Post Description

Serial #.............: Fan Release
Title................: Houston Purple Rain
Artist...............: Prince
Year.................: 1985
Type.................: Bootleg
Comment..............: Purple Rain Tour, Summit Arena, Houston, 11th January 1985
Duration.............: 96 Minutes
Cover(s) Included....: Yes
Audio Format.........: MP2
Video Format.........: DVD
Video Resolution.....: 352x576
Source...............: Audience Filmed (Quality : VG-)


Content:

1999 / Take Me With U / Yankee Doodle / Free / Do Me, Baby / How Come U Don't 
Call Me Anymore / Temptation / Let's Pretend We're Married / International Lover 
/ Father's Song / God / Computer Blue / Darling Nikki / The Beautiful Ones / 
When Doves Cry / I Would Die 4 U / Baby I'm A Star (including The Dance 
Electric) / Purple Rain
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The only audience video recording of a Purple Rain concert in circulation. 
Filmed from the extreme right hand side of stage the person filming has done a 
pretty decent job considering their circumstances. The view is obstructed for a 
fair amount of the recording by either the audience in front, or the giant riser 
platform on the stage. The person filming does their best by repositioning the 
camera between the audience members, or by standing up to get a better view. The 
camera is rather shaky in parts, and at times there is audio with no picture. 
The picture quality is also lacking in detail and tends to be rather fuzzy and 
hazed. All that aside though, there are some excellent shots of Prince when he 
is to the right of stage, or at the rear and the audio throughout is very good. 
For instance the 'shower scene' has been filmed from a fantastic viewpoint, and 
there are details which you can't make out on the pro-filmed recordings. The 
show itself is short of the extraordinary, although it is a very enjoyable 
Purple Rain gig. 'Baby I'm A Star' is a lengthy 25 minutes and includes a 
portion of 'The Dance Electric' during the jam. Camera's in the mid 80's were 
giant, hefty pieces of equipment so the person responsible has done a very good 
job - no matter how frustrating the resulting footage is. The audio (same 
source) is on 'Houston I'm A Star'.