot make babies
Maybe we can make some time
Fuck so pretty, U and me
Erotic City come alive
We could fuck until the dawn
Makin' love till cherry's gone
Erotic City, can't U see?
Fuck so pretty, U and me

Everytime I comb my hair
Thoughts of U get in my eyes
U're a sinner, I don't care
I just want your creamy thighs

CHORUS

All of my hang-ups are gone
How I wish U felt the same
We could fuck until the dawn (Until the dawn {x2})
How I wish U were my dame (Baby, won't U be my dame?)

CHORUS {x2}
(Oh yeah)
(Until the light)

Uh, whoa whoa, whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa (Mmmm)
Whoa whoa, whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa {x2}

Baby, U're so creamy

I... I... I... I... I...
Fuck some creamy human jive
Erotic City come alive

CHORUS

If we cannot make babies
Maybe we can make some time
Fuck so pretty, U and me
Erotic City come alive (I... I... I...)
We could fuck until the dawn (Come alive)
Makin' love till cherry's gone (Come alive)
Erotic City, can't U see?
Fuck so pretty, U and me

If we cannot make babies (U and me)
Maybe we can make some time
Some time, some time, some time, Erotic City
We could fuck until the dawn
Makin' love till cherry's gone
Erotic City, can't U see?
Fuck so pretty, U and me
If we cannot make babies
Maybe we can make some time
Yeah, oh, oh, Erotic City

Whoa whoa
Whoa whoa {repeated} Oh no!
Erotic City {x3}
(Baby, U're so creamy) {x2}
Come on and dance while U... while U still have your cherry baby
Cherry baby!
We could fuck until the dawn
Makin' love till cherry's gone
Erotic City, yeah

I... I... I... I...
Erotic City, yeah

© 1984 Controversy Music - ASCAP

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crazydoctor said:

"I want to be a mountain man! Mountain man, mountain man!"

It's Modernaire...

For the longest time I thought he was singing "I want to be a mountain-aire..."

I was young.. what did I know.

Here are the lyrics..

Girl: Hey boy ... Hey boy .. Hey ? Are you oiling me ? I need oil on me ..... ( then the track is played in reverse )

VERSE 1:

I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire, Modernaire

I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire, Modernaire

Pessimistic Attitudes
Never Will I Wear

I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire, Modernaire

I Want 2 Be
I Want 2 Be
A Modernaire ....

VERSE 2:

I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire, Modernaire

I Want 2 Swim ( in the ) Water !!
I Want 2 Breathe .. Modernaire
I Want 2 Surface A New Human Being
Breath of Cold Despair .....

I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire, Modernaire

I Want 2 Be
I Want 2 Be
A Modernaire .....

VERSE 3:

Plastic Bags in LA
Tried 2 Take My Girl Away
If She Really Wanted My Love
I Guess She Would Have Stayed

I'm Sick of Pretty Liars
With Their Cool Cut Hair
I Rather Have A Dirty Long Hair(ed)Lover
When I Need Her .. She's There
I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire ....
Modernaire ....

I Want 2 (Be)
I Want 2 (Be)
A Modernaire ...
A Modernaire ...

VERSE 4:

I Want 2 Be A Paper Junkie
I Want 2 Make Long Green
I'd Never Steal 2 Sell My Body
Unless I Stole A Limousine

I Want 2 Be
I Want 2 Be
Modernaire .... ( naire naire )

Naire (echoing)

[Edited 8/31/10 18:56pm]

jaybendy said:

crazydoctor said:

"I want to be a mountain man! Mountain man, mountain man!"

It's Modernaire...

For the longest time I thought he was singing "I want to be a mountain-aire..."

I was young.. what did I know.

Here are the lyrics..

Girl: Hey boy ... Hey boy .. Hey ? Are you oiling me ? I need oil on me ..... ( then the track is played in reverse )

VERSE 1:

I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire, Modernaire

I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire, Modernaire

Pessimistic Attitudes
Never Will I Wear

I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire, Modernaire

I Want 2 Be
I Want 2 Be
A Modernaire ....

VERSE 2:

I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire, Modernaire

I Want 2 Swim ( in the ) Water !!
I Want 2 Breathe .. Modernaire
I Want 2 Surface A New Human Being
Breath of Cold Despair .....

I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire, Modernaire

I Want 2 Be
I Want 2 Be
A Modernaire .....

VERSE 3:

Plastic Bags in LA
Tried 2 Take My Girl Away
If She Really Wanted My Love
I Guess She Would Have Stayed

I'm Sick of Pretty Liars
With Their Cool Cut Hair
I Rather Have A Dirty Long Hair(ed)Lover
When I Need Her .. She's There
I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire ....
Modernaire ....

