The Wrecking Crew
Subtitle: the inside story of rock and roll's best kept secret
By: Kent Hartman
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780312619749
Subjects: Rock musicians; Wrecking Crew (Musical group); Biography
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Yesterday once more; title: California dreamin'; title: Limbo rock; title: He's a rebel; title: The little old lady (from Pasadena); title: What'd I say; title: I got you babe; title: Mr. tambourine man; title: River deep, mountain high; title: Eve of destruction; title: Strangers in the night; title: Good vibrations; title: Let's live for today; title: Up, up and away; title: Classical gas; title: Wichita lineman; title: Macarthur Park; title: Bridge over troubled water; title: (They long to be) Close to you; title: Love will keep us together.