Featuring even more groundbreaking recording sessions, rehearsals, and sound checks, this expanded edition of Tudahl's award-winning book reveals the untold story of Prince's rise from cult favorite to superstar. Firsthand accounts provide unprecedented views of the musical genius's creative process and secretive studio sessions.
Duane Tudahl pulls back the curtain on the details of Prince's rise from cult favorite to unrivaled stardom with the creation and popularization of the Purple Rain album. Firsthand accounts from Prince's friends and colleagues provide unprecedented views of the musical genius's creative process and secretive studio sessions.
Formed in the 1960s, 'Prog Rock' British group Procol Harum are best known for their multi million selling single A Whiter Shade of Pale which is the most played record by a British artist of the last 70 years.
Here is a skillful tracing of two tracks in the evolution of musical genres that have evolved from black religion. Songs of protest developed from the spiritual through social-gospel hymnody to culminate in songs of the civil-rights movement and the blues. Born in rebellion, they envision the Kingdom of God. Songs of praise, by contrast, ......
Public Enemy are an American hip hop group, formed in New York in 1982, known for their politically charged lyrics and criticism of the American media. This account focuses on the highs and lows of their career, provides an overview of their album releases, and examines what the future holds for them and hip hop as a whole.
In 2011, the world will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Queen - one of the most innovative, glamorous, and influential bands in history. This title includes hundreds of images that accompany the songs range from handwritten lyrics to rare photographs from the stage to the studio. It also includes a complete discography of the band.
After 50 years as one of the world's best-loved rock bands, Queen have played over 700 concerts throughout the world and are still selling out stadiums in the 2020s. The band's earliest documented concerts were at colleges in the Home Counties of England in 1970 and since then have performed massive memorable record-breaking events across the ......
Lavishly illustrated book on Queen, one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world. Another One Bites the Dust (1980) became their best-selling single, while their 1981 compilation album Greatest Hits is the best-selling album in the UK and is certified eight times platinum in the US. Their record sales range from 150 million to 300 million ......
