Prince — Purple Rain At The Omni (2-CD Set) | Free Boot Generation FBG#14
The Purple Rain Tour at Its Peak — Soundboard Quality, Atlanta 1985
4th January 1985. The Omni, Atlanta. The Purple Rain Tour is in full flight — the biggest concert production Prince had ever mounted, supporting the biggest album of his career. Free Boot Generation catalogue number FBG#14 captures that night in full across two discs from a soundboard source, in EX+ quality that puts you as close to front of house as any recording of this era can manage.
Why This Show Matters
The Purple Rain Tour setlist is one of the most perfectly constructed in Prince's live history — opening with Let's Go Crazy at full tilt and building through the complete Purple Rain album sequence before closing with I Would Die 4 U, Baby I'm A Star, and the title track itself. This Atlanta performance captures all of it. Computer Blue, Darling Nikki, and The Beautiful Ones performed back to back in the sequence Prince intended. God and Father's Song bookending the quieter mid-set stretch. And the extraordinary How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore and Do Me Baby delivering the emotional weight that made this tour so much more than a standard rock show.
Disc One runs for 74 minutes across fifteen tracks. Disc Two closes the night in just under 44 minutes with the three-song finale that no audience at any Purple Rain Tour show would ever forget.
Tracklisting
Disc 1 (74:32) — The Omni, Atlanta, 4th January 1985
| # | Track |
|---|---|
| 1 | Let's Go Crazy |
| 2 | Delirious |
| 3 | 1999 |
| 4 | Little Red Corvette |
| 5 | Take Me With U |
| 6 | Free |
| 7 | Do Me, Baby |
| 8 | How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore |
| 9 | Let's Pretend We're Married |
| 10 | Father's Song |
| 11 | God |
| 12 | Computer Blue |
| 13 | Darling Nikki |
| 14 | The Beautiful Ones |
| 15 | When Doves Cry |
Disc 2 (43:49)
| # | Track |
|---|---|
| 1 | I Would Die 4 U |
| 2 | Baby I'm A Star |
| 3 | Purple Rain |
Product Details
| Format | 2-Disc CD Set (CD-R) |
| Label | Free Boot Generation |
| Catalogue | FBG#14 |
| Source | Soundboard recording |
| Quality | EX+ |
| Lineage | Trade in FLAC form |
| Venue | The Omni, Atlanta |
| Date | 4th January 1985 |
| Tour | Purple Rain Tour |
| Disc Runtime | 74:32 / 43:49 |
| Artwork | Included |
| Note | Unofficial collector's edition — not an official release |
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