What a time to be alive and discover Prince for the first time. I can’t think of a single band or artist that even comes anywhere near close to what Prince was as a performer and artist. One of the very rare artists when you can honestly say he was and is iconic.
It was indeed a great time to be alive . I recall first learning about Michael Jackson (when Thriller was released) and then hearing Prince ( when Purple Rain came out). I was a country boy growing up in rural Louisiana and had never heard of either one. The ‘80 sometimes gets a bad rap (rep?) when it comes to music but there was a ton of great music circulating from all genres back then. Especially when MTV became so popular. 🎼🎸🎶
@@sexobscura Yes indeed . I wasn’t implying, nor did I say, the ‘80’s had the only nor the greatest artists/music of all decades. The reply was to a comment referring to that period in time . That is all.
My first concert was Prince and Rick James on the legendary(but ill-fated) Punk and Funk tour. I was 12 and although Rick James headlined Prince stole the show. I can still remember seeing him hump the floor in knee-high stockings while singing “Let’s Work”. This was very early Prince and even then you could see the genius in him. I would say that Prince was the modern day Mozart but even Mozart couldn’t play the number of instruments that Prince could play…and also sing and dance. What an exceptionally talented human being.
Wow...Same here. I was reading your post thinking to myself "did I write this ( LMAO) .. Rick was the Bigger Star ,but Prince walked away with our Hearts , Souls and Minds ( smile)... I then saw his "Dirty Mind Tour" .
This is the kind of content that the Prince Estate should be remastering and releasing to the real Prince fans. Lets face it - after a superstar is gone, only the real fans keep buying his records.
Can you imagine being an artist and knowing you have all these incredible tunes that you're about to unleash on the world? I'm admittedly in the minority but I hold the 1999 album more near and dear to my heart but this guy was just a once in forever talent
@@jooei2810Well said yourself. You know I remember when Michael died and all the coverage and tributes and I remember thinking if it was Prince would he be remembered and honored as much and I remember being so grateful for the love he received and I was like yeah the people knew what was lost they understood
Oh please Estate! Release this concert! This is Prince and the Revolution at its best! We early Prince fans love this so much! This concert is so epic! Prince and the band are on fire! I love Prince and The Revolution so much! Release, please! This is why we olsskool need this. This is epic Prince and why we love him for ever!
I agree, 100 percent...the estate should get a better more responsible pr team. Some of the unreleased albums like "The Undertaker" should be remastered an released. The Time albums as well.
I love this era. Love automatic, and my favorite version of computer blue live. I miss him. He was like a light house to me. If you know it's there , you know it'll be alright. Music ain't the same. Ain't nobody close to filling those shoes. I thought d'angelo or lenny had a chance at 1 point..... But let's face it, from every aspect of musical artistry..... U can't touch what Prince accomplished.
See you and me - we need to drink a beer because you capture my sentiment. He killed Automatic and Computer Blue - it sounds so good. I can listen to this all night.
If I weren't already madly in love with this man the first 5 seconds of him on stage here would've done it. I'm in tears watching this. Not because he's gone, not because the songs are sad but because he's so full of passion and beauty. It hits me somewhere deep.
He was so young here and he knew he had a purpose in life then! MUSIC he felt every song he sang and his conviction was so contagious I loved him then and love him now! his music is entwined with all my years of living all my joys all my heartbreaks all my love❣️Miss him!💜🎶🎸☔️
To be in that audience and not have any idea of the importance of what you were seeing for the very first time is mindblowing. Thank you so much for posting - I'm in a state of tears and absolute joy.
I saw the show in Salisbury Md. 1983, I have seen many shows, this was the greatest concert I have ever been lucky enough to witness, he relieved every band member and had a drum off with Sheila E... ended up back on the piano singing Beautiful... ended with Purple Rain which he had not released yet... AMAZING>>. 06 MAR 1983 ::::: Salisbury, MD, USA - Wicomico Youth and Civic Center
The film of SRV at the El Mocombo also has that aspect to it. The crowd knew they were witnessing something special, but had no idea of how special, until years later.
I Knew The Importance of Every Single Show that I went to. And even though the Tickets may have cost 2 to 3 times the normal rate, Every Time I Left a Prince Concert I Felt Like I Should Have Gave Him Some More Money!!!
