OldFriends4Sale said:

artist76 said:

Is this performance legendary?

I know there's a clip of doing "Just My Imagination" out there, which is great, but OF4S usually makes (great) threads about significant, memorable, historic eras/performances, so I'm wondering what this one was known for, if anything.

Thanks

I think this show, was 1 of the 1st that gave us a peak into the mystery of Princes aftershows, especially at the time 91(?) stuff wasn't so accessible (no internet) and seeing pieces of that performance and him singing Happy Birthday 2 Cat, It's a good show too-I've heard

OK, thanks. Now I get it - it was the aftershow that kind of began the legend of his amazing aftershows, and is the "holy grail" of all aftershows.

OldFriends4Sale said:

Nice

artist76 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Thanks

I think this show, was 1 of the 1st that gave us a peak into the mystery of Princes aftershows, especially at the time 91(?) stuff wasn't so accessible (no internet) and seeing pieces of that performance and him singing Happy Birthday 2 Cat, It's a good show too-I've heard

OK, thanks. Now I get it - it was the aftershow that kind of began the legend of his amazing aftershows, and is the "holy grail" of all aftershows.

No. Aftershows began in 1986.

TheDigitalGardener said:

luvsexy4all said:

there is a soundboard audio of this show???

Not of the Camden show.

But you mentioned on your previous post that there is.

callimnate said:

I ventured into my vault & listened to this boot and it's very good. Thanks for the thread.

Dr Fink ... Prince ..Levi

I the fact that Mick and the rest of The Stones Prince. Since they saw him at The Ritz back in 1980. They were really behind him and helped launch him into the mainstream, even though "that" audience wasn't ready for him. (L.A. Colisium Disaster)

nursev said:

Prince was ruling with that long hair

That's when he looked the best. I love that look 2

TheDigitalGardener said:

artist76 said:

OK, thanks. Now I get it - it was the aftershow that kind of began the legend of his amazing aftershows, and is the "holy grail" of all aftershows.

No. Aftershows began in 1986.

Thanks DGer. No aftershows before '86? Do you know which/when was the first?

Anyway, I didn't mean it was the beginning of aftershows; ^^ I meant that this one became well-known, kind of high-profile with big name guests, which began the reputation for his aftershows being "must-see" and "legendary."

artist76 said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

No. Aftershows began in 1986.

Thanks DGer. No aftershows before '86? Do you know which/when was the first?

Anyway, I didn't mean it was the beginning of aftershows; ^^ I meant that this one became well-known, kind of high-profile with big name guests, which began the reputation for his aftershows being "must-see" and "legendary."

I think one of the first (if not THE first) aftershows as we know them was at Busby's in London on the morning of 13th August '86.

As for the Camden gig. I guess it was the first time that many of the public had seen footage of such a show, like a glimpse into the magic. I'm sure there were stars that attended the Parade aftershows though. I have personally never really heard of the Camden gig being given legendary status as such, I think that that kind of praise was piled upon the gig after Camden at Paard Vaan Troje in Holland (the Small Club show).

Just my opinion.

OldFriends4Sale said:

Dr Fink ... Prince ..Levi

I was there. Down there in the audience facing him on the far right, his left.

TheDigitalGardener said:

artist76 said:

Thanks DGer. No aftershows before '86? Do you know which/when was the first?

Anyway, I didn't mean it was the beginning of aftershows; ^^ I meant that this one became well-known, kind of high-profile with big name guests, which began the reputation for his aftershows being "must-see" and "legendary."

I think one of the first (if not THE first) aftershows as we know them was at Busby's in London on the morning of 13th August '86.

As for the Camden gig. I guess it was the first time that many of the public had seen footage of such a show, like a glimpse into the magic. I'm sure there were stars that attended the Parade aftershows though. I have personally never really heard of the Camden gig being given legendary status as such, I think that that kind of praise was piled upon the gig after Camden at Paard Vaan Troje in Holland (the Small Club show).

Just my opinion.

Omg DG probably in all the years of this being talked about this Camden palace aftershow from someone who was actually there your the only one I've heard saying at as it is. You hit the nail on the head with it.

From someone that was there I don’t have many memories of it, a few but not loads like people expect.

