# Historical Significance... - Site: Analog Industries - Author: Chris Randall - Date: 2012-02-18 - URL: https://analogindustries.com/2012/02/historical-significance/ Bootleg audio of this have been making the rounds for years, but I've never seen the video. I imagine Warner Bros. will have this taken down in short order, so enjoy it while you can: the entire nearly 14-minute live recording that forms the basis of the album version of Purple Rain, complete with commentary. I'm not to proud to admit this made my day. What a piece of music, and what a lucky audience. **EDIT:** Well, that didn't last long. By the time I refreshed this page, it had been taken down. You'll have to find a boot, I guess. Spoiler alert: the song has four verses in this version, and the guitar solo is twice as long. **EDIT 2:** See the comments for a link to one someone grabbed from YouTube. ## Comments (14) **TZ** (2012-02-18): Prince is so fast ! His shadow already removed the video before he started to play... **Subliminal Fusion** (2012-02-18): http://www.tubeminator.com/view-prince-original-live-recording-of-purple-rain-first-avenue-1983-with-commentary-766118.html **Chris Randall** (2012-02-18): Ah, there we go. Nice. -CR **bongo_x** (2012-02-18): Not my favorite Prince song, but that guy is pretty amazing, whatever his faults as a person. I had no idea any of this was live. I was/am a minor fan, but I sometimes look back on artists I somewhat took for granted back when I was younger and am amazed at how talented they were. Would he be able to even get a record deal today? bb **takokichi** (2012-02-18): Multiple chill inducing video. Thanks, gentlemen. **bub** (2012-02-18): That was me doing the ''Oooowww". Time for a law suit. **noisegeek** (2012-02-18): Yeah, that made my day too. Whatever his eccentricities, the man is on another level entirely when it comes to music. Incredible. **analogcre8or** (2012-02-19): Oh, that one brings back memories... Thanks for sharing this historic moment... I had no idea. **legrandgazou** (2012-02-19): Wow, thanks for sharing this... never saw it before. **MMI** (2012-02-21): I was a teen still living at home with the folks when I saw the movie. I was into "cooler" things and not really a fan but this was able to break through that teenage indifference... **synthetic** (2012-02-21): This? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abjN6NvaXx8 **afreshcupofjoe** (2012-02-22): Wow, that was an incredible performance. Thanks for sharing this. **jwcase** (2012-02-22): Also, the next we find ourselves bitching about bare mic cabinets, we should remember that this vocal performance was captured on an SM-58 (or some such) that had been adjusted with a hammer to the fucking windscreen. If your performance is this jizzy, my guess is that it would be difficult to fuck it up with a microphone. **jwcase** (2012-02-22): well - seeing the end i notice the housing at the base of the windscreen has little arches on it - def not a 58...one of those AKG dynamic joints?