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Editorial Review:
This is an engaging account of some of the most memorable moments in New York's recording history, as seen through the eyes (and ears) of the many producers, engineers, songwriters, and recording artists who helped make them happen. It explores the explosive 30 years between 1950 and 1980 and the numerous ingredients that made them unique - artists performing live in large, vibrant recording spaces, producers and engineers spontaneously creating new effects and techniques; composers writing parts on demand in the studio; and, most important, recording studios that had life, character, and their own fingerprint sound.
Studio Stories: How the Great New York Records Were Made: From Miles to Madonna, Sinatra to The Ramones Reviews:
Would you believe Elvis? 
2008-03-25 - I am a New Yorker. The first session I ever went to was in Studio B at Columbia 52nd Street around 1966 to watch a group called The Virginians cut a couple of sides. (The Virginians failed but their lead singer later recorded the hit "Good Morning Starshine" under the name Oliver.) Since then I have been in about half the studios in the book as either a musician, a producer or a visitor/hanger on. Until "Studio Stories" I thought I knew a lot about the subject. But I didn't know that Elvis cut "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog" here or a pair of tracks on Led Zep II were made here.
"Studio Stories" is also a capsule history of popular music recording from the `50s of Mitch Miller, Sinatra and Tony Bennett to the advent of the Digital Recording Era. It is a mini-encyclopedia of how engineers, producers and musicians got sounds, overcame limitations and made some of the best recordings ever produced.
nice stories of the fairytale era of sound recording
2007-11-17 - Really nice language, gave me some nice confidence about creating my own unique sound and not being intimidated by big labels.
Great Information
2007-01-22 - This book is very useful if, like me, you are a fan of how those fabulous records were made in the greatest period of Music. Well researched, with some great interviews with the poeple who were there.
worth the read 
2006-02-23 - The title was suggested by an online group I subscribe with. I like the site, I like the book!
This publication covers a wide spectrum. Too wide a spectrum to treat all decades and styles well, but it covers the highlites.
From a technical standpoint Studio Stories makes a good read. From the persepective of someone with a casual music interest, it's easy to understand and entertaining.
I purchased the book for a behind the scenes reason and I wasn't disappointed.
Comprehensive, detailed, authoritative, and informative
2005-02-12 - In Studio Stories: How The Great New York Records Were Made: From Miles To Madonna, Sinatra To The Ramones, musician and music history expert Dave Simons surveys more than 30 years of New York City's recording industry during a time noted for its expertise, brilliant improvisation, and off-beat eccentricity resulting in the creation of truly classics records for some of the best known and most popular artists working in such diverse fields as pop, rock, soul, jazz, and folk music. Readers are provided the perspective of producers, engineers, songwriters, and recording artists associated with the New York music industry expansive years between 1950 and 1980. Comprehensive, detailed, authoritative, informed and informative, Studio Stories is a superbly written and presented slice of American music history that is especially recommended reading and a simply outstanding contribution to 20th Century Music History and American Popular Culture Studies.
