and was it filmed? I'm guessing around 1979 2nd album?

The Rolling Stones concert where he samples "Throw the Bum Out" in PopLife- i would guess

Jan 5, 1979--at the Capri, in Minneapolis (with a follow-up the next night). I would doubt it was filmed. From the descriptions I've seen, it wouldn't be that great.

Tour in support of Prince began in November of that year.

The Stones thing wasn't until October of 81; he'd toured for the Prince album in 79, toured as Rick James' opener in 1980, and toured in support of Dirty Mind in 80-81 before the Stones shows.

As to the earliest film--as far as circulating film, looks like a couple of shows from the 1981 Dirty Mind tour are the earliest making the rounds.

great yes i have the dirty mind shows and was wondering if there were any before then

EddieC said:

Jan 5, 1979--at the Capri, in Minneapolis (with a follow-up the next night). I would doubt it was filmed. From the descriptions I've seen, it wouldn't be that great.

Tour in support of Prince began in November of that year.

The Stones thing wasn't until October of 81; he'd toured for the Prince album in 79, toured as Rick James' opener in 1980, and toured in support of Dirty Mind in 80-81 before the Stones shows.

As to the earliest film--as far as circulating film, looks like a couple of shows from the 1981 Dirty Mind tour are the earliest making the rounds.

slakk said:

The Rolling Stones concert where he samples "Throw the Bum Out" in PopLife- i would guess

http://www.princevault.com/index.php/Pop_Life

"Rumors have suggested that the booing crowd sampled in the song is from Prince's infamous opening act for the Rolling Stones, from October, 1981, but the samples in fact come from a sound library set by the company Sound Ideas "

EddieC said:

As to the earliest film--as far as circulating film, looks like a couple of shows from the 1981 Dirty Mind tour are the earliest making the rounds.

Yes. 22 March 1981

http://www.princevault.co...arch,_1981

Then why not the earlier shows?

http://www.princevault.co...%281970%29

kidmelody2012 said:

and was it filmed? I'm guessing around 1979 2nd album?

http://www.prince.org/msg/7/404090

udo said:

Then why not the earlier shows?

http://www.princevault.co...%281970%29

Neither of those are before January 1979, and none are circulating AFAIK.