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height160 div This is a fun read. I cant personally comment on the
accuracy of some of the authors stories, but he does give lots of
references.br br For anyone who doesnt realize what a producer
does, or how important they have been in pop music history, this is
a must. He ranges from Phil Spector to George Martin better known
to Chris Thomas, John Cale, Brian Eno, a clutch of Jamaican dub
pioneers and others. br br The two glaring problems could have been
avoided with a little editing or proofreading. In one case he uses
unnerving twice in a short sentence. Its like fingernails on a
blackboard. There are all kinds of misspellings, all of them are
the kind of things that a computer spell checker will pass but a
human spots immediately as an error off for of, through for though,
a hard road to hoe. There are an awful lot of these throughout the
book.br br Howard is also extremely liberal with his adjectives,
sometimes sacrificing coherency. To pick a typical sentence Notable
amongst Arthur Bakers highprofile jobs was a heavily electronic
remix of the Rolling Stones gory Too Much Blood, whose alacritous
rhythms and disconcertingly sequenced sound swarmed straight
towards the pullulating British house and Detroit techno scenes.br
br But that aside I do recommend this book.keywordAlchemy
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