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[From NME:]Prince‘s memoirs, titled ‘The Beautiful Ones’, have finally been given a release date, over three years since they were announced.
Plans for the book were first revealed in March 2016, and it was being worked on by Prince until his death the following month.
Now, it has been revealed that the book will be published on October 29 by Random House, in partnership with Prince’s estate.
Prince had hand-written 50 pages before his death. The forthcoming 288-page book will combine this with scrapbooks of rare photos and original handwritten lyrics sheets, as well as an introduction by The New Yorker contributor Dan Piepenbring.
“‘The Beautiful Ones’ is the deeply personal account of how Prince Rogers Nelson became the Prince we know: the real-time story of a kid absorbing the world around him and creating a persona, an artistic vision, and a life, before the hits and the fame that would come to define him,” Random House said of the book.
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- Prince - Let's Go Crazy + Stickered Sleeve - EX - UK - 12" vinyl - £15.00, $18.60, €18.00 (New Item) (arrived 08-Feb-2025 17:00)
PRINCE Let's Go Crazy (1985 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single featuring the 7:35 Extended Version of the classic from the Purple Rain album, also including Take Me With You plus the 7:24 Erotic City. The picture sleeve retains its song hype warningsticker on the front. The sleeve light ring and shelfwear, whilst the vinyl has a few paper scuffs that won't affect play W2000T)
- Prince - Sign O The Times - German - 12" vinyl - £15.00, $18.60, €18.00 (New Item) (arrived 01-Feb-2025 16:01)
PRINCE Sign O The Times (1987 German 12" single on the Paisley Park label, also including La La La He He Hee, housed in a glossy & lightly textured picture sleeve with printed spine. The sleeve has some light ringwear but the vinyl looks barely played)
- Prince - 1999 - Nineteen Ninety Nine - Club Edition - US - 2-LP vinyl set - £30.00, $37.20, €36.00 (New Item) (arrived 29-Jan-2025 09:49)
PRINCE 1999 (1982 US Club Edition 11-track double LP with 'eye' picture labels, including the classics Little Red Corvette & 1999, housed in a single-pocket picture sleeve with 'Manufactured by Columbia House Under License' print on the back.Complete with the illustrated lyric inners, the picture sleeve [VG+] reveals a few paper wear marks around the edges yet both vinyl discs still look barely played) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Prince - Controversy - shrink - German - vinyl LP - £20.00, $24.80, €24.00 (New Item) (arrived 29-Jan-2025 10:00)
PRINCE Controversy (Circa 1984 German Mid Price series issue of the 1981 8-track LP, housed in the series stickered picture sleeve with the purple discography insert. The sleeve is still in open shrinkwrap & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with minimal play WBK56950)
- Prince - Purple Rain - UK - shaped picture disc - £150.00, $186.00, €180.00 (New Item) (arrived 29-Jan-2025 18:00)
PRINCE Purple Rain (Rare Original 1984 UK Limited Edition 7" Motorbike Shaped Picture Disc single, including the Short Version plus God. Housed in a clear pvc sleeve, the disc appears in superb Excellent condition W9174P)
- Prince - Purple Rain - 'Awards' Stickered Sleeve + insert - German - vinyl LP - £20.00, $24.80, €24.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 29-Jan-2025 18:00)
PRINCE Purple Rain (1984 German 9-track vinyl LP including the classic hit singles When Doves Cry & Purple Rain, with original lyric inner, catalogue insert & 'Awards Winner!' hype stickered glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve shows very little wear and the vinyl looks barely played) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Prince - 1999 - Nineteen Ninety Nine - Club Edition - US - 2-LP vinyl set - £30.00, $37.20, €36.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 30-Jan-2025 18:00)
PRINCE 1999 (1982 US Club Edition 11-track double LP with 'eye' picture labels, including the classics Little Red Corvette & 1999, housed in a single-pocket picture sleeve with 'Manufactured by Columbia House Under License' print on the back.Complete with the illustrated lyric inners, the picture sleeve [VG+] reveals a few paper wear marks around the edges yet both vinyl discs still look barely played) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Prince - Sign 'O' The Times - Stickered - Shrink - EX - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £75.00, $93.00, €90.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 30-Jan-2025 18:00)
PRINCE Sign 'O' The Times (Original 1987 UK/German-pressed 16-track double LP including the singles If I Was Your Girlfriend, U Got The Look, I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man, the title track & the deep cut The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker. Complete with the illustrated lyric inners, the picture sleeve is Excellent & still in the open shrinkwrap with the heart shaped hype sticker attached. The vinyl is clean & grades EX/EX- with some light paper hairline scuffs not affecting play WX88) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Prince - Controversy - shrink - German - vinyl LP - £20.00, $24.80, €24.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 30-Jan-2025 18:00)
PRINCE Controversy (Circa 1984 German Mid Price series issue of the 1981 8-track LP, housed in the series stickered picture sleeve with the purple discography insert. The sleeve is still in open shrinkwrap & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with minimal play WBK56950)
- Prince - Sign O The Times - German - 12" vinyl - £15.00, $18.60, €18.00 (New Item) (arrived 01-Feb-2025 18:00)
PRINCE Sign O The Times (1987 German 12" single on the Paisley Park label, also including La La La He He Hee, housed in a glossy & lightly textured picture sleeve with printed spine. The sleeve has some light ringwear but the vinyl looks barely played)
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