wonder505 said:

babynoz said:

The Rise Of Prince? Nice try. Didn't want to get in trouble with the title again I see.

Only going up to 1988 yet again is just rehash with a couple of new interviews and a few tweaks thrown in. It sounds like this is being rushed along in order to get it out ahead of the one year anniversary of his passing, before public interest diminishes.

Other than speculation surrounding the time period between Nov. of 2015 and April of 2016, it's pretty appalling and disgusting to once again dismiss more than half of the man's life and body of work. Twenty six years of phenomenal performances and artistry are being ignored?

I'm pretty fed up with any and everybody who still insists on limiting one of the most talented and creative minds in the history of music to one era of his career.....it's lazy, short sighted and unworthy of Prince.

As stated above, where has hahn been all this time as he doesn't seem to have had any interest in Prince until the unthinkable happened?

THANK YOU!!! Not to mention his creations, spiritual growth and philanthropy. but we're supposed to get over it. That's my feeling as a fan and let's not get into the timing of when the author had this revelation of publishing this book.

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Makes a sad situation even sadder.

wonder505 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

there were enough threads on that. So over it.

Hmm, I think it's unfair to try censor a fan's sentiment, especially if its made respectfully. Author's are criticized and praised and Alex should be mature enough to handle it. He came to the Org two weeks after Prince passed to promote his book. This will continue to follow him. If there is a rule that I broke I am open to you pointing that out.

Wonder505, please no one is censoring you

I'm looking forward to the paperback and will be buying. Hope you guys do a part 2 as well or at least reissue "Possessed." I used to have it and thought it was great and now regret that I no longer have it.

babynoz said:

The Rise Of Prince? Nice try. Didn't want to get in trouble with the title again I see.

Only going up to 1988 yet again is just rehash with a couple of new interviews and a few tweaks thrown in. It sounds like this is being rushed along in order to get it out ahead of the one year anniversary of his passing, before public interest diminishes.

Other than speculation surrounding the time period between Nov. of 2015 and April of 2016, it's pretty appalling and disgusting to once again dismiss more than half of the man's life and body of work. Twenty six years of phenomenal performances and artistry are being ignored?

I'm pretty fed up with any and everybody who still insists on limiting one of the most talented and creative minds in the history of music to one era of his career.....it's lazy, short sighted and unworthy of Prince.

As stated above, where has hahn been all this time as he doesn't seem to have had any interest in Prince until the unthinkable happened?

I keep seeing November 2015 mentioned on several threads but most posts are rather vague. What happened in November 2015?

And...I totally agree with you as far as limiting Prince´s career to his heyday is concerned.

To me, he was still a phenomenally gifted live performer and artist until the very end, and one of the few artists who was able to stay interesting and keep us curious until his death and even beyond his death, yet most articles and books only focus on the years up until the late 80s.....which doesn´t really do him and his body of work justice.

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I´m interested in Alex Hahn´s book but I expected a bit more, considering that his first book followed Prince´s career beyond the 90s but I understand that it is really difficult to cover his entire career.

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Would love to see a book that focuses much more on the years 2000-2016.

Excellent choice for your book cover, Alex. I'm psyched and you can include me as a purchaser. Happily, I still have my original copy of Possessed.

Ordered. Looking forward to it.

How come i see two threads with the same title.

babynoz said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

wonder505 said:

Hmm, I think it's unfair to try censor a fan's sentiment, especially if its made respectfully. Author's are criticized and praised and Alex should be mature enough to handle it. He came to the Org two weeks after Prince passed to promote his book. This will continue to follow him. If there is a rule that I broke I am open to you pointing that out.

Wonder505, please no one is censoring you

Good because I'll continue to be honest about this.

I hope it's good, as already many books released or coming out sound like complete shit. One called Purple Reign by Mick Wall, was dreadful, and I can see a rash of poorly published tomes, like the rash of rubbish that appeared after Michael Jackson's death.