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Thread started 08/04/23 11:48pm

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CBS: New archival footage surfaces of Prince performing legendary 1983 "Purple Rain" set at First Avenue

"In tandem with the 40th anniversary of the concert, WCCO dug into its archives to find video footage that hasn't seen the light of day in decades. The brief clip shows Prince working it out to "Computer Blue," in a version far more stripped down than the overdubbed suite that ended up on the LP.

It offers up yet another view of a widely-bootlegged, but undying moment in Minneapolis music history."

Article: https://www.cbsnews.com/m...uter-blue/

Video: https://www.youtube.com/w...SMinnesota

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Reply #1 posted 08/04/23 11:52pm

funkbabyandthe
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Very cool
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Reply #2 posted 08/05/23 3:02am

Mackopolis44

Awesome, laying the foundation for the future funk 🙌 👏 😎✌️🎸
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Reply #3 posted 08/05/23 8:38am

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This is "new"???

CBS always on top!

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Reply #4 posted 08/07/23 3:48am

Vannormal

That outfit is fantastic !

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Reply #5 posted 08/07/23 12:20pm

laytonian

The GA that this is in the CBS network and not a local gives us hope.
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Reply #6 posted 08/08/23 2:57am

JorisE73

nayroo2002 said:

This is "new"???

CBS always on top!


teh footage is obviously new and from there own source (a single camera at the back of the venue so a different angle we didn't have yet) and we have the fully edited multicam version.
Maybe they shot the entire show with that single camera, so it could be cool to get a reedited version with this footage included if they have better angles for some moments (like the drop out at the beginnning of 'When You were Mine' that could then be fixed with the footage from this cam)

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Reply #7 posted 08/08/23 2:31pm

TheTruth123

The fact that the sound fades out quickly before the video ends tells me it's part of WCCO's archives (again). They know new Prince information is key!

Edit: Oh. Duh... it said that is what it was. Still, good perception by me!

[Edited 8/8/23 14:31pm]

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Reply #8 posted 08/08/23 6:02pm

dsimp8

I love watching the full show and watching the crowd reactions for the "new" songs and how Prince introduces them.They have no idea what they are listening to but when Delerious and When You Were Mine and LRC are performed they go nuts !

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