Footage from the August 1983 concert at Minneapolis’ famed First Avenue club when Prince (1958-2016) debuted the magnificent 13-minute original version of Purple Rain – with an additional third verse – that was later edited and overdubbed for the Purple Rain album. This was also guitarist Wendy Melvoin’s first performance with The Revolution. (Apologies that the video host’s Flash-based widget won’t work on some mobile browsers.)
More background on the clip here.
