Reverend said:

As mentioned above by Duane, you can download the first chapter for free to wet your appetite.

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http://grammarist.com/usage/wet-whet/

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ThePanther said:

There are indeed a lot of bad Prince books, but don't overlook Let's Go Crazy (2014) by Alan Light, which is a wonderful recounting of the c.1983-1985 Purple Rain-era recordings and movie. It's outstanding, though it sounds like (based on a cursory glance) this new one goes into finer detail about the recording sessions.

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Alan's book pathetically barely talks about how the music was created, but does spend an entire chapter on his memories of watching the movie in theatres.

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His book is a retread of already well-worn stories; if he did any interviews for it, he didn't go beyond the usual suspects and never bothers to challenge their stories. There are some jarring inserts of new information in the text, mostly published by local Minneapolis publications who did bother to look up people who were involved in the movie but weren't interviewed previously. Funny how they managed to dig up new stories while Light just rehashes "the greatest hits".

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IMHO the book is at best a compilation of a bunch of information, but if you're spending money, spend it on books like Per Nilsen's DMSR.

TheVaultKeeper said:

I started working through the digital version. Hardcover on backorder.

Strawberrylova123 said:

TheVaultKeeper said:

Now Amazon says they are temporarily out of stock!

I just got it through kindle

LOL! Please tell me your joking, right? Obviously, I'm talking about physical copies of the book being out of stock. Digital copies are never out of stock.

TheVaultKeeper said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

TheVaultKeeper said:

LOL! Please tell me your joking, right? Obviously, I'm talking about physical copies of the book being out of stock. Digital copies are never out of stock.

Uhhh..yeah i know what you meant calm down, i was going to get a physical copy to but i didn't want to wait so i just downloaded the book instead

Okay, cool.

EddieC said:

madhouseman said:

The coupon is for the publisher, not for Amazon. It is another way of getting the book, but at a discount. I want everyone who wants to get a copy to have a way of getting it.

Pre-ordered from Amazon myself--I wish this release were going more smoothly. You've been whetting my appetite for years with this thing, madhouseman--I'm ready for the actual feast. Any idea on when we'll get it from them? (If you've given information somewhere else, Duane, I haven't seen it).

Thank you for asking! I've been told that it should get to Amazon this Tuesday. Again, this is what I've been told by the publisher. Since I only write the book, I don't print or ship it, I have to rely on their word for this. Supposedly the publisher has their copies and will be shipping them out very soon as well to people who ordered them directly from the publisher. It sounds like the hardcover versions will be arriving next week sometime, but I'm sure that Thanksgiving isn't going to help when it comes to deliveries.

I've been waiting for everyone to read this for 20 years, so I feel your frustration! lol

I can't wait to hear everyone's reactions. Thank you again, and I hope this helps.

Thanks for explaining, Duane. So excited to read it!!!!!

madhouseman said:

EddieC said:

Pre-ordered from Amazon myself--I wish this release were going more smoothly. You've been whetting my appetite for years with this thing, madhouseman--I'm ready for the actual feast. Any idea on when we'll get it from them? (If you've given information somewhere else, Duane, I haven't seen it).

Thank you for asking! I've been told that it should get to Amazon this Tuesday. Again, this is what I've been told by the publisher. Since I only write the book, I don't print or ship it, I have to rely on their word for this. Supposedly the publisher has their copies and will be shipping them out very soon as well to people who ordered them directly from the publisher. It sounds like the hardcover versions will be arriving next week sometime, but I'm sure that Thanksgiving isn't going to help when it comes to deliveries.

I've been waiting for everyone to read this for 20 years, so I feel your frustration! lol

I can't wait to hear everyone's reactions. Thank you again, and I hope this helps.

sebastian said:

I preordered it directory from the publisher. They die not ship it until now. It seems to be out of stock

I also preordered it from the publisher. I was able to use a 35% coupon. I'm highly anticipating its release!!!

Finished reading it over the weekend. Bought it from google play as an epub. Will go for the hardcover in a local bookstore later on.

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It was well worth the wait. It is more a story of Prince's life than what you'd expect if you are used to the Beatles Sessions. Of course, they had their administration properly done, which allows more detail. Also, they had many more takes and less tracks.

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Duane, thank you so much.

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However, there is a BIG problem with this book. I now cannot wait for 85/86 and 87 (less interested in 88 onward for now).

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What's the advance that's needed to let Duane drop everything else he's got going on?

ThePanther said:

mediumdry said:

mediumdry said:

Finished reading it over the weekend. Bought it from google play as an epub. Will go for the hardcover in a local bookstore later on.

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It was well worth the wait. It is more a story of Prince's life than what you'd expect if you are used to the Beatles Sessions. Of course, they had their administration properly done, which allows more detail. Also, they had many more takes and less tracks.

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Duane, thank you so much.

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However, there is a BIG problem with this book. I now cannot wait for 85/86 and 87 (less interested in 88 onward for now).

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What's the advance that's needed to let Duane drop everything else he's got going on?

Thank you very much! I'm glad that you enjoyed it. One of the ways to help getting the word out there and for me to be able to do more books is to write a review on Amazon and on Goodreads.com. That would be great and I hope to be able to do 85/86 because it is an amazing story behind it.

