Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios [Hardcover]

The inside story of RecordPlant Studiosthe real Hotel California thatreveals how the greatest musicof the seventies was recordedand why the artists checkedout but rarely left.The inside story of Record Plant studiosthe real Hotel California that reveals how the greatest music of the seventies was recorded and why the artists checked out but rarely left. Without the Record Plant, chances are your record collection would sound very different. The full story of the famed studio [featuring] tales of inspired performances, visionary engineering, needlessly destroyed equipment, pranks, drugs, government surveillance, fights, romance, sex and drugs. Yes, drugs are listed twice... Meticulously put together by Porter and Goggin... There are many famous names that pop up in this lively tale that, between the carousing, also shows how difficult running a recording studio (or studios) can be. The inside story of Record Plant Studios& In '76, three number one albums were produced there: Stevie Wonder's An entertaining dive into a wild musical world. . . . Music journalists Porter and Goggin take us behind the scenes where the sounds were created, sliced, and diced. . . . Sex and drugs were inevitably part of the package, with cocaine piled atop amplifiers. . . . There are wild tales of [John] Lennon locking horns with Phil Spector in L.A. [. . .] and a DEA raid in Sausalito aimed at busting Sly Stone. . . .With firsthand accounts from many of the players, it's a cautionary tale. A colorful chronicle of the first 13 years of the Record Plant recording studio... Stitching together meticulous research, interviews with industry insiders and engineers, and ephemera (including album covers, studio posters, and even invitations to Record Plant parties), the authors provide an exuberant account of a chaotic studio culture that fed some of the artists worst impulses while creating some of the 1970s' most memorable music... Rock fans will find this irresistible. An engrossing hl£#