The Wrecking Crew

Winner of the Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction and Los Angeles Times bestseller It makes good music sound better Janet Maslin in The New York TimesA 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 Dusty Street, host of Classic Vinyl on Sirius XM Satellite RadioIf you were a fan of popular music in the 1960s and early 70s, you were a fan of the Wrecking Crew whether you knew it or not.On hit record after hit record by everyone from the Byrds, the Beach Boys, and the Monkees to the Grass Roots, the 5th Dimension, Sonny Cher, and Simon Garfunkel, this collection of West Coast studio musicians from diverse backgrounds established themselves in Los Angeles, California as the driving sound of pop music sometimes over the objection of actual band members forced to make way for Wrecking Crew members Industry insider Kent Hartman tells the dramatic, definitive story of the musicians who forged a reputation throughout the business as the secret weapons behind the top recording stars.Mining invaluable interviews, the author follows the careers of such session masters as drummer Hal Blaine and keyboardist Larry Knechtel, as well as trailblazing bassist Carol Kaye the only female in the bunch who went on to play in thousands of recording sessions in this rock history Readers will discover the Wrecking Crew members who would forge careers in their own right, including Glen Campbell and Leon Russell, and learn of the relationship between the Crew and such legends as Phil Spector and Jimmy Webb Hartman also takes us inside the studio for the legendary sessions that gave us Pet Sounds, Bridge Over Troubled Water, and the rock classic Layla, which Wrecking Crew drummer Jim Gordon cowrote with Eric Clapton for Derek and the Dominos And the author recounts priceless scenes such as Mike Nesmith of the Monkees facing off with studio head Don Kirshner, Grass Roots lead guitarist and future star of The Office Creed Bratton getting fired from the group, and Michel Rubini unseating Frank Sinatra s pianist for the session in which the iconic singer improvised the hit making ending to Strangers in the Night The Wrecking Crew tells the collective, behind the scenes stories of the artists who dominated Top 40 radio during the most exciting time in American popular culture. Download The Wrecking Crew – kino-fada.fr I have a friend who was in school in Poland when the Soviet Union collapsed Soon after, his school received new textbooks In those new textbooks was a completely new and different retelling of history Suddenly, overnight, everything that had happened in the 20th century was completely different In one Orwellian moment, everything he knew was wrong If you grew up in the 60 s, or have ever hummed along or danced to a pop or rock hit from that era, prepare for an equally jarring re write of Hi I have a friend who was in school in Poland when the Soviet Union collapsed Soon after, his school received new textbooks In those new textbooks was a completely new and different retelling of history Suddenly, overnight, everything that had happened in the 20th century was completely different In one Orwellian moment, everything he knew was wrong If you grew up in the 60 s, or have ever hummed along or danced to a pop or rock hit from that era, prepare for an equally jarring re write of History As You Know It After you read this book, everything you thought you knew about the pop and rock music of the era will be, completely and utterly, false I tend to read weighty non fiction almost exclusively, yet I found this bo...Having read the original magazine article American Heritage, 2007 and watched the film documentary, I was expecting to enjoy this Even though different people were highlighted to some extent than in the film, it was still just a very fun read, especially for someone who listened to nearly everything these musicians created I was glad to see the author mention the studio musicians who worked in New York, Detroit, Memphis and Nashville because their work was and is significant Drummer Hal Bla Having read the original magazine article American Heritage, 2007 and watched the film documentary, I was expecting to enjoy this Even though different people were highlighted to some...Pedestrian bit of blown up magazine journalism intended to celebrate a talented, rotating collection of studio musicians who played on many of the hit singles that emerged from Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s Hartman means well but neither writes well nor benefits much from his research opportunities There are tons of folks cited for interviews with the author but they seem only to have given him blurbs Motown s F...Even for a Baby Boomer Music Slut like myself, this was a little weak The author offers up lots of gee whiz and aw shucks sentiments and stories, but fails to dig