https://s2.netgalley.com/...book/99917

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Throughout the 1990s, Prince feuded with his record label, Warner Bros., over his rights as an independent recording artist—and made some of the most brilliant music of his career. During that time, Jim Walsh covered Prince for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and wrote about him passionately, thoughtfully, exhaustively. Here, in real-time, is that coverage: a clip-by-clip look back at Prince in the ‘90s. Walsh’s newly unearthed interviews, essays, columns, and reviews make Gold Experience an essential slice of history for fans, scholars, and latecomers to the Minneapolis-born musical genius Prince Rogers Nelson, June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016.

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Join Walsh at the 1994 NBA All-Star game after party and release bash for the single “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World.” Accompany him to the after-hours clubs Erotic City, Glam Slam, and, of course, Paisley Park. Meet Prince’s wife and bandmate Mayte (and while you’re at it, take in the wedding and reception and enjoy a two-hour sit-down interview with Prince). Explore Prince’s veganism, talk to fans in line for a Target Center show, preview the “Jam of the Year” concert, and check in at the after-party. The passions and influences, from Mozart to funk godfather Larry Graham; the gigs and the Paisley Park garage sale; Walsh’s open letter to the artist and his reflections on religion and spirituality. This is Prince as few have seen him, reported as only Jim Walsh can: a portrait of the artist from a dizzying array of angles, captured in living color for all time.

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Sounds interesting. It's about time there was a decent book focused on the 90s. There was a lot going on but all too often it gets glossed over.

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This sounds great!!!!

BartVanHemelen said:

Noodled24 said:

Sounds interesting. It's about time there was a decent book focused on the 90s. There was a lot going on but all too often it gets glossed over.

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Yeah I agree. I am looking forward to read it and also a book of Prince in the 00s and beyond need to be publish too

Prince career didn't ended in the 80s like folks want to believe and yeah too many books focus exclusively on the 80s and pretty much gloss over beyond.

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A book about Prince by someone who can actually write? I might have to check this one out.

laurarichardson said:

BartVanHemelen said:

https://s2.netgalley.com/...book/99917

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---More people trying to cash in.

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Oh please... Go on, prove that Prince bios are incredibly lucrative ventures. Show us those glorious sales numbers, those endless weeks in book sales charts,...

I will be getting this. I love that time period.

Thanks for the info, very much appreciated. I´m looking forward to reading this.

I really liked his liner notes for the Gold Experience album.

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Haven´t bought a Prince biography in a long time (the newest I have is Alex Hahn´s Possessed) because most are just very poorly written and contain nothing new but I will definitely buy this one (and maybe Alan Light´s book about the making of Purple Rain but I have to do some research to see if it´s worth ordering).

KoolEaze said:

I will definitely buy this one (and maybe Alan Light´s book about the making of Purple Rain but I have to do some research to see if it´s worth ordering).

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Alan Light's is basically a rehash of everything that we already have known for years, combined with a bunch of info that surfaced when the 30th anniversary of PR caused a bunch of people to be interviewed in newspapers etc. (e.g. Appolonia,...).

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IMHO it's a very disappointing book; Alan has interviewed the usual suspects and gotten the usual stories, I think there's maybe a couple of pages about the music (available online as one of the sample chapters) while he spends an endless amount on the very uninteresting personal experiences of young Alan seeing PR in cinemas in 1984. To me this book was a collossal wasted opportunity, with very little effort into actually discovering new info.

Can't wait to read this, my favourite era!!!

BartVanHemelen said:

KoolEaze said:

I will definitely buy this one (and maybe Alan Light´s book about the making of Purple Rain but I have to do some research to see if it´s worth ordering).

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Alan Light's is basically a rehash of everything that we already have known for years, combined with a bunch of info that surfaced when the 30th anniversary of PR caused a bunch of people to be interviewed in newspapers etc. (e.g. Appolonia,...).

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IMHO it's a very disappointing book; Alan has interviewed the usual suspects and gotten the usual stories, I think there's maybe a couple of pages about the music (available online as one of the sample chapters) while he spends an endless amount on the very uninteresting personal experiences of young Alan seeing PR in cinemas in 1984. To me this book was a collossal wasted opportunity, with very little effort into actually discovering new info.

I had a different take. When I read Alan Light's book I found it pretty interesting, including information I didn't know before (despite extensive familarity of Prince history). I recall reaching the end of the book and wishing it wouldn't end.

Really disappointing books are the one by Liz Jones (incorporating quotes from Oprah's 1996 Prince interview as if the author had interviewed him?), and Ronin Ro's book, which has a lot of rehashed stories and some of what seemed like speculative information (although the book possibly might be more appealing to Prince newbies).

This should be a decent book. Jim Walsh wrote beautifully at the time of the release of The Gold Experience - I seem to remember. I spoke with him once...I came across as the worst fanboy and can only thank Jim for not pointing and laughing at me!

On another note, I enjoyed the Alan Light Purple Rain book. It was a nice glimpse back into the story of the film's making and, yes, a number of the stories I'd heard before but it didn't, for me, detract from a decent story well told.

Looking forward to this, my favourite era.

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I remember reading his liner notes for TGE and being surprised P signed off on them as they were not all positive.

Looking forward to this book, thanks for the heads up. It's the earer I started my Prince journey.

One thought on the book though - the the silhouette on the cover is with a cloud guitar and with the typhoon hair cut... not very Gold era!

laurarichardson said:

BartVanHemelen said:

https://s2.netgalley.com/...book/99917

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---More people trying to cash in.

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So now that Prince is gone, you'd prefer no one ever write a book about him again?