I thought the very exact thing. They are witnessing greatness, having no idea he was about to explode into the stratosphere!! Wow, what an entertainer!!
I was at that Rolling Stones event at the Coliseum where Prince opened… and the crowd went nuts. Little did that crowd know that they did that to the Mozart of our time!
@@wesleywashington1251 in essence, it was another fumbled attempt/gesture of goodness by them that entirely fell flat - much like their Free, Hyde Park Concert and the Altamont Freeway debacle
Yo!!!! This if Mindblowing . Thank you for posting. So intimate and up close. There will NEVER BE another one like Prince. Are'nt we fortunate to have lived during his REIGN !!!!!!
I was born in '74 and that was just too late to be able to see Prince at 1st Ave. People talk about what they'd do with a time machine and it inevitably turns into stupid stuff like buying Apple or Microsoft stock. All I'd want to do with a time machine is be at shows like this one.
SETLIST: 1. Let's Go Crazy - 01:07 2. When You Were Mine - 06:35 3. A Case Of U - 09:04 4. Computer Blue - 11:40 5. Delirious - 18:17 6. Electric Intercourse - 22:49 7. Automatic - 28:18 8. I Would Die 4 U - 35:05 9. Baby I'm A Star - 37:13 10. Little Red Corvette - 42:08 11. Interlude - 47:01 12. Purple Rain - 48:19 13. D.M.S.R. - 57:49
Zero backing tracks, zero pitch correction. An actual band of exceptional players, and a front man who can really song and play. I wonder if that audience could sense the significance of this concert.
@@rainrainbowsodapop4294 you realize how close you came to having guys in purple coats show up at your place in the middle of the night dont you haha?!
The look in his eyes when he's playing the solo during Computer Blue just shows how much he's into the song. Such a huge loss. I was hoping to be hearing new Prince music for many more years but we were all robbed of that pleasure. RIP Prince Rogers Nelson
My good friend at the time AW introduced me to Prince and this Album. Things were never the same after that. I can never thank him enough as this stuff changed my life. Dear friend we miss you.
This was banned so many times on the internet, it costed me my youtubeaccountn and really, it was worth it. This is my holy grail. The Revolution and the Linn drumcomputer is by far the best combination he had. This concert is so epic! The first try outs of Purple Rain in here. Making rains! Electric Intercourse is out of this world performance, Computer Blue is Prince making love to the drumcomputer, big synths from dr.Fink and guitar. EPIC!!
Prince always challenged his audience - love when he wold try new songs. The expressions of those faces. Hearing those songs and not knowing you listening. Everyone in the moment.
@@forensicaccountant259James was great, his stage histrionics, dancing, gut-wrenching vocals were immense, but he didn't have the musical genius of Prince regards playing instruments. Prince was the Mozart or Bach of our time.
There's an interesting video where she is going over her current pedalboard. She gets into this song and recording and her playing on it a bit. Very interesting to watch her all these years later, and hear her take on that. (ua-cam.com/video/8F_IX4b85y8/v-deo.html)
ngl.... that is the best version of Computer Blue that we will EVER hear!! Absolutely beautiful guitar playing by Prince! Oh yeah.... and Wendy is so 🔥🔥🔥!!!
He had it all - lyrics , music , presence - I aint religious but I do wonder , if this guy was touched by God - he is the closest I get to thinking maybe there is a god out there
Fucking hell! This is THE gig I've been looking for this whole time. I'm crying and laughing at the same time. No one - NO ONE - delivers like that. This is a masterclass. The front row look shell-shocked 😅
3 August 1983 Band Prince (vox, guitar), Bobby Z. (drums), Brown Mark (bass), Wendy Melvoin (guitar), Lisa Coleman (keyboards), Dr. Fink (keyboards) The concert was a benefit to raise $23,000 for the Minnesota Dance Theatre; the whole amount needed was raised. This show included the live debuts of Let’s Go Crazy, Computer Blue, Electric Intercourse, I Would Die 4 U, Baby I’m A Star, and Purple Rain. It also included Prince’s first performance of Joni Mitchell’s A Case Of You. Three songs from this show: I Would Die 4 U, Baby I’m A Star and Purple Rain were overdubbed and edited in the studio, with the final versions released on Purple Rain (with the audio also appearing in the Purple Rain movie with new lip-synced footage. The show was filmed, and in 2017 (a year after Prince’s death), rumors surfaced that video of the show would be included in the Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition package. This did not come to pass, although a documentary about the show was said to be in production for release on a streaming platform at a later date. princevault.com/index.php?title=03_August_1983
Straight up, the Revolution was amazing! Truth is, no Prince ensemble has EVER captured the magic of his first Tour Troop with Andre Cymone, Dez Dickerson, Lisa Coleman, Matt Fink & Bobby Z. They defied description!