I had some mod years ago grilling me for details in emails about the gig, I couldn’t even remember the date of it much less remember the setlist. I had to dig out my Wembley tix to see if I was there myself!

I remember things like when he came out of the car and walking in, I stood quite bit behind him thinking wow hes tiny and being totally in awe of him, I was only a teenager. Remember trying to get in, couldn’t, then listening to the gig by the stage door, then half way through they let me and my friend and others in. There wasn’t that many people waiting outside as people would think from them pics.

Squeeze myself a bit to the front of the audience and was gobsmacked by it all just stood there all through the gig with my jaw on floor! then remembering i had the Black album in my handbag getting paranoid thinking was gonna get caught with it!

I thought because I was only a teenager then and just thru age I couldn’t remember and also I was such in awe of Prince at that time it was blur and surreal for me at the time. But thats not the case. I didn’t think it was legendary at the time we was just hoping he would turn up. We thought this was like a normal thing he did. And seeing popstars at a gig meant nothing in the UK especially in London.

The first time I had recollection of it being this big aftershow was when it was on the Prince omnibus documentary and there it was- footage of it. I was like I was there, wow they/he have actually recorded it!

If I had know it was gonna be talked so much about in future decades I would have taken mega loads of pics and recorded that shit myself

[Edited 8/22/12 5:14am]

artist76 said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

No. Aftershows began in 1986.

Thanks DGer. No aftershows before '86? Do you know which/when was the first?

Anyway, I didn't mean it was the beginning of aftershows; ^^ I meant that this one became well-known, kind of high-profile with big name guests, which began the reputation for his aftershows being "must-see" and "legendary."

I believe the PR era had 1 or 2, i have a few pics from 1 of them

but overall it wasn't till the Parade era where they started to pick up including Sheila E & Mazarati doing aftershows

catpark said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Dr Fink ... Prince ..Levi

I was there. Down there in the audience facing him on the far right, his left.

NOooooo you weren't, You were? Wow

OldFriends4Sale said:

catpark said:

I was there. Down there in the audience facing him on the far right, his left.

NOooooo you weren't, You were? Wow

Yep. Read my previous post

catpark said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

NOooooo you weren't, You were? Wow

Yep. Read my previous post

lol I know, just kidding, I love posts like that...

OldFriends4Sale said:

catpark said:

Yep. Read my previous post

lol I know, just kidding, I love posts like that...

Oh. I. See.

I've said it like a million times before saying that I was there, haven't I? sorry

catpark said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

lol I know, just kidding, I love posts like that...

Oh. I. See.

I've said it like a million times before saying that I was there, haven't I? sorry

I was wondering when you were going to post in this thread, as you are the only person I know of who was there that night.

OldFriends4Sale said:

artist76 said:

Thanks DGer. No aftershows before '86? Do you know which/when was the first?

Anyway, I didn't mean it was the beginning of aftershows; ^^ I meant that this one became well-known, kind of high-profile with big name guests, which began the reputation for his aftershows being "must-see" and "legendary."

I believe the PR era had 1 or 2, i have a few pics from 1 of them

but overall it wasn't till the Parade era where they started to pick up including Sheila E & Mazarati doing aftershows

There weren't any aftershows on the Purple Rain tour. A few afternoon gigs, but no show after a regular scheduled concert.

motherfunka said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I believe the PR era had 1 or 2, i have a few pics from 1 of them

but overall it wasn't till the Parade era where they started to pick up including Sheila E & Mazarati doing aftershows

There weren't any aftershows on the Purple Rain tour. A few afternoon gigs, but no show after a regular scheduled concert.

How many were there on the Parade tour?

paulludvig said:

motherfunka said:

There weren't any aftershows on the Purple Rain tour. A few afternoon gigs, but no show after a regular scheduled concert.

How many were there on the Parade tour?

Afaik, three. Two in London, and one in Paris.

Wow, thanks to DGer for the additional info, and to Catpark for the first-hand account.

TheDigitalGardener said:

artist76 said:

Thanks DGer. No aftershows before '86? Do you know which/when was the first?

Anyway, I didn't mean it was the beginning of aftershows; ^^ I meant that this one became well-known, kind of high-profile with big name guests, which began the reputation for his aftershows being "must-see" and "legendary."

