The Art of Record Production

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Contents: Introduction, Simon Frith and Simon Zagorski-Thomas Part I Historical Approaches: The lacquer disc for immediate playback: professional recording and home recording from the 1920s to the 1950s, George Brock-Nannestad The sounds of space: studio as instrument in the era of high fidelity, Susan Schmidt Horning No-fi: crafting a language of recorded music in 1950s pop, Albin Zak III The US vs the UK sound: meaning in music production in the 1970s, Simon Zagorski-Thomas The end of the world as we know it: the changing role of the studio in the age of the internet, Paul Theberge Interlude 1: comments and commentaries by industry professionals and producers, Phil Harding, Bob Olhsson, Steve Savage, Richard James Burgess, Jerry Boys and Paul D. Miller. Part II Theoretical Approaches: Beyond a musicology of production, Allan Moore 'I'm not hearing what you're hearing': the conflict and connection of headphone mixes and multiple audioscapes, Alan Williams The self-effacing producer: absence summons presence, Michael Jarrett Rethinking creativity: record production and the systems model, Phillip McIntyre Considering space in recorded music, William Moylan Interlude 2: comments and commentaries by industry professionals, and producers, Mike Howlett, Richard James Burgess, Maureen Droney, Bob Olhsson and Robin Millar. Part III Case Studies: Simulating the ideal performance: Suvi Raj Grubb and classical music production, Andrew Blake The place of the producer in the discourse of rock, Simon Frith The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds and the musicology of record production, Jan Butler Tubby's dub style: the live art of record production, Sean Williams Recording the Revolution: 50 years of music studios in revolutionary Cuba, Jan Fairley and Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier Interlude 3: comments and commentaries by industry professionals and producers, Maureen Droney, Jerry Boys, Richard James Burgess, Mike Howlett, Paul D. Miller, Katia Isakoff, Tony Platt and Phil Harding Afterword Bibliography Index.

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