Post Description

Serial #.............: Persic
Artist...............: Prince
Album................: 1985.03.03 - Cow Palace
Year.................: 1985
Genre................: Concert
Comment..............: Purple Rain Tour, 1985.03.03 - Cow Palace, Sanfrancisco
Type.................: Bootleg
Duration.............: 75:00
Cover(s) Included....: Nope
Audio Format.........: Lossless
Bitrate..............: Flac
Source...............: Audience Recordings (Quality : EX-)


Traklist

Disc 1

1. Controversy   
2. Let's Go Crazy   
3. Delirious   
4. 1999   
5. Little Red Corvette   
6. Take Me With U (including When You Were Mine)   
7. Interlude   
8. Yankee Doodle   
9. Free - Do Me, Baby - Irresistible Bitch

Disc 2

1. Raspberry Beret   
2. Piano Improvisation   
3. Let's Pretend We're Married - International Lover   
4. God   
5. Interlude   
6. Computer Blue   
7. Darling Nikki   
8. The Beautiful Ones   
9. I Would Die 4 U   
10. Baby I'm A Star   
11. Purple Rain

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Audience recordings of this quality are rather hard to find whatever year they are 
from. Audience recordings of this quality from 1985 are pretty much non existent, 
which makes this so special. The audience are almost inaudible for large parts of 
the show, and when they can be heard they are unobtrusive and in the background. 
The only small problem with the recording is that the sound can be a little muted 
or wavy in parts, however it is minimal and certainly does not spoil your/my 
enjoyment. The second half of 'Computer Blue' is also missing from the recording. 
The concert itself contains a few rare and unusual moments. It opens with a laid 
back, rather unique  5 minute version of 'Controversy' before the normal concert 
opener 'Let's Go Crazy' begins. 'Take Me With U' contains the intro guitar line to 
'When You Were Mine', however the song itself is not performed. Most unusually of 
all though is the performance of 'Raspberry Beret' during the piano segment. It 
lasts 2 verses and has Prince on the piano to the fore (with backing from Wendy) 
and is certainly a highlight. The remainder of the show is straightforward enough, 
however the performance of 'Purple Rain' is lacking the extended closing encore and 
is one of the shorter versions from the tour. Again, I have to take issue with the 
reported dating of this recording. Turn It Up / The Vault have this listed as the 
5th March 1985 show, however the person who released the show is adamant it was 
recorded on 3rd March 1985 - hence it being listing it as such. Certainly the best 
of the 6 San Francisco Purple Rain recordings in circulation, and I'd find it hard 
to find a better audience recording of the entire tour.