Gold Experience: Following Prince in the '90s

I read this book in one go, could not put it down. So far, with Mayte Garcia's book, which concentrated on their private life, this is for me, the best insight into music life of little genius in 90's. Much more because Jim Walsh was there, he was very close and the only journalist who tried to understand Prince. Highly recommended for any Prince fan.

I'm a huge Prince fan and have read pretty much every book written about him over the years. Most of the books focus on the "glory days" - his 1980s peak - and tend to gloss over the 1990s when he had a significant slump in his fortunes, and I was interested to read this book as it deals purely with that era.Jim Walsh has followed Prince for years and works as a journalist. This book is a collection of his articles about Prince written in the 1990s, and is essentially reviews of concerts, gatherings at Paisley Park, album reviews, and a couple of open letters at the end. It's a quick, entertaining read if you're a fan, but it's not an analysis of his work, career and fortunes at that time, and if you're looking for something like that - as I was - it's a disappointment.

There Are Way Too Many Books Now Out On Prince, covering every minor detail, and so many simply copy what has been said a 1000 times befiore, and / or are badly written or presented This one however is better than many of the recent crop, but doesnt mak any alarming revelations or unkown facts, research seems pretty pedestrain.

A waste of time and money. He cobbled together bits and pieces that the public already knew. In a number of places within the book, his facts were completely wrong. This was a book that was released as quickly as possible to make a quick buck.

Good book little short but I enjoyed it

Insightful book by a journalist that followed prince and had a personal relationship of sorts with him over the course of the artists career in the 1990s. Mostly comprised of his (previously published but no longer available) contemporary reviews of prince concerts and albums at the time. The author was a critic with a clear admiration and appreciation of Princes art. Well worth the read. I lost track of Prince (The Artist or whatever he was calling himself then), like many of his fans during the 1990s. We were raising kids and starting our careers and he seemed to be up to crazy antics, mostly off the radar by choice, and doing God knows what. Well Jim Walsh knew what he was doing and lucky for us negligent fans he documented it and has lovingly published this collection to get us up to speed.

This book is fantastic. It was written in real time since it is a collection of articles the author wrote while following Prince in the 90's. Instead of a book "looking back" it's written as if you're living in the Prince world in 1994, 1995, 1996.... and so on. Fantastic! Must read for those who are interested in Prince AFTER the 80's and the symbol-era Prince world.

In the wake of Prince's sudden passing last year, I, like many fans, am interested in the recent publications that have flooded the market claiming insight into the life of this musical genius. But, as a die hard fan of every aspect of Prince's long career, I don't want to waste money on publications that regurgitate what i already know. I am looking for fresh insight on the enigmatic genius not a biography. Mr. Walsh's book is exactly what it claims to be: short articles written for a Minneapolis publication, but there is a surprising depth to the articles. The articles are not written by a journalist just filling space. These are not tabloid fodder or prefuntory fluff pieces. They are written by a Prince FAN who was in the enviable position to not only be local so as to take advantage of events at Paisley Park but be summoned personally by the little purple paisley love dude for interviews. This book is a quick read but worth it. If you don't have to have a copy for the bookshelf collection as I do, you may want to consider the Kindle version of this book.

Really enjoyed reading what was written by Mr. Walsh as he wrote about Prince throughout a long period of Prince's life. Clearly he has a tremendous amount of respect for the artist as do I. Reading about his face to face meetings with Prince was a highlight of the book.