‘Studio Sessions 1985-1986’ Is a Deep, Deep Dive on Prince’s Peak Years: Book Review
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOne of the many revelations of the Prince estate’s ongoing, exhaustive reissue series is that there’s so much more in the late artist’s legendary vault than even the most obsessive fans ever dreamed. Even the sprawling, multi-disc deluxe editions around “1999” and “Sign O’ the Times” barely scratch the surface.One of the key people assembling those reissues is Duane Tudahl, who is turning the team’s research into astonishingly detailed, doorstop-sized books: First with 2019’s “Prince and the ‘Purple Rain’ Studio Sessions,” which focused on 1983-84, and a new one with the unwieldy title “Prince and the ‘Parade’ & ‘Sign O’ the Times’ Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986” (out Wed., June 10).