At times, Phill Brown’s memoir bogs down in the details

book-cover-are-we-still-rollingLong-time recording engineer Phill Brown‘s memoir of his life behind the mixing desk, Are We Still Rolling? Studios, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll – One Man’s Journey Recording Classic Albums, is a very conversational – albeit very British – bit of detail-laden history. In addition to humorous and poignant stories of massive drug use, artists behaving oddly, and everything one would expect from someone who worked in the music industry in the ’70s, Are We Still Rolling? contains a wealth of technical details. Brown includes plots of positions, dense lists of microphones used, and the various positive aspects of certain mixing consoles and speakers versus others.
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