Historical Significance...
From the original Analog Industries archive. Some links and images from that era no longer resolve.
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.
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Prince is so fast ! His shadow already removed the video before he started to play...
http://www.tubeminator.com/view-prince-original-live-recording-of-purple-rain-first-avenue-1983-with-commentary-766118.html
Ah, there we go. Nice.
-CR
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
Multiple chill inducing video. Thanks, gentlemen.
That was me doing the ''Oooowww". Time for a law suit.
Yeah, that made my day too.
Whatever his eccentricities, the man is on another level entirely when it comes to music. Incredible.
Oh, that one brings back memories... Thanks for sharing this historic moment... I had no idea.
Wow, thanks for sharing this... never saw it before.
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...
This? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abjN6NvaXx8
Wow, that was an incredible performance. Thanks for sharing this.
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.
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?
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