Charles L Granata: 2 books
Sessions with Sinatra
Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
Featuring 100 photographs of Frank Sinatra working with orchestras and arrangers, listening to playbacks, and, of course, singing, this book tells the whole story of how he created the Sinatra sound and translated the most intense personal emotions into richly worked-out songs of unrivalled expressiveness....
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
When he first started working on Pet Sounds, Brian Wilson said that he was going to write "the greatest rock album ever made." That album, released in 1966, fifty years ago, changed the face of popular music.From conception and composition to arrangement and production, Pet Sounds was the...