The Wrecking Crew : the inside story of rock and roll's best-kept secret / Kent Hartman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartman, Kent.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wrecking Crew (Musical group).

Rock musicians--California--Biography.

Rock musicians.

California.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 292 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.

Summary:

A fascinating look into the West Coast recording studio scene of the '60s and the inside story of the music you heard on the radio. If you always assumed the musicians you listened to were the same people you saw onstage, you are in for a big surprise! In Los Angeles in the 1960s-70s, if you wanted to record a chart-topping track or album, you called in the crack session musicians collectively known as the Wrecking Crew. Consisting of artists unknown outside the music industry, like drummer Hal Blaine and bass player Carol Kaye, as well as those who would go on to recording fame of their own, such as Glen Campbell and Leon Russell, the Wrecking Crew was the West Coast's cream of the crop of session players, backing top-notch hit makers Phil Spector, Frank Sinatra, the Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, and many more.

Contents:

Yesterday once more

California dreamin'

Limbo rock

He's a rebel

The little old lady (from Pasadena)

What'd I say

I got you, babe

Mr. tambourine man

River deep, mountain high

Eve of destruction

Strangers in the night

Good vibrations

Let's live for today

Up, up and away

Classical gas

Wichita lineman

MacArthur Park

Bridge over troubled water

(They long to be) Close to you

Love will keep us together.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-283) and index.

ISBN:

9780312619749

031261974X

OCLC:

740628827