That number he plays on the keyboard should've been included on the Purple Rain soundtrack and featured in the movie!! It's great to finally hear it though.
Estate has been very, very respectful and thoughtful of fans. I am sure this is on the list for an official release at some point. Viva Estate & Prince 4ever!
In 1984 my brother returned from the States with the Purple Rain cassette and it was like riding the Spacex Starship on a space launch... I saw him live only once at the Palatrussardi in Milan in 1987 on the occasion of the Sign o' the times tour. The most beautiful concert of my life. Thanks for all small genius of Minneapolis
It was this day in 1983 that Prince unveiled “the Rain” for the very first time. I hope and pray that one day in this life, the estate will release this. It MUST be seen and heard by EVERYONE.
Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today To get through this thing called life Electric word life, it means forever and that's a mighty long time But I'm here to tell you, there's something else The afterworld, a world of never ending happiness I believe Prince is there and I will meet him someday too.
We've all been to concerts where the artist/group will play music from their new album prior to release and we all go - hurry up and get to the good stuff! Same thing was happening here - you could hear the cheers for the familar songs and almost dead silence for the ones that they had no idea was about to rock their world for the rest of their lives. What a lucky group of people to hear songs 1,4,8,9 and 12 for the first time ever outside of the studio. Unreal.
If Prince had started to sing effin Sound of Music in the middle of his concert I would have been down to it, I came to see my hero and he can do anything he wants on his stage and I approve!
The kid is in rare form tonight
What a time to be alive and discover Prince for the first time. I can’t think of a single band or artist that even comes anywhere near close to what Prince was as a performer and artist. One of the very rare artists when you can honestly say he was and is iconic.
I have to declare that Madonna must be on a par with Prince
It was indeed a great time to be alive . I recall first learning about Michael Jackson (when Thriller was released) and then hearing Prince ( when Purple Rain came out). I was a country boy growing up in rural Louisiana and had never heard of either one. The ‘80 sometimes gets a bad rap (rep?) when it comes to music but there was a ton of great music circulating from all genres back then. Especially when MTV became so popular.
🎼🎸🎶
@KevinSmith-mh5oq every era has great music, the decade is incidental
MJ was the only one greater!
@@sexobscura Yes indeed . I wasn’t implying, nor did I say, the ‘80’s had the only nor the greatest artists/music of all decades. The reply was to a comment referring to that period in time .
That is all.
I saw this and I still feel the butterflies. 40 years later. Thank you, Prince❣️
Where were u in the crowd? And how old were u? Please tell m
Betsy Farmer?
Qué suerte!!!!!!
Dang incredible wish i was there . instead 11yrs old and down south at the time😂
Yeah, right. Nobody in that audience even knows this is on UA-cam.
Just love seeing him perform at 25 singing these songs for the first time is soooo cool! 💜🤍
The baddest musician ever to have walked this earth 💜💜💜
what about Mozart?
@@carlcollins8413 mozart couldn't dance
@@romulus_ so dancing is music now???
@@carlcollins8413 just having a bit of fun and you had to go and be pedantic. you've been nothing but a wet blanket on this thread.
Oh YES!!!!! The baddest!!!!!
My first concert was Prince and Rick James on the legendary(but ill-fated) Punk and Funk tour. I was 12 and although Rick James headlined Prince stole the show. I can still remember seeing him hump the floor in knee-high stockings while singing “Let’s Work”. This was very early Prince and even then you could see the genius in him.
