Charles L. Granata
Auteur de Wouldn't It Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds
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Charles L. Granata is a record and radio producer, music historian, and author of the award-winning Sessions with Sinatra as well as numerous essays on popular music and the history of sound recording. He divides his time between Los Angeles and Livingston, New Jersey.
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Wouldn't It Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (2003) 87 exemplaires
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The book essentially begins with Sinatra's move to Columbia Records after splitting with Tommy Dorsey. His big band work gets only a cursory look--both because these were actually Dorsey or James recording sessions, and because they're not so well documented. In fact, it's clear that the level of documentation improves as Frankie ages. The Columbia and Capital sections of the book are excellent; the Reprise section seems weaker, perhaps because the sessions themselves were weaker. The author does note the irony that Sinatra launched the Reprise label to gain better control of his recording sessions, then surrendered that control to his staff. Life can be strange.
Book lives mostly at a moderately high level. Granata occasionally dives fairly deeply into a specific session, watching as Sinatra and his collaborators work out a song or assemble an album.
Interesting, and very readable. Sinatra's life is discussed only as it impinged on his work, and then only in generalities. If biography's what you're looking for, this is not the book to read. On the other hand, his changing relations with the Victor, Columbia, and Capitol recording labels are discussed in some detail. Nonetheless, the book's mainly about the technicalities of the recording studio, and/or how Frank worked in the studio. If you're interested in those things, this is a very good introduction.
Oh, yes: Great pictures, too. Almost worth buying just for the photographs.
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