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Thread started 04/10/11 4:27am

802

What is the Act I TV Special?

Does this exist? Is it a concert from the Act I Tour or something?

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Reply #1 posted 04/10/11 5:11am

802

Well?

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Reply #2 posted 04/10/11 6:09am

eireboy34

Yes, very well-thanks for asking!

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Reply #3 posted 04/10/11 6:12am

Efan

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I think it was December of '92, two Prince specials were aired on ABC in the States: The first night it was Act 1 and the second night was The Ryde Dyvine. They had concert footage and band profiles. I have them on VHS somewhere but I haven't watched them in ages.

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Reply #4 posted 04/10/11 6:17am

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802 said:

Does this exist? Is it a concert from the Act I Tour or something?

yes

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Reply #5 posted 04/10/11 6:19am

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Efan said:

I think it was December of '92, two Prince specials were aired on ABC in the States: The first night it was Act 1 and the second night was The Ryde Dyvine. They had concert footage and band profiles. I have them on VHS somewhere but I haven't watched them in ages.

I've only heard of The Ryde Dyvine before. Was the concert footage from the Diamonds and Pearls Tour or was it a Paisley Park thing?

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Reply #6 posted 04/10/11 6:27am

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Most of it was later used in the 3 Chains O' Gold "movie".

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Reply #7 posted 04/10/11 6:28am

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802 said:

Efan said:

I think it was December of '92, two Prince specials were aired on ABC in the States: The first night it was Act 1 and the second night was The Ryde Dyvine. They had concert footage and band profiles. I have them on VHS somewhere but I haven't watched them in ages.

I've only heard of The Ryde Dyvine before. Was the concert footage from the Diamonds and Pearls Tour or was it a Paisley Park thing?

It was the tour for the O+> album.

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Reply #8 posted 04/10/11 6:30am

802

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Most of it was later used in the 3 Chains O' Gold "movie".

rolleyes So no live stuff?

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Reply #9 posted 04/10/11 6:31am

802

Efan said:

802 said:

I've only heard of The Ryde Dyvine before. Was the concert footage from the Diamonds and Pearls Tour or was it a Paisley Park thing?

It was the tour for the O+> album.

Then it would have been broadcast in 1993.

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Reply #10 posted 04/10/11 6:42am

Spinlight

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802 said:

Efan said:

It was the tour for the O+> album.

Then it would have been broadcast in 1993.

No... It was broadcast in 1992. It was for the tour, but the tour did not start until March. It was just footage that you later see in 3 Chains O Gold. Part 2 was the Ryde Dyvine concert.

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Reply #11 posted 04/10/11 6:46am

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802 said:

Then it would have been broadcast in 1993.

No... It was broadcast in 1992. It was for the tour, but the tour did not start until March. It was just footage that you later see in 3 Chains O Gold. Part 2 was the Ryde Dyvine concert.

OK biggrin

I guess that Act I just a cut down version of 3 Chains O Gold. That would explain why I haven't heard of this before.

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Reply #12 posted 04/10/11 6:52am

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802 said:

Spinlight said:

No... It was broadcast in 1992. It was for the tour, but the tour did not start until March. It was just footage that you later see in 3 Chains O Gold. Part 2 was the Ryde Dyvine concert.

OK biggrin

I guess that Act I just a cut down version of 3 Chains O Gold. That would explain why I haven't heard of this before.

Exactly. It's nothing you really have not seen before if you have seen 3CoG. Kind of like the NPG Takes Over VH1 special was essentially just a buncha videos you probly have seen by now, interspersed throughout were scenes of the NPG in the control room.

There has to be a Sound + Vision set out there with it.

Act I, Ryde Dyvine - 1992

Sacrifice of Victor, The Undertaker - 1993

NPG Takes Over VH1, Love 41Another - 1995

Quite a few lil TV specials released around that time. smile

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Reply #13 posted 04/10/11 6:54am

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More info, from this thread: http://prince.org/msg/7/336290.

It was a 40 minute film entitled Act 1 and was first broadcast on 18th December 1992, as part of ABC's 'In Concert' series.

The film mixes fictional parts, with interviews and video clips from the prince album. It starts with a video of '2 Whom It May Concern.' It then shows Mayte walking back to her palace with bodyguards. The rest of this part features Mayte taking a bath with servant girls, her father getting stabbed to death, and then Mayte riding across an Egyptian desert.

Act 1 then continues with video clips of 'Love 2 The 9's,' 'The Morning Papers,' 'The Continental,' 'Damn U,' and '7,' interspersed with interview clips from various NPG members. They talk about Prince and his studio work, life on the road and Mayte. They question her role in the band, at which point Mayte appears, explaining how she met Prince and how she influenced the prince album.

