ARE WE STILL ROLLING by Phil Brown  SIGNED COPY
About the Book: 
“This is not a technical manual (although it will certainly function as one) it’s a contemporary thriller. Phil Brown is a sound engineer. It’s a mystery, even t people in the music business, as to exactly what a sound engineer does – are they part of the creative process or merely technicians? In the past 30 years, recording studios have moved from the engine room of a submarine to the bridge of a starship – baffling the outsider – although recording music will always be the same un-guessable adventure. That’s what Phil Brown has written here - an adventure story.”  Look at the chapter heading. Laid out in the form of a diary, he takes us through the crazy journey that is making music. Not as an academic journal, but as a spiritual experience. With his laconic navigation, we’re steered through the centre of the ego hurricanes of creative madness. He is the Jiminy Cricket of recording sessions, and his excellent recollections of the excesses of morons and geniuses involve in creating melodies and rhythms for us to enjoy are sheer entertainment. It’s a how-to book and a love story!  A self-driven need to understand why creative people do what they do, and how to survive it and them.”  Foreword – Robert Palmer 9 September 1997.
 
Book Type: Soft Back. 
Genre:  Art, biography. 
Edition: 1st Edition 2020
Published: Tape Op Books
ISBN: 9780977990313 
Printed 
Size: 13x 20.5cm
Pages: 368
A good copy and scarce to find a SIGNED copy.  
 
CONTENTS.
Olympic Studios (part one) 02/11/76
Olympic Studios (part two) 26/03/68
The Rolling Stones 10/06/68
Canada 28/06/69
Island Studios 21/07/70
Jeff Beck 09/09/71
Harry Nilsso 29/02/72
Murray Head 01/09/72
Bob Marley and the Wailers 20/02/73
Joe Brown 04/05/74
Robert Palmer 15/05/74
Dana Gillespie 03/07/74
Robert Palmer 18/03/75
Pink Floyd 15/11/74
Stomu Yamashta/Rock Follies 16/02/76
Robert Palmer 12/06/76
Joe South 05/10/76
Steve Windwood 27/10/76
John Martin 11/11/77
Shakin’ Stevens 27/10/78
Roxy music 26/09/78
Paul Carrack 19/03/80
Murray Head 10/10/81
Red Box 04/09/84
Go West 13/03/86
Talk Talk 05/09/86
Talk Talk 11/02/91
Alan Spenner 28/07/91
‘O’ Rang 14/11/91
Throwing Muses 07/11/93
Fusanosuke Kondo 23/05/94
Mark Hollis 21/06/96
Dido 30/05/07
Epilogue 11/08 
Glossary 
 
Back Story
“ in the spring of 1995 I was in hospital having 12 inches of colon removed – an experience I can’t recommend despite the considerable skill of Mr Chivers, the surgeon at St Anthony’s Hospital, Cheam in Surrey. It seemed that my lifestyle had finally caught up with me. The two consultants and the other doctors I came into contact with were all in agreement about the cause of my predicament. As one of them said “ Mr Brwon, this situation has been created by your long working days, poor diet sedentary lifestyle and the combination of continuous adrenaline rushes and intense stress. The old saying ‘bust a gut’ comes to mind.” During this time Phil Brown had much time to ‘contemplate’ his nearly 30 years in the music industry’ .. working with some of the greatest acts in the business including Jimi Hendrix, Joe Crocker, Traffic, Spooky Tooth, Jeff Beck. Led Zeppelin, Robert Palmer, Bob Marley, Steve Winwood, Harry Nilsoon, Atomic Rooster, Stomu Yamashta, John Martyn, Little Feat, Roxy Music and Talk Talk.  … It seemed a good moment to look at my entire ‘story so far.’ 
 
Biography 
“Phill Brown's Are We Still Rolling? follows the adventures of a sound recording engineer and record producer, from his first glimpse of a magical recording studio in the mid-1960's - up through a busy career that continues to the present day.
 
CONDITION:
Cover: Good.  Fairly clean. Minor bumping to edges.
Binding: Tight 
Spine: Bright clean title on spine. Some bumping and wear on board cover ends. 
Pages.  All pages complete. In good condition bright and clean.  There is a small watermark at the bottom left hand corner on the outer edges of the pages -  not really notable on the actual pages. 
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