Per Nilsen
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Reading how Prince walked into a recording studio mere days after coming off the exhausting Purple Rain Tour, sat down at a drum kit, told the engineer to press "record", and then played the first half a dozen songs of Parade in one go just blew me away -- and that is just one of many stories in this book.
Per Nilsen also must receive credit for finally revealing what really happened on the evening Prince decided to cancel The Black Album. But where he really deserves praise is for meticulously documenting Prince's career, something he started in [b:Prince a Documentary|2151218|Prince a Documentary|Per Nilsen|http://www.goodreads.com/assets/nocover/60x80.png|2156715] and continued to do so for over a decade as part of the Swedish (!) fan publication Uptown.
Not that Dancemusicsexromance is without flaws; for his [b:Possessed: The Rise and Fall of Prince|331476|Possessed The Rise and Fall of Prince|Alex Hahn|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1173813902s/331476.jpg|923201], [a:Alex Hahn|190205|Alex Hahn|http://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66-251a730d696018971ef4a443cdeaae05.jpg] had access to information that Per decided to leave out for various reasons, information which sheds a less flattering light on Prince. Which doesn't mean this book is a hagiography: Prince's behavior is often enough shown to be less than honorable, not only when dealing with fellow musicians, but also on a personal level.… (mehr)