I Want 2 (Be)
I Want 2 (Be)
A Modernaire ...
A Modernaire ...

VERSE 4:

I Want 2 Be A Paper Junkie
I Want 2 Make Long Green
I'd Never Steal 2 Sell My Body
Unless I Stole A Limousine

I Want 2 Be
I Want 2 Be
Modernaire .... ( naire naire )

Naire (echoing)

[Edited 8/31/10 18:56pm]

thanks. I was just playing around. When I was young I used to think it was mountain man.

So basically neither one of us knew what the hell he was talking about.

This was the era that I really got into Prince, although it was more The Time I based my style on. I thought that Morris and the guys were the funkiest, stylish muthas that I had ever seen. Coming from Scotland and thinking that not alot of people had seen Purple Rain, I dressed and acted and danced like Morris when I went clubbing (I even had my mate as a Jerome stand in haha)...and I must say I received quite alot of attention from the ladies at the time.

I still give those moves an airing nowadays, just to show the youngsters how to groove, but I think that my daughters are a wee bit embarrased when I go sliding across the floor at family parties..chilli sauce!!

Purple Rain -Prince & the Revolution
6.25.84 24weeks 16.3 million copies Movie Soundtrack 1stAvenue, Minneapolis St. Louis Park warehouse Sunset Sound 8.1983 – 3.1984








Dig if u will the picture - of u and I engaged in a kiss. The sweat of your body covers me. Can u picture this, my darling? An ocean of violets engulf our persons. A bird screams. At 1st, I think it's u and u thought it was me. Oh, if only violets could talk. Insecurities. Do u know who u are? Then it doesn't matter who screamed 1st. Did it matter who ate of the apple 1st? The end result was negative. Can u pass me the pepper? Why, because u told me salt was bad 4 me. I thought u liked eggs. I thought u liked me. Well, eggs are the only thing I can make besides a baby. Why do u look at me like that? What are u thinking? I know u better than u think I do. There's this purple suspicion that lurks in the anals of my mind that u and I are alike in more ways than 6. Can u relate? oh yeah? Then what's the difference between a beautiful man and an ugly man with money? Nothing - as far as you're concerned. Do u still want 2 spend the night? Good. Come on. U said u would wash my hair. Shall we go swimming 1st? U can't swim. Wonderful. "I'll teach u 2 swim, I'll teach u 2 try, I'll teach u 2 laugh, but not 2 cry. I'll teach u 2 trust me when u think I lie, I'll teach u 2 love me until we die." It's from a song I wrote. Do u believe that? U do? Well, I lied. I just made it up. Pretty good, huh. It's not nice 2 lie. I think we're on the right track. Shall I wash u 1st or shall u wash me?

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Prince @ 1st Avenue 8.3.1983 Benefit Concert

Prince @ 1st Avenue 8.3.1983

The 1983 concert took place at First Avenue in Minneapolis. A year later when the club was featured in Purple Rain (the movie), the venue would be changed forever. In 1983 however, it was perfect for hosting a newly minted Prince & The Revolution. Prince had been performing with some of the band members for a while, but the show was the debut of guitarist Wendy Melvoin who would continue with the band until their dissolution in 1986.

But back on track – the 1983 show (August 3rd, to be more exact) was the first public live performance of Prince & The Revolution. The concert was a benefit for the Minnesota Dance Theater Company. It was also the first time the band would perform several of what would become their signature tracks, most importantly Purple Rain.

Everyone knows the song. Play the first few chords and you’ll have everyone around you singing along. But in 1983 that wasn’t the case. Instead you had a capacity crowd silenced by the song’s first performance. This is one of only a handful of bootlegs of this track that does not have the crowd going nuts; instead they listen to the song and literally see history in the making. Obviously they can’t sing along, the song is new. So instead they listen; Seeing Prince at his absolute rawest in a tiny club with bad sound, sweating his ass off for the Minnesota Dance Theater Company. And melting off faces with one of his best guitar solos.

This live show made up the basis for several Purple Rain tracks, including the title track, I Would Die 4 U and Baby I’m A Star. Prince’s vocals are spot on with how you know them – because they were recorded from a mobile truck outside of First Avenue. Add in a few overdubs and there you have it, one of the best selling albums of the 80s.

Regardless of how you view Prince now, back then one thing was clear – his name was Prince, his favorite color was purple, and he was a bad motherfucker.

BEST SHOW EVER! I wish I wasn't 6 years old when this happened. I LOOOVE the energy, the "bad" look of it all, the lighting, the sweaty Prince, that it was Wendy's first gig with the band, Electric Intercourse, the runny eyeliner, the puffy perm, Computer Blue and the fact that I can sing along with PR cause it's the same vocals used for the albuum version. love love love it!

thanx for the pictures oldfriends. this stuff is great. havent seen some of them before