Prince - Benefit Concert Rehearsal 1983

Prince - August 3, 1983 

Rehearsal for The First Avenue Benefit Concert 
In Aid Of The Minnesota Dance Theater

Liberated Bootleg

Soundboard @flac

 This was part of 6 CD unauthorized box set

 

"Electric intercourse, electric intercourse (Wake up, Wendy!)
Don't U wanna?
Electric intercourse, electric intercourse
Don't U wanna make love, sweet love, my love?..."


1983-08-03, First Avenue: The Live Debut of The Revolution / Wendy Melvoin
...found seeding here  - http://www.hungercity.org/details.php?id=26002

 

Known Flaws: - Track 9 (BIAS), @ 0:07 - 0:43, channel volume-fluctuations

*Original Notes*

One of, if not the finest rehearsals of the man's career, and thankfully a stellar quality soundboard recording to match the content. This rehearsal has been circulating in various degrees of quality for years with Sabotage's 'Purple Rush Volume 2' perhaps being the most popular thus far. Sabotage's was good, great in parts, but the audible hiss throughout 'Purple Rain' and a number of small edits during the rehearsal were a source of frustration for me. Thankfully this release has zero hiss, a running order which appears to be a true reflection of the rehearsal (Sabotage placed both versions of 'Let's Go Crazy' back-to-back which always seemed strange) and the overall clarity of the soundboard recording is head-and-shoulders above any other. There's no comparison when it comes to the two as this is far superior, but of the 3 major glitches in the recording (which affects both), it should be pointed out that everything is left "as is" on here, so we get the original intro to the first version of 'Let's Go Crazy' (Sabotage edited in a different recording) complete with the "when you call up that nigger in Beverley Hills" spoken intro, we get a little distortion and/or tape-chew on 'Baby I'm A Star' here with the original "turn around, 1..2..3" intro which Sabotage removed, and finally the tape fluctuation and distortion on 'D.M.S.R.' is left on here untouched and unedited. Those are the three main flaws with the recording, but they account for 1 minute in total and are minimal when considering the overall quality. The originality of the recording aside, it's also simply a clearer, cleaner recording which allows you to hear things not audible on other versions - such as background comments by Prince during the band improvisation section. Excellent soundboard, excellent rehearsal and an excellent improvement over any other version - I really do enjoy this release immensely. The content is the real icing on the cake with a nasty-as-you-like (and we like) 'Computer Blue' to rival any other version, a stunning 'Electric Intercourse, a frenetic 'D.M.S.R.' which simply goes on and on and on...and on, and a 24 minute segment of the band fooling around with numerous genuinely funny moments and snippets from a vast array of songs from the James Bond theme through to 'Catch A Falling Star'. This isn't perfect, and outside the 3 flaws on the recording mentioned above, Prince's vocals on 'I Would Die 4 U' are raspy and hazy, but that also affects all other versions of the rehearsal, so no fault lies with FBG. If you only ever grab one version of this rehearsal, make it this one. If you already have this rehearsal, get this version, grab a set of earphones, turn it up loud and enjoy.

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Thanks to the original source, dalmar, Guitars101 and all involved!!

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