Strawberrylova123 said:

mediumdry said:

Finished reading it over the weekend. Bought it from google play as an epub. Will go for the hardcover in a local bookstore later on.

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It was well worth the wait. It is more a story of Prince's life than what you'd expect if you are used to the Beatles Sessions. Of course, they had their administration properly done, which allows more detail. Also, they had many more takes and less tracks.

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Duane, thank you so much.

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However, there is a BIG problem with this book. I now cannot wait for 85/86 and 87 (less interested in 88 onward for now).

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What's the advance that's needed to let Duane drop everything else he's got going on?

The brenda Bennett and vanity fight had me like

There's a fight ??????? how much are The Time & Vanity 6 covered in this book?, because most of the articles I've read in the last year they are a footnote (which pisses me off)

Goddess4Real said:

madhouseman said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

Goddess4Real said:

There's a fight ??????? how much are The Time & Vanity 6 covered in this book?, because most of the articles I've read in the last year they are a footnote (which pisses me off)

There's a LOT of info regarding vanity 6 the Time and Apollonia 6, for the people who said they're not interested in this book are missing out BIG time.

Agreed! The entire first several chapters are filled with the backstory and behind the scenes of the 1999 tour. Never before published interviews highlight the story of the world of those around Prince, and Vanity 6's and The Time's stories are very well documented. In fact, there are details about songs recorded for Vanity 6's second album as well as songs for The Time that were released years later.

I'm looking forward to people reading about how closely related their stories were with Prince's.

Strawberrylova123 said:

madhouseman said:

Thank you very much! I'm glad that you enjoyed it. One of the ways to help getting the word out there and for me to be able to do more books is to write a review on Amazon and on Goodreads.com. That would be great and I hope to be able to do 85/86 because it is an amazing story behind it.

I have a question, there's a quote from matt fink from a BBC documentary, do you recall what that documentary is titled?

Not sure which quote you are talking about but there were two BBC docs that were quoted and both are worth your time.

Prince, A Purple Reign, produced by BBC, documentary, 2011,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlTwe9LxZ8w

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Purple Reign: The Story of Prince, part 2, BBC Radio, January 25, 2003, http://www.bbc.co.uk/prog...s/b00svtj7

I think the second link is no longer valid, but it may be on youtube or floating around if you are trying to find it.

Hope you enjoyed the book.

TheVaultKeeper said:

Now Amazon says they are temporarily out of stock!

relax all...I also ordered mine a couple of weeks ago and i just learned today, it's on the way....being shipped today. The reason seems to be high initial sales...this is a GREAT thing. If Duane makes $$...we'll get more.

madhouseman said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

madhouseman said:

Not sure which quote you are talking about but there were two BBC docs that were quoted and both are worth your time.

Prince, A Purple Reign, produced by BBC, documentary, 2011,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlTwe9LxZ8w

and

Purple Reign: The Story of Prince, part 2, BBC Radio, January 25, 2003, http://www.bbc.co.uk/prog...s/b00svtj7

I think the second link is no longer valid, but it may be on youtube or floating around if you are trying to find it.

Hope you enjoyed the book.

It's the quote where matt was talking about prince and John L nelsons relationship

Are you looking at the ebook? Can you note where it is and if there is a citation after that? Thanx.

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BartVanHemelen said:

ThePanther said:

There are indeed a lot of bad Prince books, but don't overlook Let's Go Crazy (2014) by Alan Light, which is a wonderful recounting of the c.1983-1985 Purple Rain-era recordings and movie. It's outstanding, though it sounds like (based on a cursory glance) this new one goes into finer detail about the recording sessions.

.

Alan's book pathetically barely talks about how the music was created, but does spend an entire chapter on his memories of watching the movie in theatres.

.

His book is a retread of already well-worn stories; if he did any interviews for it, he didn't go beyond the usual suspects and never bothers to challenge their stories. There are some jarring inserts of new information in the text, mostly published by local Minneapolis publications who did bother to look up people who were involved in the movie but weren't interviewed previously. Funny how they managed to dig up new stories while Light just rehashes "the greatest hits".

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IMHO the book is at best a compilation of a bunch of information, but if you're spending money, spend it on books like Per Nilsen's DMSR.

I definitely need to re-read Let's Go Crazy in light of your comments because I remember it being well written, concise and focused. Yes there was a lot of re-threading of familiar stuff but that only makes sense since it was focusing on Prince's most famous period.

Compared to the likes of Matt Thorne's "here's my tedious description of and opinion on loads of unreleased songs" or utter dreck like Chaos, Disorder and Revolution I would generally consider it a better introduction than even DMSR for any new fan.

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madhouseman said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

Here is a super thread so the fans can discuss 😊 book has a lot of info

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Strawberrylova123, did you ask a mod to sticky this thread?

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Mumio said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

Mumio said:

Strawberrylova123, did you ask a mod to sticky this thread?

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No, how do i do that??

If you go to the top of the forum page, you'll see the names of the mods there. You can pick one, but go with either Luv, or Old Friends 4 Sale, Langebleu, or Militant (because we see them here frequently) and send an org note asking them to sticky this thread.

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