much deeper That being said, we re still talking about the studio musicians behind virtually every pop rock record to come out of LA in the 60 s including the Beach Boys, the Byrds, Sonny Cher, Jan Dean, the Righteous Brothers, Mama s and Papa s, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Simon and Garfunkle, the Monkees, Phil Spector, Even for a Baby Boomer Music Slut like myself, this was a little weak The author offers up lots of gee whiz and aw shucks sentiments and stories, but fails to dig much deeper That being said, we re still ...Fascinating and detailed romp through the emergence of the American rock and roll music business in Los Angeles, arguably the epicenter of Pop Top 40 hit machine The Wrecking Crew were the unsung heroes of the emergence of rock They were the studio musicians who brought the music to life and gave legs to countless hits by injec...Although the writing style is little bit high school, the stories contained within were interesting I picked this up after seeing the documentary on Netflix about the legendary players behind all the hit records For some reason, the film was enjoyable but not as good as I had hoped it would be The same is true of this book I guess the reason is because most of these musicians lacked star power even if they were brilliant players Only Glen Campbell and Leon Russell managed to become celebrit Although the writing style is little bit high school, the stories contained within were interesting I picked this up after seeing the documentary on Netflix about the legendary players behind all the hit records For some reason, the film was enjoyable but not as good as I had hoped it would be The same is true of this book I guess the re...This is a really interesting view into the LA session scene from a really influential period of musical history There s a lots of value here if you re a musician and or have an interest in recorded music As a musician myself I was thoroughly entertained, and further as a bass player I minspired by Carol Kaye than ever.It does have some downsides It seems rather biased towards Glen Campbell It also makes me wonder how accurate some of the accounts really are, and how many are exagge This is a really interesting view into the LA session scene from a really influential period of musical history There s a lots of value here if you re a musician and or have an interest in r...The Wrecking Crew by Kent Hartman is a nice overview of the studio musicians who made the pop and rock music we loved from Los Angeles in the 1960 s and early 70 s Unless you were in the know at the time you had no idea that these artists were responsible for bringing the hits of the Byrds, the Beach Boys, the Monkees,...Hi, my name is Don and I m a music nerd If you grew up listening to rock and roll in The Sixties I don t like that term it is disingenuous and you listened to 45 RPM records this is the book for you It speaks to those of us who ran down to the corner record store on Saturday to buy the newest 45 But we were mislead by the record producers Did I say mislead I meant lied to You see, when you listened to your records the producers wanted you to think that the same band you saw on stage, c Hi, my name is Don and I m a music nerd If you grew up listening to rock and roll in The Si...The Wrecking Crew by Kent Hartman, published by Thomas Dunne Books.Category Media Music Publication Date May 21, 2013If you liked the music of the 60 s and 70 s this is a must read for you If I told you that groups such as The Beach Boys, The Union Gap, The Monkees, and manydid not do the instrumentals on their recordings you would not believe me, believe me The instrumentals for hundreds of recordings during this time was done by, The Wrecking Crew The Wrecking Crew were musici The Wrecking Crew by Kent Hartman, published by Thomas Dunne Books.Category Media Music Publication Date May 21, 2013If you liked the music of the 60 s and 70 s this is a must read for you If I told you that groups such as The Beach Boys, The Union Gap, The Monkees, and manydid not do the instrumentals on their recordings you would not believe me, believe me The instrumentals for hundreds of recordings during this time was done by, The Wrecking Crew The Wrecking Crew were musicians that excelled in their choice of instruments and became the studio musicians that made the music, a fact that the record companies kept secret.The reason for using The Wrecking Crew was that most of the groups were good enough to play on a concert tour but were unable to produce the sound that was needed to make a hit record This also allowed the record companies to put together instrumentals while the groups were on tour and when they came back they only had to do the vocals The book is a...

• English
• 11 January 2018
Kent Hartman
• Hardcover
• 292 pages
• 031261974X
• Kent Hartman
• The Wrecking Crew