Prince: The Roxy, Los Angeles
Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 29 November 1979
IT MUST BE A daunting prospect for anyone to make his or her performing debut, save for a couple of hometown Minneapolis tuneups, before an industry-heavy crowd at the Roxy. That was the situation confronting Prince Wednesday night.
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