A new CD/DVD Special Edition has arrived, capturing the rare live recordings and the provocatively wild stage presence of Early-Era Prince! This essential compilation pairs legendary soundboard audio with the oldest surviving professional video footage of Prince’s career.
CD: The Rare Live Archives
Digitally remastered for the highest fidelity, the CD features:
TV Show Highlights: Live performances from The Midnight Special (1980) and Saturday Night Live (1981).
The Minnesota Soundboard: Audio intended for the "phantom" 1982 live album.
Club Rarities: Hard-to-find tracks recorded at intimate 1981 club gigs.
The Stones Incident: The only surviving audio of the infamous 1981 L.A. Memorial Coliseum show, where Prince opened for The Rolling Stones and faced a legendary barrage of heckling.
DVD: The Earliest Pro-Shot Visuals
This DVD brings together two of the earliest known professional recordings of Prince live:
The Ritz, NYC (1981): A seminal early performance.
Paris, France (1981): Prince’s very first landing on French soil.
Technical Upgrades:
Restored Visuals: Significantly repaired and re-edited compared to the grainy bootleg videos of the VHS era.
Dual-Audio Remaster: Features a newly remastered stereo track as the primary audio. You can toggle to the original mono audio to compare the difference.
The Performance: See Prince at his most radical, including the erotic, Hendrix-inspired guitar work that defined his early stagecraft.
The Verdict:
This is the definitive remastered version of the oldest pro-shot footage in existence. A must-have pairing of sight and sound for any Prince scholar or serious collector!
CD
1. INTRODUCTION
2. I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER
3. WHY YOU WANNA TREAT ME SO BAD?
"Midnight Special" TV Show at NBC Studio. Burbank, CA 8th January 1980
4. PARTY UP
"Saturday Night Live" TV Show at NBC Studio, New York, NY 21st February 1981
5. THE SECOND COMING
6. UPTOWN
7. WHY YOU WANNA TREAT ME SO BAD?
8. WHEN YOU WERE MINE
9. HEAD
Live at Met Center, Bloomington, MI 7th March 1982
10. CRAZY YOU
11. EVERYBODY DANCE
12. BAMBI
Live at Sam's Minneapolis, MI 9th March 1981
13. BAMBI
14. WHEN YOU WERE MINE
15. JACK U OFF
16. UPTOWN
17. WHY YOU WANNA TREAT ME SO BAD?
"Supporting THE ROLLING STONES"
Live at Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA 11th October 1981
DVD
DIRTY MIND TOUR - THE RITZ, NEW YORK 1981
DO IT ALL NIGHT
WHY YOU WANNA TREAT ME SO BAD?
GOTTA BROKEN HEART AGAIN
BROKEN
WHEN YOU WERE MINE
GOTTA STOP (MESSIN' ABOUT)
SEXY DANCER
SISTER
I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER
HEAD
STILL WAITING
Live at The Ritz, New York, NY USA 22nd March 1981
FIRST LIVE IN PARIS - LE PALACE, PARIS 1981
DO IT ALL NIGHT
WHY YOU WANNA TREAT ME SO BAD?
GOTTA BROKEN HEART AGAIN
JACK U OFF
WHEN YOU WERE MINE
GOTTA STOP (MESSIN' ABOUT)
SEXY DANCER
SISTER
STILL WAITING
PARTY UP
DIRTY MIND
UPTOWN
Live at Theatre Le Palace, Paris, France 4th June 1981
NTSC 16:9 / 4:3 LPCM Enhanced Stereo Remaster+Original Mono
time approx. 56+58min.
Prince (vox, guitar), Bobby Z. (drums), Andre Cymone (bass), Dez Dickerson (guitar), Dr. Fink (keyboards), Lisa Coleman (keyboards)
