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1) Begin again
Pub. Date
2014
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Description
When a young female singer moves to New York City in hopes of breaking into show business, she falls for an executive at a record company who helps her in her endeavors.
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"During his post-Beatles years, Martin attempts to discover new vistas of sound recording with a host of acts, including Jeff Beck, America, Cheap Trick, Paul McCartney, and Elton John, his creative breakthroughs followed by unprecedented commercial success. Eventually, though, all roads bring Martin back to the Beatles, as the group seeks out new ways to memorialize their achievement under the supervision of the man who has come to be known as Sir...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xvii, 763 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
The author of Last Train to Memphis brings us the life of Sam Phillips, the visionary genius who singlehandedly steered the revolutionary path of Sun Records. The music that Phillips shaped in his tiny Memphis studio, with artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ike Turner, and Johnny Cash, introduced a sound that had never been heard before. He brought forth a singular mix of black and white voices unabashedly...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xv, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"The story of notorious manager Allen Klein, revealing new, behind-the-scenes details about some of the biggest rock bands in history"--Provided by publisher.
7) Phil Spector
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The relationship between Phil Spector and his defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden is explored.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Meet the Cheetah Girls, four New York teens facing the challenges of growing up as they sing and dance their way toward that elusive record deal. As the girls are gearing up to rehearse for the school talent competition, they're discovered by famous record producer Jackal Johnson. But the foursome soon learn that their big break is not what they expected since Jackal wants to remake them into something they are not. Ultimately, the path of stardom...
9) The keys
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
212 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
Description
The hip-hop impresario and social-media guru presents a collection of motivational success strategies based on his "keys" video posts and drawing from his personal experiences, sharing the philosophies behind some of his most enigmatic catchphrases.
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Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xiv, 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"An album-by-album account of working with iconic artists such as Anthony Kiedis, Michael Stipe, Gord Downie, and Bono, from a leader in the field. Mark Howard, a record producer/engineer/mixer and a trailblazer in the industry, will take you through the star-studded world of recording and producing Grammy Award-winning artists. Listen Up! is an essential read for anyone interested in music and its making. Along with the inside stories, each chapter...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Juliet Lyman is a senior executive at Yesterday Records. Music is her passion and she's very good at her job. That's why her famously philanthropic boss Gideon sends her to Majorca, Spain to work with a very tortured, but talented client. Lionel Harding is one of the best song writers of the 20th century, the multi-Grammy award-winning lyricist of the third most recorded song in history. But now he's 42 and six months overdue on his latest paid assignment....
13) Be cool
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chili Palmer is tired of the producing movies after being forced to make a useless sequel. When a music producer friend is gunned down, he offers to help his widow run the business. Checking out a talented singer that his friend had been talking to him about puts Chili at odds with her sleazy music manager, his gay bodyguard, and his equally sleazy partner. The mismanagement of the music company also gets Chili threatened by members of the Russian...
Publisher
EuroArts Music International
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This is the story of Blue Note Records, the jazz record company founded in 1939 by German refugees Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. The history of the company is linked to the evolution of jazz music and the development of jazz musicians; includes many recordings of live performances by Blue Note artists as well as interviews of staff, performers and critics. Illustrated with photos by Francis Wolff.
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Series
Visit from the Goon Squad volume 1
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Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs confront their pasts in this powerful story about how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, lifelong friendships fluctuate and turn, and how art and music have the power to redeem.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xiii, 586 p., [48] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Description
"In this star-studded autobiography, Clive Davis shares a personal, candid look into his remarkable life and the last fifty years of popular music as only a true insider can. Davis' career has spanned more than forty years, and he has discovered, signed, or worked with a staggering array of artists: Whitney Houston, Janis Joplin, Simon and Garfunkel, Barry Manilow, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Dionne Warwick, Carlos Santana, The Grateful Dead, Alicia Keys,...
17) The defiant ones
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (4hrs. 21min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Directed by Allen Hughes, it chronicles the unlikely partnership between Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine. This revealing, compelling, and often gritty story takes place in recording studios, humble homes and massive mansions, in criminal courts, and in the highest corridors of corporate power. Featuring interviews with those who worked closely with Jimmy and Dr. Dre, including Bono, David Geffen, and more, the docu-series showcases how the two men rose to...
18) Spinning gold
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (2 hrs., 17 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Description
What do the rock band KISS, Donna Summer, Parliament, Gladys Knight, The Isley Brothers, The Village People, and Bill Withers all have in common? They all rose to their musical heights under the watchful ear of the music industry's most colorful and brilliant music producer, Neil Bogart, founder of Casablanca Records.
19) Just friends
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During their high school years, Chris confessed his love for his best friend and was met with a broken heart and degrading humiliation. Adding insult to injury, Chris was a big guy and was a source of ridicule for cruel classmates. Years later things have changed and Chris is now a hotshot record producer in Hollywood and the complete physical opposite of himself in high school. When a freak accident occurs on the way to Paris, Chris is forced to...
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