Prince: in the Studio Book Hitting Stores Next Month - A Top Story This Week

Source: Link. http://www.antimusic.com/...onth.shtml


05/07/2009
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Prince: in the Studio Book Hitting Stores Next Month was a top story for this week. Here it is again: (PR) On June 1st Amber Books will issue the first-ever study of living rock legend Prince's writing and recording craft in the pages of 'Prince: in the Studio Vol. 1- 1975-1995,' authored by music biographer Jake Brown ('Heart: in the Studio). (Jake's also an antiMusic contributor)
Chronicling his beginnings as a teenager signed to Warner Bros. as the youngest debut solo artist ever at age 17, his rise through the new wave rock ranks in the early 1980s with such generational classics as '1999', 'Little Red Corvette,' and 'Purple Rain', told via exclusive, behind-the-scenes interviews with the sound engineers who worked side-by-side with Prince's one-man band over the course of his greatest career highlights, including the making of such later-80s and early 90s smashes as 'Kiss,' 'U Got the Look,' 'Batdance,' 'Alphabet St.', 'Raspberry Beret,' and 'Sexy M.F.' among countless others

Interviews include such high-profile engineers as Grammy winners like David Leonard, Michael Koppelman, Susan Rogers, Ross Pallone, Chuck Zwicky, Dave Friedlander, Eddie Miller, Sylvia Massey, and Prince and the Revolution keyboardist Matt 'Dr.' Fink among others. 'Prince: in the Studio' hits stores nationwide in June, 2009 and is available for pre-order - at the antiMusic store

Product Description

Offering an inside look into the multigenerational career of a funk-pop superstar, this definitive, exciting study of Prince’s musical catalog grants behind-the-scenes access to the writing and recording details behind such massively successful albums as 1999, Diamonds and Pearls, and Purple Rain. From the Purple One’s preteen mastery of the piano and guitar to his proficiency with 31 musical instruments at the time of his record deal—when he was merely 19—and proceeding through the 1980s when he was one of the biggest stars on the planet, this retrospective features interviews with former band members, studio engineers, and childhood friends to form the most complete document of Prince’s creative endeavors to date. The full stories behind such hit songs as “Little Red Corvette,” “When Doves Cry,” and “Kiss” are included, plus additional facts to help round out this fascinating exploration into the exciting, influential, and sexualized hybrid of rock, pop, and funk that can be exclusively attributed to the artist known as Prince.



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Anyone have more info on this book?
Any other books out there similar?
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metallicjigolo said:

Yes.



Product Details: Prince in the Studio, Vol. 1 (1975-1995)
Author: Jake Brown
Format: Paperback: 184 pages.
Publisher: Amber Books (06/01/2009)
ISBN: 0979097665
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31 instruments... it's like rabbits.

How come that the book covers 1975 -1995 and yet the cover has a pic of Prince from this decade????

I hope this book is actually about some technical stuff. Like what he used, etc.. That would rule.

I'm not buying anymore Prince books, after 30 yrs. What else can they tell me???

Cute picture.

Desire2006 said:

Word !

ThreadBare said:

NDRU said:

40? 40? doiheara40? canIgeta40? 40 over here to the woman in the pink hat...

45? DoIheara45? canIgeta45? 45 to the troubled woman clutching the sand dollar...

metallicjigolo said:

Sounds pretty damn interesting to me!