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| From | Baskervils@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: Recording The Beatles |
| Date | Mon, 2 Oct 2006 21:36:57 EDT |
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Thanks for the reviews, guys. I was staring and drooling at a picture of
this book this morning.
Rob
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>
> Greg,
>
> Yes, and without a doubt, yes. For anyone who's the least bit curious how
> they did what they did (aside from developing their songwriting and
> performing talents), this book is an instant top-of-the-list reference to be
> mandatory reading along with Lewisohn's "Recording Sessions" and Babiuk's
> "Beatles Gear." The amount of detail within the pages is staggering, from
> the history of the Abbey Road facilities to all the components of the
> recording processes during the timeframe to the final section on the actual
> production processes. Few if any stones are left unturned in this tome.
>
> Kehew and Ryan have done their best to make the read reasonable for any
> Beatles (or music) fan - not too technical, but enough technical detail for
> those who want those details (and plenty of glossary info for the
> neophytes). They do not go into detail about each song's production, but
> rather do so for the truly iconic "how did they do that" songs. At first,
> this may sound a bit disappointing, but not so - keep in mind that much of
> the early stuff used so much similar production techniques, so when there's
> something new and revelatory to be tackled, they most certainly do.
>
> For those that haven't made the financial leap, there are no plans to
> produce a paperback version of this book. It's simply too big (550 pages!)
> to do a proper paperback binding - the thing would be akin to a metropolitan
> phone book (and probably just as liable to get ripped up)!
>
> I know Bobby Sutliff got one (yes, Bobby, saw you on the Hoffman forums),
> and I'd be surprised if there aren't other Auditeers that have ponied up.
> In my personal case, it's worth it. I'm still reading it thru for the first
> time and have had it for 2 weeks! (And I'll probably re-read it immediately
> once I'm done as the details are so deep!)
>
> Enough exclamation marks...
>
> Brioohs
>
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