Prelude. "It was all me" -- Day one: Yes, sir, James Brown! -- The schlepper -- Phil Ramone plucks me from obscurity -- Paul Simon : the superstar -- Bob Dylan's Blood on the tracks : the untold story -- Judy Collins and Arif Mardin : a Turkishly delightful New Years -- Too much too soon : The New York Dolls -- Oddballs and angels : Phoebe Snow -- The freaks, the pricks, and the gems -- The night I didn't have sex with Bette Midler -- Fifty ways to leave your mentor -- "The saddest thing of all" : my thirty minutes with Frank Sinatra -- All that Bob Fosse -- How Paul Shaffer almost got me killed -- The time Mick Jagger sang "Honky tonk women" just for me -- Postlude. It was all them.
Summary:
"It is 1973 in New York City. A young man is about to embark on his life-changing journey to become apprentice to the legendary recording engineer and producer Phil Ramone at A&R Studios. Join Glenn Berger as he steps into this magical world and takes part in music-making history on sessions with some of the greatest recording artists and rock and roll icons of the 20th century."--Back cover.
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