Not many people ask me what my dream job is. But if they did, my response might be to spend half my day as a network talk show host, and the other half as a music producer.
And by “producer”, I mean, “fly by the seat of the pants creative type” – sort of like Jon Landau, moreso than the “frequency-chasing audio engineer” type, your Jimmy Iovines or Steve Lillywhites or Brendan O’Briens.
But nobody’s hiring.
Still, I enjoy the bejeebers out of this sort of tale – the day by day, take by take, track by track recaps of how a classic album, in this case George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass, was produced.
So if you’re like me – a Harrison fan and a recording geek – you’ll love this long, minutely detailed read.
But it whets the appetite for more. I want someone to tackle more of these histories.
So in case the writer tunes in for this – let’s get cracking on:
- Who’s Next
- Born to Run (although there is an excellent documentary out there on the subject)
- Exile on Main Street
- Pretenders
- Roses in the Snow
- London Calling
- Shoot Out The Lights
Let’s see to this. Thanks!
A Farewell to Kings
Close to the Edge (or anything else Eddy Offord did)
I know it’s not necessarily your cup of tea musically, but there’s a good 3 part BBC documentary on YouTube about the composition and production of Bohemian Rhapsody.
Here’s something about Pretenders Brass in the Pocket
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ClpCFoZryw
This is one of an enormous series of videos about producing music, recording, mixing, etc, etc
London Calling.
Songs like Rudie cant fail and Jimmy Jazz.
If your dream job would have been fast food, like Emery, you’d be in like Flint.