I would say that Prince was the modern day Mozart but even Mozart couldn’t play the number of instruments that Prince could play…and also sing and dance. What an exceptionally talented human being.
Wow...Same here. I was reading your post thinking to myself "did I write this ( LMAO) .. Rick was the Bigger Star ,but Prince walked away with our Hearts , Souls and Minds ( smile)... I then saw his "Dirty Mind Tour" .
You went to a Rick James show at 12 years old? Dang - wish my parents woulda been that cool.
This is the kind of content that the Prince Estate should be remastering and releasing to the real Prince fans. Lets face it - after a superstar is gone, only the real fans keep buying his records.
The real fans already have them all
It was supposed to be released but got pulled last minute
An album of the First Avenue concert would be great. Especially to hear the 3 songs that ended up on PR before they were edited and overdubbed.
@@CREOLEACTORNot all real fans have bootlegs because that’s not the way the artist wanted us to hear their music
Very well stated
Can you imagine being an artist and knowing you have all these incredible tunes that you're about to unleash on the world? I'm admittedly in the minority but I hold the 1999 album more near and dear to my heart but this guy was just a once in forever talent
❤💜🖤💔
Remélem a Mennyben énekel és táncol.
Él !
Nem halt meg, csak nincs velünk.
He is not dead, he’s just not with us… Oh man that hits it so hard and true!
@@jooei2810Well said yourself. You know I remember when Michael died and all the coverage and tributes and I remember thinking if it was Prince would he be remembered and honored as much and I remember being so grateful for the love he received and I was like yeah the people knew what was lost they understood
Crystal Ball/Dream Factory/Camille/SOTT is the best era imo.
Do you people realize that Prince was testing these songs for the Purple Rain soundtrack, and the audience was hearing them for the first time.
Yes
V
I wish I could give you two thumbs up.
Yes. It's also Wendy MELVOINs' first show. I Wonder U was the show billed as Prince or Prince &The Revolution?
Is that a question?
Prince!!!
The Best!!! Of All Time!?!
Computer Blue in this concert was on a totally different level than on the album. One of my favorite songs on a Hendrix level.
💯
Oh please Estate! Release this concert! This is Prince and the Revolution at its best! We early Prince fans love this so much! This concert is so epic! Prince and the band are on fire! I love Prince and The Revolution so much! Release, please! This is why we olsskool need this. This is epic Prince and why we love him for ever!
Bootleg special
I agree, 100 percent...the estate should get a better more responsible pr team. Some of the unreleased albums like "The Undertaker" should be remastered an released. The Time albums as well.
I love this era. Love automatic, and my favorite version of computer blue live. I miss him. He was like a light house to me. If you know it's there , you know it'll be alright. Music ain't the same. Ain't nobody close to filling those shoes. I thought d'angelo or lenny had a chance at 1 point..... But let's face it, from every aspect of musical artistry..... U can't touch what Prince accomplished.
See you and me - we need to drink a beer because you capture my sentiment. He killed Automatic and Computer Blue - it sounds so good. I can listen to this all night.
Exacto... Un genio sólo se repite al cabo de muchos años. Nadie le ha podido igualar.
Beatles y Prince son los verdaderos genios del pop
Computer Blue played badly would still sound brilliant
Once in a life time artist
If I weren't already madly in love with this man the first 5 seconds of him on stage here would've done it. I'm in tears watching this. Not because he's gone, not because the songs are sad but because he's so full of passion and beauty. It hits me somewhere deep.
he was on fire here...its beyond words how great he was especially on the purple rain songs...he nailed them...and then some
Pure driven raw power. PRINCE!🤯❤💚 don't adjust your tv this Prince the world will never the same again in a good way thanks to PRINCE 🎉
Cierto! Es porque es un genio como Bach
He was so young here and he knew he had a purpose in life then! MUSIC he felt every song he sang and his conviction was so contagious I loved him then and love him now! his music is entwined with all my years of living all my joys all my heartbreaks all my love❣️Miss him!💜🎶🎸☔️
To be in that audience and not have any idea of the importance of what you were seeing for the very first time is mindblowing. Thank you so much for posting - I'm in a state of tears and absolute joy.
