The Great British Recording Studios
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (971 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 145842197X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 357 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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This book has it all. In it, author Howard Massey chronicles the cultural forces and technological innovations that shaped the sound of landmark records by The Beatles, The Who, the Rolling Stones, and many others. As a touring musician-producer-engineer-author-music journalist, Howard Massey is uniquely qualified to do what he has accomplished in writing The Great British Recording Studios. An invaluable historical document, and also one rousing ride through the most incredible musical era of the 20th Century. Mark it essential.'' - Mix Magazine''With a foreword by Sir George Ma
Twinkie said Hands down the best book on the subject. Hands down the best book on the subject! Perhaps the only book of its kind.Massey said in an interview that he spent 10 years researching this book and it shows. The book is very detailed and very well written. Massey has a template to describing the history of each of the major recording studios in Britain of the day to a given stud. "Highly Recommended!" according to Richard Huxen. As a composer/producer and a fan of the early British "invasion" bands, this book was both informative as well as entertaining. I think it's important that even in this day of plug-ins and DAWs, it's always good to know where a lot of the techniques we use and take for granted came from. Of course, many of them were "mistakes" or "ha. R M Wresinski said Perfect for the rock fan / tech geek.. This book is written for both the avid listener and the technician. Covering British studios of today and those that have closed, it presents an interesting history of the growth of recorded British music and the evolving methods of recording techniques. With frequent asides to the American music recording methods, it details how the
The book surveys the era's most significant British studios (including Abbey Road, Olympic, and Trident), with complete descriptions of each studio's physical facilities and layout, along with listings of equipment and key personnel, as well as details about its best-known technical innovations and a discography of the major recordings done there. The Great British Recording Studios tells the story of the iconic British facilities where many of the most important recordings of all time were made. It is endorsed by and was written with the cooperation of the British APRS (Association of Professional Recording Services, headed by Sir George Martin) to document the history of the major British studios of the 1960s and 1970s and to help preserve their legacy. Meticulously researched and organized, The Great British Recording Studios will inform and inspire students of the recording arts, music professionals, casual music fans, and anyone interested in the acoustically pristine facilities, groundbreaking techniques, and innovative artists and technicians that have shaped the course of modern recording.. Seamlessly interweaving narrative text with behind-the-scenes anecdotes from dozens of i