Sample Magic Announces "Classic Tracks" Book - the Real Stories Behind 68 Seminal Recordings

Sample Magic has announced the publication of its latest book, Richard Buskin's Classic Tracks.

What really went on behind the doors of the world's top studios while  recording The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Nirvana and R.E.M.?  How did producers and engineers deal with the legendary egos of Oasis  and Paul Simon? Or the haunted perfectionism of Michael Jackson and Phil Spector? And how – between the drugs, the  sex, the fights, the tears and the tantrums – did some of the most  iconic tracks of our times ever get recorded?

In Classic Tracks, New York Times best-selling author Richard Buskin unearths the true stories behind 68 seminal recordings.

From rock to rap, pop to hip hop, soul to metal, punk to disco, and jazz  to electronica, each chapter draws on original interviews and the  recollections of artists, producers and engineers to tell the inside  story of an era-defining recording, with in-depth information – including rare original studio photos, lyrics and track  sheets – about the relevant recording techniques and creative processes. In all, 31 leading studios from around the world are profiled.

Starting with Les Paul (1951) and closing with The xx (2009), via  recordings by David Bowie, Miles Davis, The Doors, John Lennon, The Sex  Pistols, Donna Summer, Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, The  Rolling Stones, Elton John, Madonna, Metallica, The Pogues, Rihanna, The Who, Justice and many more, Classic Tracks offers  rare insight into the mindsets and unique talents of the finest musical  artists of the past six decades, and reveals how – often against the  odds – some of the all-time best-selling, most influential records came into being.

Classic Tracks includes more than 350 colour and black-and-white images across 420 pages.

Classic Tracks adds to Sample Magic's list of recent publications that  also includes Paul White's The Producers' Manual and Marc Adamo's The  Secrets of House Music Production.

INFO: ISBN: 978-0-9564460-2-2. RRP £34.95. Special introductory discount price: £26.90 direct from www.samplemagic.com (priority Fedex shipping worldwide).