Inside the Musicians Studio

An enjoyable book that reads like a documentary - no, like a bible with many chapters. "And the vocals were scorched but it worked, and it was good". "They spent forty days and forty nights in the studio." "On the seventh day God split the guitars into two channels so that the vocals may cross in the sound space." This is the stuff you won't find in the text books.
This book got me to buy a disco CD. Yeah, disco, and I liked it!
Le Chic, Freak Out! same guitarist that plays with Bowie in Let's Dance and China Girl. After you read the story, you have to give another listen. It doesn't tutor in mixing, recording, equipment selection, nor critical listening - but the chapters touch these subjects so that you can read about the working professional from behind the glass.

One of the best recording books I've ever found

This is one of the best recording books I've ever found. Great interviews with most of the world's top producers and engineers. Anyone on any will learn and be entertained by this book. It gives insight into recording, mixing and the music business. I don't read many books and I never read them twice. I'm in the middle of reading this book for the third time. My only complaint is that some heros are left out (Jimmy Iovine, T-Bone Burnett, Chris Thomas), but it's still incredible how many star producers and engineers are here!

Not Bad...

I would not say that this is the best book to buy for the aspiring project studio owner. While there are some neat stories, etc, the interviews don't give you much other than the "GO do it your own way, your ears are always right, when we recorded x-famous person, blah, blah, blah, ".. I found the Mix Engineers handbook was more practical. I have read a few of the recording and mixing books available, and while this was a fun read, it was the least practical. If you are looking for production/recording tips get studiobuddy and then buy the recording and mix engineers handbooks.