Did you see it?

Yes! When I attended Prince's(r.i.p.) Glam Slam club weekly. I witnessed Prince(r.i.p.) sveral times going into his "Endorphin Machine" stage set up to be his OWN soundman!. It was a sight to see.

Why do I think of Barbarellas orgasmatron..?

ChocolateBox3121 said:

Well i saw the main part at the arena show , i think he toured with a smaller set

Yeah by the time the tour made it to Dublin (Point Depot), it was missing half the set.

OperatingThetan said:

I saw it at Wembley Arena in 95. I think he abandoned all but the middle section shortly after. I remember him using the phallic elevator during the show, so it was at least fully operational for the London leg of the tour.

Saw it at Wembley '95 as well - my first Prince gig! And he wasn't even Prince any more, haha...

I thought the show was fantastic!!! My friends, who I dragged along for my birthday, just wanted to hear Purple Rain. More fool them.

I remember this set well, based on the female reproductive organs.

Saw him perform in it at Glam Slam MPLS in 1994. My first O(-> concert. Still remember Mayte's crazy energy and general out-of-this-world hotness. I believe the show I attended was the first time he ever performed Gold. He also had them debut P Control over the stereo system at one point during the show. Nona Gaye came out to perform Love Sign. Great era.

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Oh yes.

Was listening the other day to a Alan Leeds with Questlove podcast where they menitoned this.

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"True fans"

Isn't it time to stop that crap? Just because someone wasn't at a particular place at a particular time brands them as lesser?

Yes, I saw this show, the stuff with the slave on his face and name change really spoilt what chances this album had, of being a well diserved massive hit. I think this album was his most complete for years, I can listen to it from begining to end. The band was great, the one thing I remember from the show was I think that, he had his sound tech stuff in the endorphine machine, and he seemed to disappear for a while every now and then to change the sound settings, could be wrong mind. I think due to, not great ticket sales, where tickets hadn't sold, areas were curtained off, Birmingham NEC, this was. Prior to this, he'd signed a massive contract with Warners, but wouldn't play the 2 year album, promotion tour game. Ultimately, I wish prince had put less music out, a little bit of something is better than a whole lot of nothing. Little Richard said this of Prince and his output.

BanishedBrian said:

True fan?

The first time I saw it was at Paisley Park on May 26, 1994. I had been down at Glam Slam that night and there was an after party in the Erotic City room. They had a scavenger hunt and you got a ticket after you found everything that said "Worth Its Weight In Gold". The ticket was for a show at Paisley Park that night. The Endorphinmachine was set up in all its glory in the soundstage.

Prince did a couple shows at Glam Slam in July 1994, but it wasn't the whole thing. I can't remember if it was just one piece, or two, but I think it was just the middle piece.

In the fall of 1995 when he was doing all the Love4OneAnother shows at Paisley Park, he was using a different new stage. The pieces of the Endorphinmachine were set up throughout the soundstage though. They let us get on them to watch the shows. One night I was on the "penis" part and there were all these people sitting on the steps and I wanted to get down, so I jumped off from about 10 steps up and sprained my ankle and was on crutches for weeks. A couple weeks later I was back out there and was still on crutches and had bent over to grab my drink and split my pants all through the ass. Luckily I had a long coat on, so it covered that up.

There is an awesome picture of it in the Gold Experience tourbook.

motherfunka said:

The first time I saw it was at Paisley Park on May 26, 1994. I had been down at Glam Slam that night and there was an after party in the Erotic City room. They had a scavenger hunt and you got a ticket after you found everything that said "Worth Its Weight In Gold". The ticket was for a show at Paisley Park that night. The Endorphinmachine was set up in all its glory in the soundstage.

Prince did a couple shows at Glam Slam in July 1994, but it wasn't the whole thing. I can't remember if it was just one piece, or two, but I think it was just the middle piece.

In the fall of 1995 when he was doing all the Love4OneAnother shows at Paisley Park, he was using a different new stage. The pieces of the Endorphinmachine were set up throughout the soundstage though. They let us get on them to watch the shows. One night I was on the "penis" part and there were all these people sitting on the steps and I wanted to get down, so I jumped off from about 10 steps up and sprained my ankle and was on crutches for weeks. A couple weeks later I was back out there and was still on crutches and had bent over to grab my drink and split my pants all through the ass. Luckily I had a long coat on, so it covered that up.

There is an awesome picture of it in the Gold Experience tourbook.

So let me get this straight. You couldn't walk for weeks once you jumped off Prince's penis?

I saw the set in three set ups. The full one, the one with just the middle section, and another with just the middle section but the top missing. I guess it was simply adapted from venue to venue.

Great story by the way.

TheEnglishGent said:

True fan?

That label is reserved for the die hards who have all 6 of Prince's albums.

coldcoffeeandcocacola said:

ChocolateBox3121 said:

Yes! When I attended Prince's(r.i.p.) Glam Slam club weekly. I witnessed Prince(r.i.p.) sveral times going into his "Endorphin Machine" stage set up to be his OWN soundman!. It was a sight to see.

How lucky you were to attend glam slam!

It was a dream come true. At any given night he would pop up there just to watch & observe or perform. Then to see a then unknown Carmen Electra dancing or the self possessed Nona Gaye.While sometimes having Mayte on his arm. How Prince(r.i.p.) juggled them all is beyond me..

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motherfunka said:

ChocolateBox3121 said:

Yes! When I attended Prince's(r.i.p.) Glam Slam club weekly. I witnessed Prince(r.i.p.) sveral times going into his "Endorphin Machine" stage set up to be his OWN soundman!. It was a sight to see.

i have read all the posts and surprised so many saw it, and the stories, this tour was more about the stage of the endorpine machine set, it was more about the sound, and the time i went the sound was funky keyboards and Princes lead screaming guitar. There wasnt much dancing.

Also if you google 'endorpine machine' in google you get nothing of the set, so Choclate box i wonder where you got the pic.

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