Daveoooo said:

Looking forward to this book, thanks for the heads up. It's the earer I started my Prince journey.

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"earer"? Seriously?

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One thought on the book though - the the silhouette on the cover is with a cloud guitar and with the typhoon hair cut... not very Gold era!

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So? The book is about the 90s, and I think that's a D&P era live shot.

dodger said:

Looking forward to this, my favourite era.

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I remember reading his liner notes for TGE and being surprised P signed off on them as they were not all positive.

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Me too - I do enjoy his writing.

CAL3 said:

laurarichardson said:

BartVanHemelen said: ---More people trying to cash in.

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So now that Prince is gone, you'd prefer no one ever write a book about him again?

Exactly. No one write about him, talk about him, think about him. Don't even release his music, because, afterall, others will be the ones cashing in on it since Prince is no longer here. Let's all just forget Prince ever existed.

BartVanHemelen said:

KoolEaze said:

I will definitely buy this one (and maybe Alan Light´s book about the making of Purple Rain but I have to do some research to see if it´s worth ordering).

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Alan Light's is basically a rehash of everything that we already have known for years, combined with a bunch of info that surfaced when the 30th anniversary of PR caused a bunch of people to be interviewed in newspapers etc. (e.g. Appolonia,...).

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IMHO it's a very disappointing book; Alan has interviewed the usual suspects and gotten the usual stories, I think there's maybe a couple of pages about the music (available online as one of the sample chapters) while he spends an endless amount on the very uninteresting personal experiences of young Alan seeing PR in cinemas in 1984. To me this book was a collossal wasted opportunity, with very little effort into actually discovering new info.

Thanks for your opinion. I had already read a sample and wasn´t impressed but was still hoping for some more info but I guess I´ll pass on this one. Your post confirms what I already suspected.

endiadj said:

CAL3 said:

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So now that Prince is gone, you'd prefer no one ever write a book about him again?

Exactly. No one write about him, talk about him, think about him. Don't even release his music, because, afterall, others will be the ones cashing in on it since Prince is no longer here. Let's all just forget Prince ever existed.

I'm in agreement with Laura on this. I'm suspect of any writer he comes out with a book on Prince within a year of Prince's passing away.

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Especially with Alex Hahn so obviously scrambling to make a buck off of Prince's death, in any way that he can. I'm getting increassingly pissed off about the way he's going about that. I don't really know Jim Walsh's writing and I hope he does justice to the subject. Even more, I hope this was a book he had in the works before Prince 4/21 and he's not trying to make a profit off of the world's loss. Personally, I feel like Prince's music in the 90's and his life story during that era were worthy to write about before he died.

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Speaking for myself, I think it's a good thing for new books to come out on Prince, but wait until the ashes get cold first. We'll all have different ideas of the proper time to respectfully recognise Prince's death before releasing products that generate income on this tragedy. For me, a year is too soon. It makes the writer appear to be scurrying to capitalize off of the post mortem wave of public interest in the subject. (Truthfully, my beef is with Hahn. I don't know Walsh enough to be mad. But I hope he's not doing this solely for profit. Judging by the other comments here on the quality of his writing and experience writing about Prince, it could be a very informative book.)

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I don't intend to buy either book. I for damn sure won't buy any of Hahn's books.

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Bluu said:

endiadj said:

Exactly. No one write about him, talk about him, think about him. Don't even release his music, because, afterall, others will be the ones cashing in on it since Prince is no longer here. Let's all just forget Prince ever existed.

I'm in agreement with Laura on this. I'm suspect of any writer he comes out with a book on Prince within a year of Prince's passing away.

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Yeah, because there's soooo much money to be earned that way.

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Do you even know who Jim Walsh is? Hint: take out your copy of TGE and check the liner notes.

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Especially with Alex Hahn so obviously scrambling to make a buck off of Prince's death

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Oh for crying out loud, he's involved a co-writer, so he's already losing money. Oh, and he's also doing a fuckload of investigating, which takes time and money.

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This absurd idea of people earning heaps of money by writing books about Prince, where did this ever get started?

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, in any way that he can. I'm getting increassingly pissed off about the way he's going about that. I don't really know Jim Walsh's writing

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At least you're honest enough to confess this, so we know your opinion isn't relevant.

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Meanwhile those of us that have read the writings of a Minneapolis(!) journalist who's written countless pieces about Prince are looking forward to this book.

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Speaking for myself, I think it's a good thing for new books to come out on Prince, but wait until the ashes get cold first. We'll all have different ideas of the proper time to respectfully recognise Prince's death before releasing products that generate income on this tragedy. For me, a year is too soon. It makes the writer appear to be scurrying to capitalize off of the post mortem wave of public interest in the subject.

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Lemme explain economics to you: writing books takes time and effort. Time and effort need to be paid for. Now, you might have noticed that publishers aren't putting out that many music books these days, so guess what time would be the best to get funding for a new book about Prince, an artist whose sales figures for his last record were mere THOUSANDS?

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(Truthfully, my beef is with Hahn.

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Which you've obviously based on things you've made up in your mind. Hahn could have easily re-published Possessed with an additional chapter; instead he's writing something that amounts to a new book, attempting to weed out the myths from the facts. Prince fans should encourage such endeavours.

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But I get it: you're too busy holding a grudge over imaginary transgressions.

BartVanHemelen said:

Prince fans should encourage such endeavours.

Absolutely....

For me, there's way too much holier than thou, hypocritical, money is distasteful arguments on here...an artist releases an album, he should get paid...someone writes about the artist, they should have the same right to make something from their efforts. If people don't want to buy it, fair enough, but, give me a break that there's a higher moral imperative here...

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