My first book, PRINCE AND THE PURPLE RAIN ERA STUDIO SESSIONS (1983-1984) is now available for pre-sale on Amazon!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1538105497/re ... ane+tudahl
I’ll post more details as it gets closer to the official release date (November 2017). This is a hardcover book and the price will likely fluctuate, but since today is the launch date, I wanted to share this information with you.
“The music I make a lot of the time is reflective of the life I am leading.”
Prince
The book is a very detailed daily log of what Prince recorded in the studio during 1983 and 1984 which is when he went from critical darling to the biggest rock star on the planet and the story is told through his time in the recording studio. This book isn’t just a chronicle of when and where he recorded some of his biggest hits, thanks to the contributions of so many people who were there in the recording studio with him, it also explains WHY he recorded many of his greatest songs, as well as never-before-published details about what is in Prince’s vault.
Over 220 sessions are covered in the book including music recorded for Prince as well as The Bangles, Stevie Nicks, Sheena Easton, Apollonia 6, The Time, The Family, Sheila E. and others.
I’ve spent 20 years working on this book series, and this is the first of what I expect will be multiple volumes. I am grateful to everyone involved in this book for sharing their time and stories with me. I hope that the access that I was granted helps reveal an entirely new view of the genius of Prince, as detailed by those who knew him best.
This volume contains contributions from: Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin, Matt Fink (Dr. Fink), Mark Brown (Brown Mark), Susannah Melvoin, Albert Magnoli, Peggy Blum (Peggy Mac), Alan Leeds, Susan Rogers, Jesse Johnson, Jill Castellini (Jill Jones), David Z Rivkin, David Coleman, Brenda Bennett, Bob Cavallo, Arne Frager, David Tickle, Tim Barr, Bill Jackson, Mark Cardenas, Coke Johnson, Craig Hubler, Paul Camarata, Eddie Mininfield (Eddie M.), Jerry Hubbard, Larry Williams, Laury Woods, Mike Kloster, David Knight, Brad Marsh, Novi Novog, Richard McKernan, Sid Page, Stephen Shelton, Murielle Hamilton, Terry Christian, Tony Christian, LeRoy “Roy” Bennett, Brent Fischer, Clare Fischer, and some additional information from Jellybean Johnson, Paul Peterson, Benny Rietveld, Pepé Willie and Eric Leeds. Thank you to each of you for sharing your stories of Prince’s work in the studio with me.
Special thanks to Hucky Austin, Jacqui Thompson, Alan Freed, Per Nilsen, Jesse Esparza, jooZt Mattheij, Camron Gilreath, Scott Bogen, Thomas de Bruin, Steve Parke, Gavin McLaughlin, Ken Meyer, Alex Hahn, Donna Fischer, Carol McGovney, Jamie Shoop, Jessica Pucci, Kathleen Johnson, Paul Camarata, Craig Hubler, Monique Tudahl, Gary Coleman, K. Nicola Dyes, Linda Ganster, Michael Ganster, Sheila Johnson, Jason Draper and my Acquisitions editor Natalie Mandziuk.
Thanx to all of you in the Prince: The Complete Studio Sessions Book series FB group for having faith.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1091596104195943/
A gigantic thank you Neal Preston for the amazing cover photo and to Phil “Rev” Hodgkiss for the incredible interpretation of it. Both of you are incredibly skilled artists.
And of course, a huge gigantic thank you to Questlove for writing the foreword. I’m glad you enjoyed the book so much.
>>>>> PS :
C le livre que j'attends le plus cette année !!!
