The First Record Producers

Writer and musician Bob Stanley vividly recounts the rise and fall of Phil Spector and Joe Meek.

Source: Medium
Published: Sep 12, 2014
Length: 12 minutes (3,002 words)

Islands in the Stream

The Bee Gees were pop music geniuses whose work in 1978 “accounted for 2 percent of the entire record industry’s profits.” Yet they were still underappreciated—and also still capable of making ill-conceived creative decisions.

Published: Jul 18, 2014
Length: 11 minutes (2,817 words)