Œuvres de Glyn Johns
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Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling… par Glyn Johns
Interesting back stories.
Well, I was hoping...
When someone with almost six decades of experience in the music recording field writes a book about his time engineering most of the biggest and most influential bands on the planet, this is an opportunity to really dig down into those experiences. I mean, this is the guy that sat at the board while the Beatles were breaking up, while the Who recorded Won't Get Fooled Again, while Led Zeppelin and the Eagles recorded their first albums, and the Stones were putting out albums like Sticky Fingers...
It takes an almost conscious effort to actually make these events uninteresting and unentertaining, yet Johns manages it.
How?
By giving an almost bullet-list overview of who he worked with and when, and a small, anecdotal toss-off of one event from the recording. Mostly about how he had a mistaken impression about one of the artists, who turned out to be better in some way than he originally expected.
This could have easily been three spellbinding books. Instead, it's a wasted opportunity from Johns, and mostly a wasted experience for the reader.… (plus d'informations)
When someone with almost six decades of experience in the music recording field writes a book about his time engineering most of the biggest and most influential bands on the planet, this is an opportunity to really dig down into those experiences. I mean, this is the guy that sat at the board while the Beatles were breaking up, while the Who recorded Won't Get Fooled Again, while Led Zeppelin and the Eagles recorded their first albums, and the Stones were putting out albums like Sticky Fingers...
It takes an almost conscious effort to actually make these events uninteresting and unentertaining, yet Johns manages it.
How?
By giving an almost bullet-list overview of who he worked with and when, and a small, anecdotal toss-off of one event from the recording. Mostly about how he had a mistaken impression about one of the artists, who turned out to be better in some way than he originally expected.
This could have easily been three spellbinding books. Instead, it's a wasted opportunity from Johns, and mostly a wasted experience for the reader.… (plus d'informations)
Really interesting book by a man who's worked with virtually everyone in British (and some American) rock in the 60s and 70s. Wish there'd been a bit more on the technical aspects of producing and engineering.
Glyn Johns started in the music business as a teenage studio assistant and worked his way up to recording engineer and producer. He also had his own career as a performer, starting in a church choir and charting a single in Spain. He thinks it went to #1, but still isn't sure.
It's that lack of ego that makes this book a pleasure to read. It's probably also how he was able to work with and get the best sound out of some of the luminaries of rock from the 1960's onward. He produced and engineered albums and performances by The Rolling Stones, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Faces, Howlin' Wolf, John Hiatt, and a ton of others. It's a fascinating career and the book tells a bit of it without betraying confidences. I assume you don't get to work with the best by being a blabbermouth.
Johns' brother and son followed him into music performance and production and have been successful as well. An enjoyable and well-written book.… (plus d'informations)
It's that lack of ego that makes this book a pleasure to read. It's probably also how he was able to work with and get the best sound out of some of the luminaries of rock from the 1960's onward. He produced and engineered albums and performances by The Rolling Stones, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Faces, Howlin' Wolf, John Hiatt, and a ton of others. It's a fascinating career and the book tells a bit of it without betraying confidences. I assume you don't get to work with the best by being a blabbermouth.
Johns' brother and son followed him into music performance and production and have been successful as well. An enjoyable and well-written book.… (plus d'informations)
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- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 108
- Popularité
- #179,297
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 5