Sonic Alchemy: Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings (2004) – David N. Howard
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I read the chapter on Lee Perry and King Tubby and liked it. Howard compares Bunny Lee’s ‘flying cymbal’ sound with the ‘Philly Bump’ American soul beat.

From the publisher

You may not have heard of them, but you have certainly heard their songs! From the lo-fidelity origins of early pioneers to today’s dazzling technocrats, the role of the music producer is as murkily undefined as it is wholly essential. Sonic Alchemy: Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings is an exploration of the influence of the often colorful, idiosyncratic and visionary music producers through popular music and the fascinatingly crucial role they have played in shaping the way we hear pop music today. Sonic Alchemy is nothing short of the secret history of the music producer.

See also: music production – 2004