I saw the show in Salisbury Md. 1983, I have seen many shows, this was the greatest concert I have ever been lucky enough to witness, he relieved every band member and had a drum off with Sheila E... ended up back on the piano singing Beautiful... ended with Purple Rain which he had not released yet... AMAZING>>. 06 MAR 1983 ::::: Salisbury, MD, USA - Wicomico Youth and Civic Center
They knew.
The film of SRV at the El Mocombo also has that aspect to it. The crowd knew they were witnessing something special, but had no idea of how special, until years later.
I Knew The Importance of Every Single Show that I went to. And even though the Tickets may have cost 2 to 3 times the normal rate, Every Time I Left a Prince Concert I Felt Like I Should Have Gave Him Some More Money!!!
I thought the very exact thing. They are witnessing greatness, having no idea he was about to explode into the stratosphere!! Wow, what an entertainer!!
This version of Computer Blue is incredible. He looked possessed on the guitar solo. Unbelievable musicianship.
I was at that Rolling Stones event at the Coliseum where Prince opened… and the crowd went nuts. Little did that crowd know that they did that to the Mozart of our time!
Sí, y Mik Jagger lo apoyó, sabía que era muy bueno
@@pepalacasa6717
pero la multitud abucheó a Prince desde el escenario y él tomó la decisión de no ser nunca telonero de otra banda.
@@wesleywashington1251
in essence, it was another fumbled attempt/gesture of goodness by them that entirely fell flat - much like their Free, Hyde Park Concert and the Altamont Freeway debacle
Yeah, right. You're probably a member of the band too, huh? lol
I hope this footage gets restored and released on dvd or blu-ray this year for the 40th anniversary!
Some say: Gone too soon but I say he emptied himself out. There will never be another Prince 💜
Gone too late?
Yo!!!! This if Mindblowing . Thank you for posting. So intimate and up close. There will NEVER BE another one like Prince. Are'nt we fortunate to have lived during his REIGN !!!!!!
I was born in '74 and that was just too late to be able to see Prince at 1st Ave. People talk about what they'd do with a time machine and it inevitably turns into stupid stuff like buying Apple or Microsoft stock. All I'd want to do with a time machine is be at shows like this one.
❤
SETLIST:
1. Let's Go Crazy - 01:07
2. When You Were Mine - 06:35
3. A Case Of U - 09:04
4. Computer Blue - 11:40
5. Delirious - 18:17
6. Electric Intercourse - 22:49
7. Automatic - 28:18
8. I Would Die 4 U - 35:05
9. Baby I'm A Star - 37:13
10. Little Red Corvette - 42:08
11. Interlude - 47:01
12. Purple Rain - 48:19
13. D.M.S.R. - 57:49
I have all those songs on CD.
Thanks for taking the time to make the list
What I wouldn't have given to been there...almost everything!
I miss him ever so...
O-|-> 4 ever.
^__^• ♡
Prince Blew That Stage Up!!! 🔥
My favorite will always be Little Red Corvette!
Beautiful genius! We all miss him so much!!!!
Wasn't this the first time they performed a lot of these songs? Extremely touching concert.
Remember it very well I was there awesome show
You lucky guy !
I'm so jealous
Fun claim to make, I'm sure
G.O.A.T
The BESTEST of all Badasses
INSANE!!! 💜☸
Ahhhh. From the glorious days...before smart phones :-)
Can you imagine having a VHS copy of this in 83-84? Someone surely would've borrowed your tape and never gave it back.
This kind of pure energy is what makes PRINCE a superstar
Prince was like God's gift for us RIP angel 😇
I don't care who ever said he was the greatest guitar player...he was the best!
Eric Clapton was asked in an interview what it was like to be the best guitar player in the world. He said "I don't know. Go ask Prince"
a real genius - PRINCE
Wow witnessing songs from Purple Rain that would come a year later... Just awesomeness... Lucky audience ❤
Need this on DVD!!!
Zero backing tracks, zero pitch correction. An actual band of exceptional players, and a front man who can really song and play. I wonder if that audience could sense the significance of this concert.
Man, we could have lived in any era but we got lucky enough to live during the time of Prince!
I appreciate the remastered PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION LIVE...but THIS deserves the same treatment, maybe even moreso.
