Prince is the best when it comes to removing videos of his performances from the internet. Exactly why you need to WATCH THIS NOW before it's gone forever. If you're a Prince fan... if you're a MUSIC fan, watch this performance that no one in the audience knew would be come music history.

from Slate.com:

One Aug. 3, 1983, Purple Rain was born. Prince was a rising star—1999 had peaked at No. 9 on Billboard’s albums chart earlier that year—but he wasn’t yet an icon. When he played a benefit concert for the Minnesota Dance Theatre that night, he debuted a brand-new lineup, complete with Wendy Melvoin on guitar, and he brought some new songs: “Let’s Go Crazy,” “I Would Die 4 U,” “Baby I’m a Star,” and “Purple Rain.”

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