When Prince was just starting out...

SAMS that became First Avenue

1978-1980 Prince(and the band) were mostly touring around the US

1977 when he was performing with a band it was at like Rec centers and Disco/Dinner & Dancing clubs

It doesn't seem like Prince did a lot of performing before his WB contract

Cool. I did find this on the net

Ticket to Prince's first concert (1979)

https://www.mnopedia.org/multimedia/ticket-princes-first-concert-1979

Right, how did I skip over this important one
I think I was looking for 'regular' 'any time' performances

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‘The power and the glory, the Minneapolis story–PRINCE’”

The Capri Theater
2027 West Broadway
Minneapolis, MN 55411

For You
Soft & Wet
So Blue
Just As Long As We're Together
I Am You

Astasheiks said:

Cool. I did find this on the net

Ticket to Prince's first concert (1979)

https://www.mnopedia.org/multimedia/ticket-princes-first-concert-1979

SantanaMaitreya said:

I Am You? That's probably I'm Yours. Also, I read that the concert was an hour long, so if they didn't go all Funkadelic and play 20 minute versions of all the songs (I hope not) then that setlist is incomplete. [Edited 8/26/21 8:04am]

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One thing, at least, that can be said about the second Capri show is that it featured the only known performance of “I am You”: one of a handful of songs written and demoed in late 1978 about which we know little more than the title. Uptown has described “I am You” as a “rock-oriented number” that “saw Prince moving from instrument to instrument” (Nilsen 1999 50). Unfortunately, however, this display of showmanship wasn’t enough to convince W.B. to bankroll a tour. “They felt the band wasn’t tight enough, which was true,” Fink later explained. “It was a combination of that and the fact that For You wasn’t a hit. They thought, ‘Well, it was a nice try, but let’s do another record and then get out on the road. Let’s give the band a year to develop’” (51). Husney, who had kept in touch with his contacts at the label, heard a blunter assessment: “They told me that the show was a complete disaster” (Hahn 2003 28).

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I Am You is an unreleased rock song recorded as a home recording in the second half of 1978 at Prince’s France Avenue Home Studio, Edina, Minnesota. It was performed live at Prince’s first two solo concerts, 5 January 1979 and 6 January 1979, and showcased Prince playing a number of different instruments, including drums, but the song has not been played live since. The track remains unreleased.

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Yes, the set list is incomplete, I have never seen/read a complete set of songs, so I just list the ones that were mentioned.

Prince @ the Capri Theate...1.5-6.1979

OF4S, I dig the article you posted in post #3 where it says,

"He had the oppurtunity to play his first Concert at prestigious Madison Square Garden"!

Wow!

Astasheiks said:

OF4S, I dig the article you posted in post #3 where it says,

"He had the oppurtunity to play his first Concert at prestigious Madison Square Garden"!

Wow!

I KNOW!! That was a standout

Wonder what year was this?

SantanaMaitreya said:

I Am You? That's probably I'm Yours. Also, I read that the concert was an hour long, so if they didn't go all Funkadelic and play 20 minute versions of all the songs (I hope not) then that setlist is incomplete. [Edited 8/26/21 8:04am]

No, they are 2 different songs. "I Am You" is a rock song that featrured several solos, prehaps simuar to "Sexy Dancer"? It was recorded after "For You" came out and was only preformed twice.

Astasheiks said:

Wonder what year was this?

the "Sam's" shows were in 1981...

Cool to know Only

Prince, the Replacements and U2 all within a month. Pretty amazing music scene they had going on there in Minneapolis back then!

Astasheiks said:

Wonder what year was this?

The first flier I posted in the bottom right corner has '81 as the year

OldFriends4Sale said:

Astasheiks said:

Wonder what year was this?

The first flier I posted in the bottom right corner has '81 as the year

Thanks for pointing that out, missed that

[Edited 9/2/21 13:34pm]

PJMcGee said:

I wonder how he sang For You live. Did he add some instrumentation, or did the band do all of the backing vocals?

that would be good to know...