Prince

This beautifully designed photographic essay flows from Prince's sensational, unprecedented, record-breaking, sold-out 21 concerts in 21 nights at London's O2 Arena in 2007. Juxtaposing his dueling worlds of music and solitude, it will incorporate Prince's evocative poetry and lyrics to new songs and other selections, and 124 full-color, sumptuous, never-before-published images by celebrated photographer Randee St. Nicholas. As part of the dimensional experience, it will also feature Indigo Nights, a CD capturing Prince's speak-easy, after-hours, raw, live after-show sessions of pure unadulterated jams. For the first time in 21 NIGHTS, Prince is seen behind the scenes. Randee St. Nicholas, renowned for her rich visuals, deft touch, and distinctive style, was given access to Prince's life and career, providing a nuanced and unparalleled view of the artist, accompanying him onstage, backstage, and into his sleeping quarters. Indigo Nights, which includes the live version of the song 3121, will not be available in any other format.

From Prince himself comes the brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the greatest artists of all timefeaturing never-before-seen photos, original scrapbooks and lyric sheets, and the exquisite memoir he began writing before his tragic death.Prince was a musical genius, one of the most talented, beloved, accomplished, popular, and acclaimed musicians in pop history. But he wasn't only a musicianhe was also a startlingly original visionary with an imagination deep enough to whip up whole worlds, from the sexy, gritty funk paradise of his early records to the mythical landscape of Purple Rain to the psychedelia of Paisley Park. But his greatest creative act was turning Prince Rogers Nelson, born in Minnesota, into Prince, the greatest pop star of his era.The Beautiful Ones is the story of how Prince became Princea first-person account of a kid absorbing the world around him and then creating a persona, an artistic vision, and a life, before the hits and fame that would come to define him. The book is told in four parts. The first is composed of the memoir he was writing before his tragic death, pages that brings us into Prince's childhood world through his own lyrical prose. The second part takes us into Prince's early years as a musician, before his first album released, through a scrapbook of Prince's writing and photos. The third section shows us Prince's evolution through candid images that take us up to the cusp of his greatest achievement, which we see in the book's fourth section: his original handwritten treatment for Purple Rainthe final stage in Prince's self-creation, as he retells the autobiography we've seen in the first three parts as a heroic journey.The book is framed by editor Dan Piepenbrings riveting and moving introduction about his short but profound collaboration with Prince in his final daysa time when Prince was thinking deeply about how to reveal more of himself and his ideas to the world, while retaining the mystery and mystique hed so carefully cultivatedand annotations that provide context to each of the books images.This work is not just a tribute to Prince, but an original and energizing literary work, full of

The Beautiful Ones no es solo el tributo a un icono, también es una obra literaria poderosa y original por derecho propio, donde bullen las ideas de Prince, su manera de ver el mundo, su voz y su efigie, su imperecedera ofrenda al mundo.Esta es la historia de superacion y ascenso al estrellato de un artista irrepetible. Escrita de su puño y letra, y acompañada de fotos ineditas, dietarios y apuntes intimos, incluye tambien el conmovedor testimonio autobiografico que Prince comenzo a elaborar poco antes de su inesperada muerte.Prince era un genio de la musica, uno de los creadores mas queridos, versatiles y respetados de nuestro tiempo. Fue un visionario tremendamente original, con una imaginacion capaz de recrear universos enteros, desde el paraiso prometido a ritmo de funk de Uptown hasta los paisajes miticos de Purple Rain, pasando por la psicodelia de Paisley Park. Sin embargo, su creacion mas ambiciosa fue convertir a Prince Rogers Nelson, nacido en Minnesota, en Prince, una de las mayores estrellas del pop de cualquier epoca.The Beautiful Ones nos cuenta como Prince se transformo en Prince: su relato en primera persona nos muestra a un avido joven que decide empaparse primero del mundo que le rodea para luego moldear un personaje, una vision artistica y finalmente una manera de vivir, mucho antes de que sus primeros exitos y la fama lo constriñan y pretendan redefinirle. El libro esta dividido en cuatro partes. La primera es el testimonio autobiografico que Prince escribia antes de su repentina y tragica muerte; son paginas que nos llevan al mundo de su infancia a traves de una prosa lirica y personal. La segunda presenta, a traves de diarios y libretas de recortes, los años formativos de Prince como musico, previos a la publicacion de su primer disco. La tercera nos muestra, en sinceras imagenes, la evolucion de Prince hasta llegar a lacuspide, a su logro artistico mas grande, que descubriremos en la cuarta parte del libro: el tratamiento original y manuscrito de Purple Rain, sin duda la conclusion del proceso de crearse a si mismo emprendido por el artista, que en esta pieza da a las tres secciones previas forma de viaje heroico .El editor del libro, Dan Piepenbring, completa el retrato con una introduccion fascinante y conmovedora sobre como fue colaborar con Prince en sus ultimos meses de vida, en un momento en que el artista medito profundamente sobre como podia revelar al mundo mas detalles de si mismo y de su manera de pensar sin perder el misterio y la mistica que tan cuidadosamente habia tejido a su alrededor. Tambien son de Piepenbring las notas que dotan de contexto a las imagenes del libro.

