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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | This is an engaging account of some of the most memorable moments in New York's recording history, as seen through the eyes (and ears) of the many producers, engineers, songwriters, and recording artists who helped make them happen. It explores the explosive 30 years between 1950 and 1980 and the numerous ingredients that made them unique: artists performing live in large, vibrant recording spaces; producers and engineers spontaneously creating new effects and techniques; composers writing parts on demand in the studio; and, most important, recording studios that had life, character, and their own fingerprint sound. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | David Simons | | Paperback: | 192 pages | | Publisher: | Backbeat Books | | Publication Date: | November 01, 2004 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0879308176 | | Product Length: | 9.26 inches | | Product Width: | 7.38 inches | | Product Height: | 0.49 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.11 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.2 inches | | Package Width: | 7.2 inches | | Package Height: | 0.5 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 7 reviews |
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9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 All you need to know about New York-made music, right here Nov 18, 2004
By R. Gibson
This is a compelling read for history buffs and a must-have for anyone who's interested in the great jazz and pop sessions of the 1950's, '60s and '70s (and loves New York as well). The book contains fabulous details about many of the city's fine old recording establishments (Bell Sound, Columbia, A&R, Allegro, many of them long forgotten), the people who worked there, and the artists who recorded the hits on a daily basis. The author sets the scene wonderfully, supplying us with colorful images of Broadway and all of midtown Manhattan as it existed during that time. Nice big studio session shots as well (and not all the usual suspects either). I've been waiting for a book like this to hit the market for quite a while.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Would you believe Elvis? Mar 25, 2008
By JB Moose
"JB"
I am a New Yorker. The first session I ever went to was in Studio B at Columbia 52nd Street around 1966 to watch a group called The Virginians cut a couple of sides. (The Virginians failed but their lead singer later recorded the hit "Good Morning Starshine" under the name Oliver.) Since then I have been in about half the studios in the book as either a musician, a producer or a visitor/hanger on. Until "Studio Stories" I thought I knew a lot about the subject. But I didn't know that Elvis cut "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog" here or a pair of tracks on Led Zep II were made here.
"Studio Stories" is also a capsule history of popular music recording from the `50s of Mitch Miller, Sinatra and Tony Bennett to the advent of the Digital Recording Era. It is a mini-encyclopedia of how engineers, producers and musicians got sounds, overcame limitations and made some of the best recordings ever produced.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 worth the read Feb 22, 2006
By J. Henderson
The title was suggested by an online group I subscribe with. I like the site, I like the book!
This publication covers a wide spectrum. Too wide a spectrum to treat all decades and styles well, but it covers the highlites.
From a technical standpoint Studio Stories makes a good read. From the persepective of someone with a casual music interest, it's easy to understand and entertaining.
I purchased the book for a behind the scenes reason and I wasn't disappointed.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
nice stories of the fairytale era of sound recording Nov 17, 2007
By CorrinViolin
"corrin"
Really nice language, gave me some nice confidence about creating my own unique sound and not being intimidated by big labels.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Comprehensive, detailed, authoritative, and informative Feb 12, 2005
By Midwest Book Review
In Studio Stories: How The Great New York Records Were Made: From Miles To Madonna, Sinatra To The Ramones, musician and music history expert Dave Simons surveys more than 30 years of New York City's recording industry during a time noted for its expertise, brilliant improvisation, and off-beat eccentricity resulting in the creation of truly classics records for some of the best known and most popular artists working in such diverse fields as pop, rock, soul, jazz, and folk music. Readers are provided the perspective of producers, engineers, songwriters, and recording artists associated with the New York music industry expansive years between 1950 and 1980. Comprehensive, detailed, authoritative, informed and informative, Studio Stories is a superbly written and presented slice of American music history that is especially recommended reading and a simply outstanding contribution to 20th Century Music History and American Popular Culture Studies.
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