Rock legends at Rockfield / Jeff Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, Jeff, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rockfield Studios--History.

Rockfield Studios.

Sound recording industry--Wales--Monmouthshire.

Sound recording industry.

Sound--Recording and reproducing--Wales--Monmouthshire.

Sound.

Sound--Recording and reproducing.

Wales--Monmouthshire.

Physical Description:

viii, 166 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2007.

Summary:

Rock Legends at Rockfield is the first book to tell the story of one of the world's greatest recording studios, Rockfield. Boasting a visitor's book that reads like a who's who of rock, from Queen, Black Sabbath and Robert Plant to Simple Minds, Oasis and The Stone Roses, Rockfield has been, for over thirty years, the location where some of the world's greatest music was recorded, including 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. Using eyewitness accounts from the musicians themselves, as well as from producers, roadies and engineers, Jeff Collins's hilarious and highly readable book is full of previously untold anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories from bands who recorded at the world's first-ever residential recording studio.

Contents:

1 'From small acorns...' 3

2 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Ozzy's causing mayhem at Rockfield 21

3 Welsh rockers Budgie influence metal greats 33

4 Hawkwind invent space rock in Wales 49

5 Motorhead's painful birth at Rockfield 61

6 Worldwide hit singles - Queen and Ace rule the airwaves! 75

7 Judas Priest, Rush and Gillan: Legendary names descend on Rockfield 85

8 The '80s usher in a new breed 97

9 Led Zeppelin legend rediscovers himself in the pubs and studios at Monmouth 109

10 The '90s: Oasis and The Stone Roses raise hell at Rockfield 121

11 Tokyo Dragons, Kasabian and The Darkness usher in the 21st Century! 135

Rockfield timeline 155.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780708320976

070832097X

OCLC:

154689839