Prince: Purple Reign
Mick Wall
Jul 2016 · Trapeze · Narrated by Colin Mace
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This is the powerful, detailed and enlightening biography of the iconic composer, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist - the inimitable Prince.
Prince was an icon. A man who defined an era of music and changed the shape of popular culture forever. There is no doubt that he was one of the most talented and influential artists of all time, and also one of the most mysterious. On 21st April 2016 the world lost its Prince; it was the day the music died.
This book will open a door to Prince's world like never before - from his traumatic childhood and demonic pursuit of music as a means of escape, to his rise to superstardom, professional rivalries and marriages shrouded in tragedy, internationally bestselling music writer Mick Wall explores the historical, cultural and personal backdrop that gave rise to an artist the likes of which the world has never seen - and never will again.
Mick, a lifelong Prince fan, was one of the first UK journalists to ever write about this enigmatic star, and it was his story that put Prince on the cover of Kerrang magazine in 1984 and inspired the biggest mailbag of letters the magazine has ever had. As Prince sang in '7', 'no one in the whole universe will ever compare', and this book is a shining tribute to the forever incomparable Prince.
Read by Colin Mace
(p) 2016 Orion Publishing Group
Prince was an icon. A man who defined an era of music and changed the shape of popular culture forever. There is no doubt that he was one of the most talented and influential artists of all time, and also one of the most mysterious. On 21st April 2016 the world lost its Prince; it was the day the music died.
This book will open a door to Prince's world like never before - from his traumatic childhood and demonic pursuit of music as a means of escape, to his rise to superstardom, professional rivalries and marriages shrouded in tragedy, internationally bestselling music writer Mick Wall explores the historical, cultural and personal backdrop that gave rise to an artist the likes of which the world has never seen - and never will again.
Mick, a lifelong Prince fan, was one of the first UK journalists to ever write about this enigmatic star, and it was his story that put Prince on the cover of Kerrang magazine in 1984 and inspired the biggest mailbag of letters the magazine has ever had. As Prince sang in '7', 'no one in the whole universe will ever compare', and this book is a shining tribute to the forever incomparable Prince.
Read by Colin Mace
(p) 2016 Orion Publishing Group
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MY NAME IS MARVIN GAYE THOMPSON (DA"PRINCEAHOLLIC) NICKNAME. SO FAR I LOVE IT. WANT IT. SO I CAN REALLY GET TO KNOW HIM . PRINCE ROGERS NELSON. R. I. P HE WAS THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO MUSIC. AND FOREVER WILL BE 2ME GONE2SOON I'M 😭 ABOUT HOW LEFT US. AND ALWAYS FIND MYSELF IN THE MIRROR ASKING MYSELF WHY? HERE'S TO YOU PRINCE PURPLE RAIN FOR EVEVA 1984.THE YEAR I'LL NEVA. FORGET. SAW HIM IN CONCERT . M. G. T. I'M OUT. SO LONG MAY WE LIVE 2SEE THE DAWN
About the author
Mick Wall is the UK's best-known rock writer, author and TV and radio programme maker, and is the author of numerous critically-acclaimed books, including definitive, bestselling titles on Led Zeppelin (When Giants Walked the Earth), Lou Reed (The Life), The Doors (Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre), and Jimi Hendrix (Two Riders Were Approaching). He lives in England.
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