📼 Lovesexy Live 1 & Lovesexy Live 2 – Video Release: Apr. 1989

A landmark home‑video release capturing the complete 9 September 1988 Lovesexy Tour performance from Westfalenhalle, Dortmund. Issued as two separate cassettes, the release preserved the full European broadcast of one of Prince’s most ambitious and spiritually charged concerts.

Released on 19 April 1989 by Granada International / RAI – Sacis / Polygram Music Video / Palace, the video documents the Lovesexy Tour broadcast recorded on 9 September 1988 at Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, West Germany. Directed by Egbert van Hees, the release captures the full live transmission and became a key archival document of the era.

Label: Granada International, RAI – Sacis, Polygram Music Video, Palace

Catalogue Number: Vol.1 — 080 7483 / 083 944 3 / PVC 3017M

Vol.2 — 080 8303 / 084 510 3 / PVC 3018M

Format: VHS (PAL)

Released: 19 April 1989 (Europe)

Length: 67 minutes + 60 minutes

🟣 Segment / Track List

Europe — VHS (PAL) — Granada International / RAI – Sacis / Polygram Music Video / Palace — 1989

Side A / Program 1 (Vol.1)

A01. No (Incl. Intermission – unlisted) — 6:59

A02. Lovesexy — 4:01

A03. Glam Slam — 2:10

A04. The Cross — 5:00

A05. I Wish U Heaven — 7:35

A06. Kiss (Incl. Dance On – unlisted) — 7:58

A07. When 2 R In Love (Incl. Venus De Milo – unlisted) — 2:27

A08. Starfish And Coffee — 1:04

A09. Raspberry Beret — 0:34

A10. Condition Of The Heart — 1:06

A11. Strange Relationship — 2:30

A12. Let’s Go Crazy — 5:42

A13. When Doves Cry — 2:52

A14. Purple Rain — 4:08

A15. 1999 — 7:37

A16. Alphabet St. — 6:31

Side B / Program 2 (Vol.2)

B01. Erotic City — 3:42

B02. Housequake — 5:02

B03. Slow Love — 1:05

B04. Adore — 2:00

B05. Delirious — 0:33

B06. Jack U Off (Incl. Twelve – unlisted) — 3:25

B07. Sister — 1:45

B08. Adore part II — 1:23

B09. I Wanna Be Your Lover — 3:08

B10. Head (Incl. A Love Bizarre – unlisted) — 5:15

B11. When You Were Mine — 1:40

B12. Blues In C (If I Had A Harem) — 6:19

B13. Little Red Corvette — 1:20

B14. Controversy — 0:32

B15. Dirty Mind — 1:07

B16. Superfunkycalifragisexy — 1:49

B17. Bob George — 2:54

B18. Anna Stesia — 5:35

Credits

• Directed by: Egbert van Hees

• Produced by: Granada Television / RAI Network

• Filmed by: ID‑TV (Netherlands)

• Recorded: Westfalenhalle, Dortmund — 9 September 1988

🟣 Key Highlights

• Released 19 April 1989

• Filmed at Westfalenhalle, Dortmund

• Director: Egbert van Hees

• Originates from a major European live broadcast

• First issued as two separate VHS volumes

• Fifth Prince home video release; second full concert video

🟣 The Story

Lovesexy Live 1 and Lovesexy Live 2 document the full 9 September 1988 Dortmund concert, originally broadcast live across Europe. Granada Television (UK) and RAI Network (Italy) secured a $2 million deal for worldwide radio and television rights, excluding the USA and Japan. Negotiations extended to China, the U.S.S.R., Australia, and parts of South America.

Dutch production company ID‑TV filmed the concert, with Egbert van Hees directing. Billboard reported that Prince personally selected van Hees from a shortlist of two directors after being impressed by his work filming an after‑hours Hamburg performance.

The home‑video release arrived on 19 April 1989 as two VHS cassettes. Confusingly, Vol.1 contained the latter half of the concert, while Vol.2 contained the first. The show was later reissued as a single 127‑minute cassette and on laserdisc.

🟣 Personnel

• Prince — vocals, guitar, piano

• Band / dancers / performers — (Not supplied — left blank)

• Egbert van Hees — Director

• Granada Television / RAI Network — Production

• ID‑TV — Filming

🟣 Variants (Region / Format)

VHS (PAL)

• Lovesexy Live 1 — 080 7483 (UK)

• Lovesexy Live 1 — 083 944 3 (UK reissue)

• Lovesexy Live 1 — PVC 3017M (UK reissue)

• Lovesexy Live 2 — 080 8303 (UK)

• Lovesexy Live 2 — 084 510 3 (UK reissue)

• Lovesexy Live 2 — PVC 3018M (UK reissue)

LaserDisc

• Lovesexy Live —

Other formats

(No DVD, Blu‑ray, or digital)

🟣 Sleeves & Packaging

• Two‑volume VHS release

• PAL format

• Later reissued as a single cassette

• Laserdisc edition issued subsequently

🟣 Chart Performance

(No chart data)

🟣 Context & Notes

• Fifth Prince home video release

• Second full concert released on home video

• Originates from a major European broadcast

• Director personally chosen by Prince

• Later consolidated into a single‑cassette edition

🟣 Related Material

• Lovesexy Tour

• Lovesexy (album)

• Lovesexy 88 Live (TV broadcast)

🟣 Discography (Video)

Sign o' the Times

Lovesexy Live 1 & 2

Graffiti Bridge

🟣 Mini‑Timeline

✦ 1988 — Concert filmed in Dortmund

✦ 9 September 1988 — Live European broadcast

✦ 19 April 1989 — Home video release

✦ Later — Reissued as single cassette and laserdisc

🟣 Glam Flashback

A radiant burst of Lovesexy colour and spirit, preserved in full broadcast glory.

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🟣 Sources

Granada International, Prince Vault, RAI – Sacis, Polygram Music Video, Palace, Discogs, broadcast documentation.

🟣 Copyright Notice

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