Description: "Celebrating 30 years of Purple Rain"--Cover.
Brief description: Emmy Awardwinning music journalist Alan Light is the author of numerous books includingThe Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of Hallelujah(which was adapted into an acclaimed documentary), as well asLets Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rainand biographies of Johnny Cash, Nina Simone, and the Beastie Boys. He was the cowriter of bestselling memoirs by Gregg Allman and Peter Frampton. Alan was a senior writer atRolling Stoneand the editor-in-chief ofVibeandSpin. He contributes frequently to The New York Times, Esquire, and The Wall Street Journal, among many publications, and cohosts the podcastSound Up!With Mark Goodman and Alan Light.
Review Quotes: "Everything you ever wanted to know about the making of the popular Prince movie-and much more.Beyond the minutiae of moviemaking and who was sleeping with whom, the book is particularly incisive in providing context, showing how video technology and black crossover artists were changing the marketplace. A few of the revelations are real howlers...But mainly, Light commemorates an anniversary that might otherwise have passed without much notice. A must-read for the Prince die-hards who have remained devoted through the musical meanderings of the last three decades."