Temples of sound : inside the great recording studios / Jim Cogan and William Clark ; foreword by Quincy Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cogan, Jim.

Contributor:

Clark, William.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sound recording industry--United States--History.

Sound recording industry.

Popular music--United States--History and criticism.

Popular music.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2003]

Summary:

All great music has a birthplace. "Temples of Sound" tells the stories of the legendary studios where musical genius and a magical space came together to capture some of the most exciting jazz, pop, funk, soul, and country records ever made. From the celebrated Southern studios of Sun and Stax, to the John Coltrane/Miles Davis sessions in producer Rudy Van Gelder's living room, to Frank Sinatra's swinging cuts at state-of-the-art Capitol Records, each of the 15 profiles in this book brings great music to life at the moment of its creation. With a trove of never-before-seen photographs and fascinating, all-new interviews with the musicians and producers who made the records, "Temples of Sound" is a rich inspiration for music fans.

Contents:

Capitol Studios: King of Pop 15

United Western Recorders: Hollywood's Swingin' 31

Sunset Sound: Strange Days 43

RCA B: Home of a Thousand Hits 55

Stax: Memphis Soul Stew 65

Sun Studios: Mecca for Rebels 85

J&M: Cosimo's Factory 97

Chess: Record Row Royalty 111

Universal: Windy City Soul 125

Motown: The Snake Pit 137

Sigma Sound Studios: The Sound of Philadelphia 151

Atlantic: R-E-S-P-E-C-T 165

Columbia Studios: Temple of Sound 181

Van Gelder Studio: Jazz Casual 193

Criteria: Stayin' Alive 209.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0811833941

OCLC:

49553469