What was the purpose of this and why did Prince never release this video? And what the hell was with that strange ass story with that girl overdosing on pills, and for that matter who was that girl?

ChadtheRTF said:

He DID release the video in 1994!!!! It was the album in-house CD that never got released!!

Ellectrika said:

Am I correct in saying the video was only released in the UK? As far as I know North American markets only had access to a laserdisc. I have a really poorly dubbed version of the Undertaker video that I purchased (was tricked into believing it was real), with more hissing on the audio track than sound. After the bad purchase somebody told me there were no North American videos of the Undertaker.

ChadtheRTF said:

Prince did release this video (in the UK at least) he wanted to release the soundtrack to a guitar specialist magazine to say 'Hey! I'm a good guitarist by the way' Warners wouldn't let him do it though and this was part of the whole slave/WB problem. Test pressings of The Undertaker soundtrack exist and are highly prized among collectors, they fetch upwards of £200.

Why weren't they released in North America?

I have the mega rare test pressing in-house cd promo.

it was released on VHS in UK and laserdisc and NTSC format in US and Japan and Video-CD in Asia.

Now available as unofficial DVD too.

ChadtheRTF said:

Dunno it was a weird time all round. As well as The Undertaker Prince also released The Sacrifice Of Victor a (heavily edited) video of the infamous Bagleys Warehouse aftershow from the European Act 2 tour. Tickets for the show were openly sold to people far back in the queue and the crowd far exided fire regulations. Note Tony M's comment 'It's hot in this motherfucker 2nite!'

ChadtheRTF said:

the girl in the Undertaker is actress Vanessa Marcil (he wrote The Most Beautiful Girl In The World About Her)

It is pretty crap really! Would of way preferrred the Cd versions! It's dull to watch!


"Sacrifice of victior" video is quite cool! Wish he released the tours to Dand P or the act 1 or 2 tours instead though! Very fun, particually the Gameboyz and Prince doing their rather odd moves together (see "Comercial" or "2 whom it may concern" on Launch.com 4 explanation)! And damn the song itself, that was very weird!


Tony m bit is the best part right?

wasn't this the last time Tony and the original NPG played together, what happened to the original NPG anyway?

damn Vanessa in the above pic looks like either Diamond or Pearl or both don't ya think? Very fine....
[This message was edited Mon May 24 5:50:43 2004 by thesexofit]

ChadtheRTF said:

yes in the middle of it she goes very strange. the music is great though

i don't understand anyone who doesn't like the undertaker video
BAMBI!


and that bit where she throws up its all good tho'!


its better than sacrifice of edited victor. why, why, WHY was endorphinmachine left of the video!!!

MashedPotatoKid said:

co-sign! all of it, mashed!

ninarockets said:

This video kicks ass from start to finish
the cheap B Movie effects actually make the film look even more phsychedelic