No lip syncing, no choreography just raw and ad libbed just awesome
Ad libbed???
@@Jayden-sh2jt yes, meaning no pre-taped junk. Just PURE LIVE TALENT.
^__~• ♡
lol look at this putz thinking Prince shows aren't choreographed. You don't get to be on stage with Prince if you don't know every freaking step!
this is the raw performance of the purple rain material...just like the album...he was note for note
@@rainrainbowsodapop4294 you realize how close you came to having guys in purple coats show up at your place in the middle of the night dont you haha?!
The look in his eyes when he's playing the solo during Computer Blue just shows how much he's into the song. Such a huge loss. I was hoping to be hearing new Prince music for many more years but we were all robbed of that pleasure. RIP Prince Rogers Nelson
Why a remastered version of this concert wasn’t in the Purple Rain Super Deluxe set requires a Congressional investigation.
No one has been as cool since-Thanks Prince
Unbelievable. Even the Revolution look like they can’t quite believe what hit them, and what a ride they will have.
My good friend at the time AW introduced me to Prince and this Album. Things were never the same after that. I can never thank him enough as this stuff changed my life. Dear friend we miss you.
This was banned so many times on the internet, it costed me my youtubeaccountn and really, it was worth it. This is my holy grail. The Revolution and the Linn drumcomputer is by far the best combination he had. This concert is so epic! The first try outs of Purple Rain in here. Making rains! Electric Intercourse is out of this world performance, Computer Blue is Prince making love to the drumcomputer, big synths from dr.Fink and guitar. EPIC!!
yup...all the pop stars were calling prince to come in and produce for him after they heard the songs he was unleashing at this time
Agreed!
Electric intercourse! Replaced by the beautiful ones, but why not both?
Classic bootleg VHS.
is Purple Rain cut down in length here?
That was the most amazing show I have ever seen. Wow!
A musical genius 🌠
Prince always challenged his audience - love when he wold try new songs. The expressions of those faces. Hearing those songs and not knowing you listening. Everyone in the moment.
Prince......was the greatest!
The best live performer ever no one performed better!!!!
James Brown. Prince would tell you the same.
@@forensicaccountant259James was great, his stage histrionics, dancing, gut-wrenching vocals were immense, but he didn't have the musical genius of Prince regards playing instruments. Prince was the Mozart or Bach of our time.
@@markdrinkwater1508 BEST LIVE PERFORMER.
@@markdrinkwater1508 what ?
@@gway3079 Read, it's clear.
Amazing. Did not know about this tape.
Wendy is probably the most underrated guitar player of all time. We need to have a discussion about Wendy.
There's an interesting video where she is going over her current pedalboard. She gets into this song and recording and her playing on it a bit. Very interesting to watch her all these years later, and hear her take on that. (ua-cam.com/video/8F_IX4b85y8/v-deo.html)
She was good, but Prince had so many better rhythm guitar players over the years.
No one can top this
ngl.... that is the best version of Computer Blue that we will EVER hear!! Absolutely beautiful guitar playing by Prince! Oh yeah.... and Wendy is so 🔥🔥🔥!!!
Greatest musician ever lived
Look at how happy he is. They sound great.
36:07 the whole audience is in trance looking at a Genius!
*After this magnificent gift, I think it's a must that we all collectively go and purify ourselves in the waters of Lake Minnetonka*
What a masterpiece. He wrote a novel with music.
This is legendary live stage.Real kid is here.
There are no words to describe this performance...
Great to hear when U were Mine
His eyes painted, his hair , his outfits, Prince 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵 I am just in love with him
He had it all - lyrics , music , presence - I aint religious but I do wonder , if this guy was touched by God - he is the closest I get to thinking maybe there is a god out there
Y yo!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤
FIRST AVENUE - if I could have seen Prince anywhere in the world it would have been at First Ave............
Fucking hell! This is THE gig I've been looking for this whole time. I'm crying and laughing at the same time. No one - NO ONE - delivers like that. This is a masterclass. The front row look shell-shocked 😅
Coolest Badass ever alive.
Peak 80s by the peak 80s artist, it doesn’t get any more 80s than this here.