Most of the footage in this film was later used in the home video/laserdisc '3 Chains O' Gold.'

[Edited 4/10/11 6:54am]

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Reply #14 posted 04/10/11 7:03am

802

Efan said:

More info, from this thread: http://prince.org/msg/7/336290.

It was a 40 minute film entitled Act 1 and was first broadcast on 18th December 1992, as part of ABC's 'In Concert' series.

The film mixes fictional parts, with interviews and video clips from the prince album. It starts with a video of '2 Whom It May Concern.' It then shows Mayte walking back to her palace with bodyguards. The rest of this part features Mayte taking a bath with servant girls, her father getting stabbed to death, and then Mayte riding across an Egyptian desert.

Act 1 then continues with video clips of 'Love 2 The 9's,' 'The Morning Papers,' 'The Continental,' 'Damn U,' and '7,' interspersed with interview clips from various NPG members. They talk about Prince and his studio work, life on the road and Mayte. They question her role in the band, at which point Mayte appears, explaining how she met Prince and how she influenced the prince album.

Most of the footage in this film was later used in the home video/laserdisc '3 Chains O' Gold.'

[Edited 4/10/11 6:54am]

Thanks for the information. biggrin

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Efan said:

More info, from this thread: http://prince.org/msg/7/336290.

It was a 40 minute film entitled Act 1 and was first broadcast on 18th December 1992, as part of ABC's 'In Concert' series.

The film mixes fictional parts, with interviews and video clips from the prince album. It starts with a video of '2 Whom It May Concern.' It then shows Mayte walking back to her palace with bodyguards. The rest of this part features Mayte taking a bath with servant girls, her father getting stabbed to death, and then Mayte riding across an Egyptian desert.

Act 1 then continues with video clips of 'Love 2 The 9's,' 'The Morning Papers,' 'The Continental,' 'Damn U,' and '7,' interspersed with interview clips from various NPG members. They talk about Prince and his studio work, life on the road and Mayte. They question her role in the band, at which point Mayte appears, explaining how she met Prince and how she influenced the prince album.

Most of the footage in this film was later used in the home video/laserdisc '3 Chains O' Gold.'

[Edited 4/10/11 6:54am]

lol This one one of my old posts when I was MikeyB71 on here.

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Reply #16 posted 04/10/11 7:28am

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TheDigitalGardener said:

Efan said:

More info, from this thread: http://prince.org/msg/7/336290.

It was a 40 minute film entitled Act 1 and was first broadcast on 18th December 1992, as part of ABC's 'In Concert' series.

The film mixes fictional parts, with interviews and video clips from the prince album. It starts with a video of '2 Whom It May Concern.' It then shows Mayte walking back to her palace with bodyguards. The rest of this part features Mayte taking a bath with servant girls, her father getting stabbed to death, and then Mayte riding across an Egyptian desert.

Act 1 then continues with video clips of 'Love 2 The 9's,' 'The Morning Papers,' 'The Continental,' 'Damn U,' and '7,' interspersed with interview clips from various NPG members. They talk about Prince and his studio work, life on the road and Mayte. They question her role in the band, at which point Mayte appears, explaining how she met Prince and how she influenced the prince album.

Most of the footage in this film was later used in the home video/laserdisc '3 Chains O' Gold.'

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lol This one one of my old posts when I was MikeyB71 on here.

biggrin I had wondered who you were.

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Reply #17 posted 04/10/11 7:30am

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Efan said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

lol This one one of my old posts when I was MikeyB71 on here.

biggrin I had wondered who you were.

wink I left (as MikeyB71) last year, promising myself not to return, rolleyes .

But here I am again.

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Reply #18 posted 04/10/11 7:48am

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Efan said:

biggrin I had wondered who you were.

wink I left (as MikeyB71) last year, promising myself not to return, rolleyes .

But here I am again.

Why?

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Reply #19 posted 04/10/11 7:49am

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eireboy34 said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

wink I left (as MikeyB71) last year, promising myself not to return, rolleyes .

But here I am again.

Why?

Why not?

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Reply #20 posted 04/10/11 7:53am

eireboy34

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eireboy34 said:

Why?

Why not?

My thoughts exactly!

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Reply #21 posted 04/10/11 7:54am

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eireboy34 said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

Why not?

My thoughts exactly!

I missed butting into peoples threads. lol

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Reply #22 posted 04/10/11 2:21pm

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im watching the ryde dyvine now,carmen electra,yum prince doing eye wanna melt with u & the sacrifice of victor good stuff.

Dave Is Nuttier Than A Can Of Planters Peanuts...(Ottensen)
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