Sonic Alchemy: Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings(Book). You may not have heard of them, but you have certainly heard their songs! From the lo-fidelity origins of early pioneers to today's dazzling technocrats, the role of the music producer is as murkily undefined as it is wholly essential. Sonic Alchemy: Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings is an exploration of the influence of the often colorful, idiosyncratic and visionary music producers through popular music and the fascinatingly crucial role they have played in shaping the way we hear pop music today. Sonic Alchemy is nothing short of the secret history of the music producer. |
Contents
Phil Spector And George Martin | 1955 |
Brian Wilson Gary Usher Terry Melcher And Curt Boettcher | 1978 |
David Axelrod And Shel Talmy | 1971 |
Jimmy Miller And Glyn Johns | 1968 |
Rb Goes Funky Willie Mitchell And Norman Whitfield | 1950 |
Brian Eno And John Cale | 1967 |
King Tubby Lee Scratch Perry And The Rise Of | 1954 |
Chris Thomas | 1968 |
Martin Hannett Flood And Steve Albini | 1977 |
Arthur Baker The Bomb Squad And Dr | 1985 |
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Sonic Alchemy: Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings David N. Howard Limited preview - 2004 |
Sonic Alchemy: Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings David N. Howard No preview available - 2004 |
Sonic Alchemy: Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings David N. Howard No preview available - 2004 |
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