The Encyclopedia of Record Producers

by Eric Olsen, Eric Olsen, Paul Verna

This is a comprehensive reference guide to American record producers. It includes profiles on over 1000 of the music industry's most famous, each entry featuring a selected discography. Artists... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823076075
• ISBN13: 9780823076079
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Billboard Books
• Length: 893 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Thorough, informative, interesting

I'm in a band who is currently being produced be Ed Stasium. The other day he excitedly told us he was featured in a new book put out by Billboard. I thought it was cool that he was being recognized. Today he brought the book into the studio and I spent three hours looking through it. Once I got past the thrill of finding people I'd met and even seeing my own band's name (Skypark, listed under the Nicolo brothers)I continued to find more and more fascinating things. This book is definitely worth checking out.

living history...a must for all music lovers

Hats off to everyone involved in this project. It's about time some more attention was paid to record producers. If you're addicted to VH1's 'Behind The Music' then you'll love this book.

Comprehensive guide to record producers and discographies

This book is for anyone who has even the slightest interest in what goes on behind the scenes in the music business. Great stories from the men and women who helped make music history. I loved being able to read about how some of my favorite music was made and what went into the process of it's creation, from both the producer and the artists prospective. The writing in this well-researched encyclopedia is clever, thought-provoking, and oft-times quite funny. Great reading and reference for music writers, or the public at large.