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

Do we really need another book about his early years anyway? But I suppose the books coverage of 1987-1995 might be interesting.

Good question. This book seems to keep keep getting pushed back for some unknown reason.

squirrelgrease said:

I thought they prioritized the Michael Jackson book, but that makes no sense since MJ died at the end of June, and this book was supposed to arrive in early June.

It's odd because the author has published books before, so this isn't some guy who bit off more than he could chew.

184 pages doesn't seem very long considering how much material it would potentially cover.

I sent an email to ECW as they seem to be his current publisher - and I asked them to forward my email to Mr. Brown. But again... a brick wall.

Dear XXXX,

Thanks for your email. Jake Brown’s Prince: In the Studio was published by a different company, not ECW Press. Here is the Amazon.com listing, which may help you find the publisher.

http://www.amazon.com/Pri...283&sr=8-1

Best,
Crissy


Crissy Boylan
Managing Editor
ECW Press

crissy@ecwpress.com
ecwpress.com
2120 Queen St. E, Suite 200 | Toronto, ON | M4E 1E2 | 416-694-3348
follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ecwpress

I started a thread about this before (is the search function still broken?) but I can't find it....

I posted the following email from Amazon:

Dear Customer,

Greetings from Amazon.co.uk.

We regret to inform you that we have been unable to obtain the following item:

Jake Brown "Prince in the Studio (1975-1995): Volume One"

This item has now been cancelled from your order #XXXXX and we can confirm that you have not been charged for it.

We are no longer able to offer this item for sale. Our supplier has informed us that this item has been discontinued and is no longer available.

Please accept our apologies for any disappointment or inconvenience caused.


Sincerely,

Customer Service Department
Amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk

I started a thread about this before (is the search function still broken?) but I can't find it....

I posted the following email from Amazon:

Dear Customer,

Greetings from Amazon.co.uk.

We regret to inform you that we have been unable to obtain the following item:

Jake Brown "Prince in the Studio (1975-1995): Volume One"

This item has now been cancelled from your order #XXXXX and we can confirm that you have not been charged for it.

We are no longer able to offer this item for sale. Our supplier has informed us that this item has been discontinued and is no longer available.

Please accept our apologies for any disappointment or inconvenience caused.


Sincerely,

Customer Service Department
Amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk

Wouldn't the best thing be to contact the author on his MySpace page? I mean, Jesus...

Mong said:

jesus is on myspace?

squirrelgrease said:

Here's another clue about the Author... He lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Incase that helps you locate the 'correct' Jake Brown. Good luck!

Mong said:

jesus is on myspace?

unique said:

He is indeed!

Jesus


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unique said:

He is indeed!

Jesus


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xenon said:

i don't think that is the real jesus. the DOB is out by about 2000 years for a start, and jesus didn't speak da motherfucking english. it's some cunt faking to try and get some pussy

It's just one more author trying to get rich off of Prince's success. Not with my money.

Dayclear said:

Bwahahahaha. Man, there are some deluded people.

Here, lemme give you a clue: when UK magazines put Prince on their cover, usually it's the worst selling issue they have in years. Get it?

Getting rich from writing books about Prince -- don't make me laugh.

BartVanHemelen said:

Or when the Daily Mail [UK] put him on the cover with the PE project it was the 2nd biggest selling edition in their history [aside from the death of princess Di], this supposedly when P was way past his peak.

funkyhead said:

Sweet Jebus, they gave away A FREE CD of new and unreleased music. Yeah, that's exactly the same thing.

BartVanHemelen said:

First of all who's Jebus!. Seriously though the point is that with P on the cover and yes a free CD there was still enough interest in him to generate the sales. If I am not mistaken others have since done the same with the same newspaper and achieved nowehere near the same levels of sales. In terms of your point about mags having him on the cover and the sales being poor can you please be more specific with perhaps recent examples from his comeback year in 2004 through to present day. Thanks in advance.

funkyhead said:

At least, Prince apparently reaches a wider audience with his new material than he does by releasing vault material. The Black Album, Crystal Ball and The Vault all had poor overall sales, even if some hardcore fans might have been pleased with those releases.