I think one of the first (if not THE first) aftershows as we know them was at Busby's in London on the morning of 13th August '86.

As for the Camden gig. I guess it was the first time that many of the public had seen footage of such a show, like a glimpse into the magic. I'm sure there were stars that attended the Parade aftershows though. I have personally never really heard of the Camden gig being given legendary status as such, I think that that kind of praise was piled upon the gig after Camden at Paard Vaan Troje in Holland (the Small Club show).

Just my opinion.

The footage wasn't shown until much later.

I'm pretty sure the Camden aftershow was talked about in the press back in 1988, IIRC it was even mentioned in Smash Hits. Yes, pop mag supreme Smash Hits regularly mentioned Prince, had ads for his records and even reviewed The Black Album at the time. Around Lovesexy it had a two page spread on "Why Prince Is Bonkers" or something like that.

Also, Mica Paris had just had a major hit and was in the audience at the Camden gig (she gets handed the mike by Prince in one of the clips), which also helped publicize it.

I also recall a Dutch DJ talking about the Paard Van Troje/Trojan Horse aftershow on the radio (probably Rob Stenders). But then again Prince was a huge deal in the Netherlands, Dutch music mag Oor spent 6 or 8 pages in their holiday issue in 1988 talking about the debut of Lovesexy Live in Paris, the Sign O' The Times movie,... And Vara radio spent an entire day on Prince in the summer of 1988, labeling it "Prince Day", and playing at least a track or two each hour plus some live recordings from SOTT (probably a boot from the movie's soundtrack). And late at night they spent an hour playing most of the B-Sides (I taped it from the radio and played it over and over again).

paulludvig said:

motherfunka said:

There weren't any aftershows on the Purple Rain tour. A few afternoon gigs, but no show after a regular scheduled concert.

How many were there on the Parade tour?

Is it too much trouble to go to http://www.princevault.co...ppearances and investigate yourself?

BartVanHemelen said:

paulludvig said:

How many were there on the Parade tour?

Is it too much trouble to go to http://www.princevault.co...ppearances and investigate yourself?

Thanks for the link

paulludvig said:

BartVanHemelen said:

Is it too much trouble to go to http://www.princevault.co...ppearances and investigate yourself?

Thanks for the link

Of course One-Off Appearances and aftershows aren't exactly the same, but thanks anyway.

TheDigitalGardener said:

catpark said:

Oh. I. See.

I've said it like a million times before saying that I was there, haven't I? sorry

I was wondering when you were going to post in this thread, as you are the only person I know of who was there that night.

I'm the only person I know too. oh and my friend that went with me that night but she didnt really have that much interest in Prince, I draggggged her along. whenever I've tried to talk to her about that night she doesn't even really remember it and thinks I'm nuts for even keeping going on about it.

motherfunka said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I believe the PR era had 1 or 2, i have a few pics from 1 of them

but overall it wasn't till the Parade era where they started to pick up including Sheila E & Mazarati doing aftershows

There weren't any aftershows on the Purple Rain tour. A few afternoon gigs, but no show after a regular scheduled concert.

March 26. 1985
"Hartford Civic Center"Hartford
-Sheila E.-
-Prince & The Revolution-
1.Let's Go Crazy
2.Delirious
3.1999
4.Little Red Corvette
5.Take Me With U
6.Yankee Doodle
7.Head
8.Noon Rendezvous *
9.Irresistible Bitch
10.Possessed
11.How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
12.Temptation
13.Let's Pretend We're Married
14.International Lover
15.God
16.Computer Blue
17.Darling Nikki
13.The Beautiful Ones
14.When Doves Cry
15.I Would Die 4 U
16.Baby I'm A Star
17.Purple Rain
18.America *


Aftershow
"Hartford Civic Center"Hartford

This is the one I was talking about...I guess it was more like an extended encore

But not everyone was into Prince back then like people are lead to believe, he was popular but there was a lot of people that didn't get him also. If it had been MJ there the place would of been a mayhem with fans and press. Prince was popular through media and was seen as a serious musican but he wasn't everyones taste. Seeing a feminine looking black man running around in high heels wasn't everyones cuppa tea, he definitely was an acquired taste.