From Prince himself comes the brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the greatest artists of all time--featuring never-before-seen photos, original scrapbooks and lyric sheets, and the exquisite memoir he began writing before his tragic death. Prince was a musical genius, one of the most talented, beloved, accomplished, popular, and acclaimed musicians in history. He was also a startlingly original visionary with an imagination deep enough to whip up whole worlds, from the sexy, gritty funk paradise of "Uptown" to the mythical landscape of Purple Rain to the psychedelia of "Paisley Park." But his most ambitious creative act was turning Prince Rogers Nelson, born in Minnesota, into Prince, the greatest pop star of his era. The Beautiful Ones is the story of how Prince became Prince--a first-person account of a kid absorbing the world around him and then creating a persona, an artistic vision, and a life, before the hits and fame that would come to define him. The book is told in four parts. The first is composed of the memoir he was writing before his tragic death, pages that brings us into Prince's childhood world through his own lyrical prose. The second part takes us into Prince's early years as a musician, before his first album released, through a scrapbook of Prince's writing and photos. The third section shows us Prince's evolution through candid images that take us up to the cusp of his greatest achievement, which we see in the book's fourth section: his original handwritten treatment for Purple Rain--the final stage in Prince's self-creation, as he retells the autobiography we've seen in the first three parts as a heroic journey. The book is framed by editor Dan Piepenbring's riveting and moving introduction about his short but profound collaboration with Prince in his final months--a time when Prince was thinking deeply about how to reveal more of himself and his ideas to the world, while retaining the mystery and mystique he'd so carefully cultivated--and annotations that provide context to each of the book's images. This work is not just a tribute to Prince, but an original and energizing literary work, full of Prince's ideas and vision, his voice and image, his undying gift to the world.

The Beautiful Ones no es solo el tributo a un icono, tambien es una obra literaria poderosa y original por derecho propio, donde bullen las ideas de Prince, su manera de ver el mundo, su voz y su efigie, su imperecedera ofrenda al mundo. Esta es la historia de superacion y ascenso al estrellato de un artista irrepetible. Escrita de su puño y letra, y acompañada de fotos ineditas, dietarios y apuntes intimos, incluye tambien el conmovedor testimonio autobiografico que Prince comenzo a elaborar poco antes de su inesperada muerte.Prince era un genio de la musica, uno de los creadores mas queridos, versatiles y respetados de nuestro tiempo. Fue un visionario tremendamente original, con una imaginacion capaz de recrear universos enteros, desde el paraiso prometido a ritmo de funk de "Uptown" hasta los paisajes miticos de Purple Rain, pasando por la psicodelia de "Paisley Park". Sin embargo, su creacion mas ambiciosa fue convertir a Prince Rogers Nelson, nacido en Minnesota, en Prince, una de las mayores estrellas del pop de cualquier epoca. The Beautiful Ones nos cuenta como Prince se transformo en Prince: su relato en primera persona nos muestra a un avido joven que decide empaparse primero del mundo que le rodea para lue

A través de un mundo asociado al sexo, la carnalidad y la lascivia, lúcidas viñetas sobre el capitalismo y sistemas sociales, o crónicas sin luz de las rutinas cotidianas y urbanas, Prince se ha erigido como uno de los músicos más inventivos de los años ochenta, sintetizando un cúmulo de influencias -Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, George Clinton, etc.- que otorgan a su obra el funk más radical, la electricidad de mejor voltaje, ritmos hipnóticos y hermosas melodías. Este libro es un compendio de sus mejores textos escogidos a lo largo de toda su discografía.