Prince And The Revolution (July 29, 1985) – Prince And The Revolution: Live Album Release USA

Prince And The Revolution: Live was the second Prince and the Revolution home video to be released and their first live concert released on home video format.

The footage comes from a live broadcast of a Purple Rain Tour concert in Syracuse, on 30 March 1985. It was first released on 2 cassettes under the name of “Double Live” before being re-released as Prince And The Revolution: Live on one cassette and laserdisc.

The home video reached the number 1 spot (where it remained for 13 weeks) on the Billboard Top Music Videocassettes chart and number 2 on the Billboard Top Videocassettes Sales. It was certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA. In 2017, the video was restored and released on a DVD included on Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition.

The audio was released digitally as Prince And The Revolution: Live on 15 May 2020. The audio of this release has been remixed from the original 2" master reels and the film has been digitally enhanced onto Blu-ray video for the 2022 re-release of Prince And The Revolution: Live.

Several countries around the world, amongst them Germany (on TV program Rockpalast), broadcast the concert live. France TV channel Antenne 2 broadcast the concert a few days later.

Track Listing

All songs written by Prince, except where indicated.

• Let’s Go Crazy — 5:30

• Delirious — 2:46

• 1999 — 4:15

• Little Red Corvette — 5:10

• Take Me with U — 4:15

• Yankee Doodle (Interlude) — 6:10

• Do Me, Baby (includes “Purple House” spoken intro) — 4:40

• Irresistible Bitch — 2:00

• Possessed — 4:24

• How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore? — 5:05

• Let’s Pretend We’re Married — 4:15

• International Lover — 1:00

• God — 8:30

Side two

• Computer Blue — 4:30

• Darling Nikki — 4:00

• The Beautiful Ones (includes backwards “The Dance Electric” and wind chime intro) — 7:30

• When Doves Cry — 8:15

• I Would Die 4 U — 3:50

• Baby I’m a Star — 10:00

• Purple Rain — 18:24

Total length: 116:00

COUNTRY VARIANTS

• VHS x2 (PAL/SECAM) — Warner Music Video — 041 308 2 — UK/FR — 1985

• VHS (one cassette, NTSC/PAL/SECAM) — Warner Music Video — 3-38102 / CMV 01292 / CMV 1031 — US/CA/UK/AU/FR — 1985

• Laserdisc / Betamax (NTSC) — Warner Music Video — PA-86-163 / SM037-3472 / SM0048-3254 / PILP-2004 — US/CA/JP — 1985

• DVD (restored) — included on Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition — 2017

• Blu-ray (digitally enhanced) — Legacy / NPG — 2022

2020 Digital Audio / 2022 CD Release

• Let’s Go Crazy — 5:30

• Delirious — 2:46 • 1999 — 4:15

• Little Red Corvette — 5:10

• Take Me with U — 4:15

• Yankee Doodle (Interlude) — 6:10

• Do Me, Baby — 4:40

• Irresistible Bitch — 2:00

• Possessed — 4:24

• How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore? — 5:05

• Let’s Pretend We’re Married — 4:15

• International Lover — 1:00

• God — 8:30

• Computer Blue — 4:30

• Darling Nikki — 4:00

• The Beautiful Ones — 7:30

• When Doves Cry — 8:15

• I Would Die 4 U — 3:50

• Baby I’m a Star — 10:00

• Purple Rain — 18:24

UK Albums (Official Charts) — 21 UK R&B Albums (Official Charts) — 1

US Billboard 200 — 22

US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) — 11

Personnel (Full Track‑Specific Credits) Prince And The Revolution

Prince — lead vocals, guitar, tambourine and keyboards

Bobby Z. — drums Brown Mark — bass guitar

Wendy Melvoin — guitar

Lisa Coleman — keyboards

Dr. Fink — keyboards Eric Leeds — saxophone

Additional Personnel

Jerome Benton — dancer

Greg Brooks — dancer

Wally Safford — dancer

Sheila E. — percussion

Miko Weaver — guitar Eddie M. — saxophone

Juan Escovedo — percussion

Susie Davis — tambourine

Apollonia Kotero — vocals, dancer and tambourine

Susan Moonsie — vocals, dancer and tambourine

Brenda Bennett — vocals, dancer and tambourine

SOURCES Discogs, 45 World, Wikipedia, BBC Official Charts, Prince Vault, Sleeveographia2

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