20 years ago today it all went down...wow booyah, i thought you wuz gonna have a thread up about this before me!

but anyway, if you've seen/heard this bootlegg, c'mon and show yo love!






edit, hello?
[This message was edited Sun Aug 3 6:23:37 PDT 2003 by Handclapsfingasnapz]

Damn 20 years ago today a huge chunk of Prince history was made. I've never heard the bootleg myself but would love to, to see how it all went down. Crank up PR everyone!

20 years ago 2day, I was in the 2nd grade unaware of the history that has changed our lives.

PR - Rock On!

...and Purple Rain was born.

this is one of the best boots floating around out there! my video is kinda shit quality bu the audio i have is fantastic!

i think i'll listen to it right now!

this is the best show i have seen to date...and i mean seens as in on video...i wasnt at the show for real...but i kept thinking when i was watching it...OMG to be in that audience...that was some magic yall

They performed the best live rendition of "computer blue" ever !

Just got it on dvd...

Still waitin' for a soundboard copy CD. Not dubbed from the video.

Did a soundboard copy ever get out?

You gotta love Prince performing Electric Intercourse in this.

jimipaisley said:

co-sign. listening to it now!

Fan-friggin'-tastic stuff!!
His hair was BAD, his clothes were WORSE, and boy was he sweating, but...for me, it started right there and then.
It was also Wendy's debut performance with the Revolution.
In my Top 10 boots anyhow.

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Wow, I try to remember this date every year.

History was made with this concert.

Fantastic to see. This is what Prince was really about.

D.M.S.R was a killer

Electric Intercourse,
A-U-T-O-MATIC.

The best...



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Handclapsfingasnapz said:

hahaha, it's nice to be recognized! I've been away all weekend, but believe me I've been thinking about this. July 31st was also my 10th anniversary of seeing Prince for the first time, at Wembley Stadium. Ah, good times...

I have this on CD and video...yeah I know, you hate me

BorisFishpaw said:

"if you want something done hire GOOD people to do it"

what's this in refrence to fishpaw?
[This message was edited Sun Aug 3 20:27:03 PDT 2003 by liberation]

This is up there with Small Club as one of the best Prince performances ever.

AMEN, Tron!!!

Vashti said:

Haven't seen you in a minute. How are ya?

For those of us who haven't seen or heard this historic show, could someone give us a rundown of all that went down that night? I'd love to hear about it!
-T Bone
P.S. Just got back from a trip to Minnesota (family reunion) and visited the Minnesota History Center. They have a music exhibit and one of the displays shows a bunch of old advirtisements for First Avenue shows one of which being the show referred to in this thread. Very cool.
[This message was edited Mon Aug 4 10:33:00 PDT 2003 by TBone72]

yeah, co-sign Dansa, I love this video. I believe this one of the first videos I started my collection with.I'm waiting on a better copy soon.This is certainly a must have in any Prince collection.

He was even madder back then.

Hey! I was at this show! And I was actually at First Avenue last night and never made the connection that it was the 20th anniversary of the Prince show! Damn! I've been going to First Ave for many years. That show 20 years ago was awsome!!

This show is a fuckin' stone classic one of the best Prince shows ever love it!

TBone72 said:

Thought I'd get in on this before some fam does. I'm a FAN dammit.

The show opens with the RAWEST version of Let's Go Crazy. The album version is great, but a mastered version of this would be the bomb.

Next, a short, but lovely version of When You Were Mine, with the greatest lyrics "I know you're goin with another fellow, I don't care, I'll kick his ass, baby, I ain't too yellow"... Hell yeah

The definitive A Case Of You (even if it's not the whole song) follows, and continues to put the One Nite Alone studio version to shame. Why did he even bother?

mmm... Computer Blue. The extra verse is here, as well as a blistering solo. I love the 11 minute outake, but I'll take this live take anyday over any other.

Delirious is next, not too special but a solid version none the less...

A long throbbing synth intro eventually leads into that "Should have been a b-side dammit" Electric Intercouse. Fucking excellent. Back when I was single, I used to... nevermind.

A nice version of Automatic, but it seems out of place in this set.

Then: I Would Die 4 U/Baby I'm A Star.. This take, with considerable overdubs and editing, became the album versions of those songs. This is most noticable on Baby I'm A Star. Great energy "There's A Party Here Tonight!!"

Prince Introduces Wendy officially to the crowd during Little Red Corvette, and she pulls it off respectably. She stumbles briefly during the solo, but fuck it, it was her first night out. Gotta luv Wendy.

Show's over? Not barely...

Someone from the organization that the show was a benefit for comes out, calls Prince to the stage, and gives him a bunch of flowers.

Then, it cuts to the opening chords of Purple Rain. This alone is worth the price of a copy of this show, as anyone will tell you. This is the version that ended up on the album, it's from this show. The thing is tho, there wasn't room on the soundtrack for a 13 minute anthem. So it was edited down to the 8:45 that we all grew up listening to. In this unedited take, there's an extra verse, and a much longer solo. What trips me out is how that end solo ended up edited for the album. They took a few seconds here, a few measures there. When you hear the uncut solo for the first time, it's a ride. Everytime you think you got it pegged, it goes into another section that was edited out. It's also kinda neat to hear the coda without the orchestra over it.

But, as they say, "It Ain't Over..."

Critics of this show (and there are some, believe it or not) complain that there isn't much funk in this set. for those, DMSR is for them. If this track was released by the Time, here it would be just like this. Funkier than 10 day old chitlins. And it don't stop, even into a quick snatch of "Horny Toad" and "Sexy Dancer" in the middle. "Telephone, Hello? You want what? You want some horns? Hold on GIMMIE SOME HORNS!"

it finally ends. find this show at all costs and remember who this man so many people still worship USED TO BE.

Five Stars.

that up there sums it all up perfectly!!! thank you, smokeverbs

sonicfreak said:

omg, lucky you!!

It can't be better than the 86 birthday show. And Electric Intercoarse, is no masterpiece. It is a good ballad--leave it at that.

2freaky4church1 said:

i'd say it ranks up alongside detroit '86

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

yep handclaps i got the video. i just might check it out b4
i go to bed...yep one of his better shows...ever!

wendy's debut.
electric intercourse...a case of you...p looking pretty
strange...computer blue...Dyammm!!!

what mo' do you want?

can't believe it was 20 years ago?

man we're all getting older!!!