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Old 02-20-12 | 11:39 AM
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The Recording of Prince's Purple Rain (the song)

http://www.tubeminator.com/view-prin...ry-766118.html

Came across this the other day, it's incredible. This is the performance that makes up most of what ended up on the album. It's amazing to watch.
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that was very cool, thanks! It's a shame Prince forgot how to rock
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Very cool, indeed. Would love to have that properly mastered and released in its entirety.

Thanks for posting!
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Originally Posted by joeblow69
that was very cool, thanks! It's a shame Prince forgot how to rock
Having seen Prince twice on his last tour, the man has not forgotten how to rock.
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Having seen Prince twice on his last tour, the man has not forgotten how to rock.
I can only go by the dreck I've heard on the radio and MTV since purple rain. I vowed off ever buying prince after the immense letdown of "Around the World in a Day"
Old 02-20-12 | 01:56 PM
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I can only go by the dreck I've heard on the radio and MTV since purple rain. I vowed off ever buying prince after the immense letdown of "Around the World in a Day"
Are you kidding? Then you missed some of Prince's best albums including PARADE, SIGN O' THE TIMES, THE GOLD EXPERIENCE, and several great cuts off of EMANCIPATION, COME, MUSICOLOGY, 3121, as well as side projects: THE FAMILY, THE GLAMOROUS LIFE, JILL JONES, etc...
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Around The World In A Day is a great album.
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I can only go by the dreck I've heard on the radio and MTV since purple rain. I vowed off ever buying prince after the immense letdown of "Around the World in a Day"
dude...go listen to Sign O the Times RIGHT NOW
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I can only go by the dreck I've heard on the radio and MTV since purple rain. I vowed off ever buying prince after the immense letdown of "Around the World in a Day"
?!?

What everyone else said. You've missed out on some of the best music Prince has to offer.
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Well, in my defense, I was only 11 when Around the World in a day came out. I was wanting more "Let's Go Crazy" but instead got "Raspberry Beret". I think I listened to it once or twice then threw it out. If that wasn't bad enough, the first single off the next album was Parade's Kiss. That's about as far removed from Let's go Crazy as you can get, and was enough proof to me (right or wrong) that prince was never going back to the sound that I liked.
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Yes, Raspberry Beret and Kiss, horrible songs, both.
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Yes, Raspberry Beret and Kiss, horrible songs, both.
Those were judgments I made 20 years ago, which I stand by today. Raspberry Beret is a fluff nothing song, and the vocals on kiss are like nails on a chalkboard to me.
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How do you have a discussion about Prince in 2012 with someone who's never heard Sign 'O' the Times?
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I stopped listening to the Beatles after the letdown of "Act Naturally".
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Very cool, indeed. Would love to have that properly mastered and released in its entirety.

Thanks for posting!
The whole concert is available if you look in the right places. I can say no more.
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Originally Posted by joeblow69
I vowed off ever buying prince after the immense letdown of "Around the World in a Day"
Then you missed out on some of his best material including his Masterpiece:

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Originally Posted by MWB
How do you have a discussion about Prince in 2012 with someone who's never heard Sign 'O' the Times?

You don't.
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I've been listening to this album since I was 14 and am at the point where I know it inside and out. So cool to see the live take and get an impression of how the final version was put together. That must have been a very special night for both the band and the audience. Thanks for sharing OP!
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The whole concert is available if you look in the right places. I can say no more.
Hmmmm... Intriguing.

I'd also like to present for consideration: "The Black Album" and "The Beautiful Dance Experience"- a collection of the '94 "The Beautiful Experience TV Broadcast" (where the hell was it broadcast?!) combined with a few tracks from NPG's "Gold *****" cd. Good stuff though I don't believe it was a legitimate release.
Old 04-01-12 | 11:50 AM
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Was looking for this today and it's been taken down from the original link. Here it is on YouTube:

Old 04-01-12 | 06:39 PM
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^^^ Awesome!!!
Old 04-01-12 | 06:44 PM
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Great video. I enjoy the trivia on the bottom as well.

What's funny is I'm sure many in that audience were thinking "Enough of the new cuts...I want to hear the hits! 1999!"
Old 04-02-12 | 02:37 AM
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I don't even know that much about Prince and I know "Kiss" is awesome.
Old 04-03-12 | 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by MWB
Was looking for this today and it's been taken down from the original link. Here it is on YouTube:

Thanks so much! That was awesome!

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