Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits With the Rolling Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Eric Clapton / Glyn Johns ’2015

Audiobook. Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits With the Rolling Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Eric Clapton / Glyn Johns ’2015. Text editing, comments and voice (Narrated by Simon Vance) acting for the video series: the author of the channel - Real music outside of time and space, Bespalov E.V. Born just outside London in 1942, Glyn Johns was 16 years old at the dawn of rock and roll. His big break as a producer came on the Steve Miller Band’s debut album, Children of the Future. He went on to engineer or produce iconic albums for the best in the business, including Abbey Road with the Beatles. Even more impressive, Johns was perhaps the only person on a given day in the studio who was entirely sober, and so he is one of the most reliable and clear-eyed insiders to tell these stories today. In this entertaining and observant memoir, Johns takes us on a tour of his world during the heady years of the ’60s. He remembers helping to get the Steve Miller Band released from jail shortly after their arrival in London; he recalls his impressions of John and Yoko during the Let It Be sessions; and he recounts running into Bob Dylan at JFK and being asked to work on a collaborative album with him, the Stones, and the Beatles, which never came to pass. Johns was there during some of the most iconic moments in rock history, including the Stones’ first European tour and the Beatles’ final performance on the roof of their Savile Row recording studio. CONTENTS: Dedication Preface Early Years Jack Good Sunday Sessions First Session, 1960 Singer-Songwriter/Freelance Producer, Early Sixties Stu ’62 Norwegian Bird To Continue ’62 Going Freelance Andrew Oldham Bill Wyman, Spain, 1966 Managers in the Early Sixties Chris Blackwell Let’s Spend the Night Together, 1966 Stones European Tour, Spring 1967 Children of the Future, Part One, 1968 Brian Jones and the Gnawa, 1968 California, 1968 Sailor, 1968 Led Zeppelin, October 1968 The Beatles, 1969 Children of the Future, Part Two Back to The Beatles David Anderle, March 1969 Mimi, Jan, and Bob, July 1969 Sixties Sum-Up, Howlin’ Wolf, Humble Pie, Mad Dogs, Sticky Fingers, “Gimme Shelter,” and “Sympathy for the Devil” The Who and Neil Young, 1971 The Stones at the Marquee Club Who’s Next Denny Cordell and Leon Russell The Eagles, 1971 Desperado and On the Border, 1973 The Small Faces/The Faces, 1965–73 Ronnie Wood, Pete & Eric, the “Black Box” Album, and the Last Meeting with John, 1971 Black and Blue, December 1974–February 1975 Fairport Convention, Keith Moon, Derek Green, AFL, and Joan Armatrading Rough Mix and Slowhand, 1976–77 White Mansions and The Legend of Jesse James, 1978–79 MTV The Clash, 1982 ARMS, 1983 The Eighties and Nineties Fred Walecki Ashes and Fire 2014 Acknowledgments Select Discography Index Credits About the Author Glyn Johns was the producer or engineer of a number of rock’s classic albums, including those by The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, the Eagles, The Who, The Beatles, The Clash, and such singular artists as Joan Armatrading and Ryan Adams. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Penguin is committed to publishing works of quality and integrity. In that spirit, we are proud to offer this book to our readers; however, the story, the experiences, and the words are the author’s alone.