Circa 1979 - I like the tie.

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These were taken from the tour with Rick James...

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OMG! YAK!!!!!

Bulldog said:

CocoRock said:

Bulldog said:

Circa 1979 - I like the tie.

Bulldog said:

These were taken from the tour with Rick James...

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I love these unseen pictures, thanks for sharing with us. In the first one he looks like an office clerk with flat shoes, boring so glad he wore them high heels and great outfits.

Thanks for the great pics Bulldog. Did you take these?

Yes, thats right Rick, you do look like a fanny.

Where was it taken at? They played theaters, then arenas on that tour. I also wonder if there was video. People were using the cameras for sporting events and letting them run during concerts, smuggling videotapes out. I'm pretty sure all the traders have all the early Prince footage that exists, not sure what Warners has in their vaults other than the promos, or if he videotaped rehearsals in the late 70s.

It's possible someone has some 8mm footage of the really early shows, but if they scoured the public access archives from 76-79, there's bound to be something with Prince on it, or even a local news item. I'm sure interns in that area already tried to unearth something.

Fuckin' awesome. Prince rockin' the Time look almost?

Thanks posting the Rick pics too

That's some awesum back in the day shit right there......thanks for sharing this with us...

So what's the story Bulldog?......

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Now these are some fecking awesome pics and is it me or has ANYBODY ever seen him in that get up? Awesome awesome awesome!!

Great stuff... reminds me of the first time I heard the Atlanta '80 show.

Ooohhh never saw those before. Thanks so much for the up! Now that's some early New Wave attire, too ealry for the punk look to brush upon it then. But otherwise, cool pics man

Where were these taken? What city, specifically?

nice pictures. As much as I like Mr.Nelson, I prefer him clothed, those phases were he nearly exposes himself made me a bit uncomfortable.

Great pictures of both Prince and Rick. I would have given anything to have seen that tour with my two favorite artists on it.

Ok, this is all I could get from the person that shot these.

These were taken in Savannah, GA, in the summer of 1980. I don't have exact dates of the Rick James/Prince Tour.

This could may be the first (or one of the first few concerts) where he introduced the iconic Hohner Tele.

Several songs were performed (introduced) from Dirty Mind, including "When You Were Mine."

Dirty Mind was released in October 1980. According to "Prince" (Per Nilsen), Dirty Mind was recorded over the summer in 1980 while on tour. This explains the "New Wave" look in the pic. Prince didn't start the "Dirty Mind" tour till late November 1980.

Damn! He never rested!!!

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vainandy said:

Great pictures of both Prince and Rick. I would have given anything to have seen that tour with my two favorite artists on it.

Yeah, and the tickets were probably $6 a piece to see both acts!

Bulldog said:

Circa 1979 - I like the tie.

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I just wonder what song he was singing there, anyway this is awesome. The Drumkit definitely suggests Prince period before Dirty Mind, but probably sometime in 1980. As his hair is a transistion between the coiffure and the punk cut.

Truely unseen pictures. FANTASTIC!!!

seeing prince fully clothed on stage during the dirty mind era is ultra rare

Wow, great pictures! Thanks for posting!

Bulldog said:

Ok, this is all I could get from the person that shot these.

These were taken in Savannah, GA, in the summer of 1980. I don't have exact dates of the Rick James/Prince Tour.

This could may be the first (or one of the first few concerts) where he introduced the iconic Hohner Tele.

Several songs were performed (introduced) from Dirty Mind, including "When You Were Mine."

Dirty Mind was released in October 1980. According to "Prince" (Per Nilsen), Dirty Mind was recorded over the summer in 1980 while on tour. This explains the "New Wave" look in the pic. Prince didn't start the "Dirty Mind" tour till late November 1980.

Damn! He never rested!!!

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The gig in Savannah GA was on 10th April 1980, while supporting Rick James.

Dirty Mind tour began 4th December 1980 in Buffalo.

Bulldog said:

Circa 1979 - I like the tie.

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What Prince wore suits back then

MikeyB71 said:

Bulldog said:

Ok, this is all I could get from the person that shot these.

These were taken in Savannah, GA, in the summer of 1980. I don't have exact dates of the Rick James/Prince Tour.

This could may be the first (or one of the first few concerts) where he introduced the iconic Hohner Tele.

Several songs were performed (introduced) from Dirty Mind, including "When You Were Mine."

Dirty Mind was released in October 1980. According to "Prince" (Per Nilsen), Dirty Mind was recorded over the summer in 1980 while on tour. This explains the "New Wave" look in the pic. Prince didn't start the "Dirty Mind" tour till late November 1980.

Damn! He never rested!!!

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The gig in Savannah GA was on 10th April 1980, while supporting Rick James.

Dirty Mind tour began 4th December 1980 in Buffalo.

Thanks, that makes more sense. After thinking about it, I get the suit. Prince was performing in GA...the deep south. Had he come out half naked in front of an audience that came to see Rick, God knows how hostile they may have reacted. That may have been ok in NY or LA. I'm sure he dressed according to the city and state. Very smart.

At this point, it was about work and continuing to build his black audience. I remember Dez saying, after the (1999) videos aired on MTV in 1983, 50% of his audience were white.

That guitar looks brand new!

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Great photos! Thanks!

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Thanks for the info Bulldog. It would be interesting to hear the details of the concert and ask questions. Maybe they'd consider posting a thread about it sometime? Just a thought...

Thanks for posting.

I wonder if these were taken with a 110 camera.