That solo in computer blue ! Omg !!! 😮😮😮😮❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
So cool being able to see this.
Gosh the humility, smile and joy in Prince when he received that flower just made me tear up. What a special man.
I sooo need to visit 1st Ave and Paisley Park. Still miss him. 😞💜
Totally blown away! Prince was the man, . . with a helluva band.
The purple rain album is 40 years old this year and now I need to go lie down.
Wow that computer blue set was amazing!!!!💜💜💜
He was the most sexy man...the greatest!
Who needs 2go2 Gym when one can Dance Dance DANCE
Hats off to you, Prince. World was your stage. Your life was your greatest performance.
3 August 1983
Band Prince (vox, guitar), Bobby Z. (drums), Brown Mark (bass), Wendy Melvoin (guitar), Lisa Coleman (keyboards), Dr. Fink (keyboards)
The concert was a benefit to raise $23,000 for the Minnesota Dance Theatre; the whole amount needed was raised.
This show included the live debuts of Let’s Go Crazy, Computer Blue, Electric Intercourse, I Would Die 4 U, Baby I’m A Star, and Purple Rain. It also included Prince’s first performance of Joni Mitchell’s A Case Of You.
Three songs from this show: I Would Die 4 U, Baby I’m A Star and Purple Rain were overdubbed and edited in the studio, with the final versions released on Purple Rain (with the audio also appearing in the Purple Rain movie with new lip-synced footage.
The show was filmed, and in 2017 (a year after Prince’s death), rumors surfaced that video of the show would be included in the Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition package. This did not come to pass, although a documentary about the show was said to be in production for release on a streaming platform at a later date.
princevault.com/index.php?title=03_August_1983
Wow. That Prince big-time show on such a small stage and venue. Just WOW
Freaking AMAZING 1983 PRINCE !!!!!!!!!🎈💜💜💜💜💜💜
The Mozart of our times!
Straight up, the Revolution was amazing! Truth is, no Prince ensemble has EVER captured the magic of his first Tour Troop with Andre Cymone, Dez Dickerson, Lisa Coleman, Matt Fink & Bobby Z. They defied description!
才能ほとばしる 若きプリンス！
紫時代 の永遠の 我らがスター☆
大好き♡
That number he plays on the keyboard should've been included on the Purple Rain soundtrack and featured in the movie!! It's great to finally hear it though.
The sound he is getting out of that Tele is classic
This is fr*gging hot. The band's on fire and Prince himself is too.
Olé! Como decimos en España cuando algo no puede ser mejor
Prince was on fire so often he wore asbestos underwear.
Simply, Eye will love Prince 4Ever “And that’s a mighty long time”.💜
I'm at a loss for words.... seeing this is just amazing.
Estate has been very, very respectful and thoughtful of fans. I am sure this is on the list for an official release at some point. Viva Estate & Prince 4ever!
I could do without the $120 pajamas...at least model them after the UTCM satin pair.
The artist who was sometimes called Prince but was always the King!
In 1984 my brother returned from the States with the Purple Rain cassette and it was like riding the Spacex Starship on a space launch... I saw him live only once at the Palatrussardi in Milan in 1987 on the occasion of the Sign o' the times tour. The most beautiful concert of my life. Thanks for all small genius of Minneapolis
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It was this day in 1983 that Prince unveiled “the Rain” for the very first time. I hope and pray that one day in this life, the estate will release this. It MUST be seen and heard by EVERYONE.
Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today
To get through this thing called life
Electric word life, it means forever and that's a mighty long time
But I'm here to tell you, there's something else
The afterworld, a world of never ending happiness
I believe Prince is there and I will meet him someday too.
The ULTIMATE BEST "out of body" experience
We've all been to concerts where the artist/group will play music from their new album prior to release and we all go - hurry up and get to the good stuff! Same thing was happening here - you could hear the cheers for the familar songs and almost dead silence for the ones that they had no idea was about to rock their world for the rest of their lives. What a lucky group of people to hear songs 1,4,8,9 and 12 for the first time ever outside of the studio. Unreal.
If Prince had started to sing effin Sound of Music in the middle of his concert I would have been down to it, I came to see my hero and he can do anything he wants on his stage and I approve!
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