Book list, with links, from TapeOp magazine article

The latest issue of TapeOp magazine (http://www.tapeop.com/) ran an article about books for recording enthusiasts, with small reviews and such. Since I know many of you read that magazine, as I do (obviously, since I knew about the article, I wanted to give you links to get any of those books you may be interested in. This links go to amazon.com, which also helps support HRC with commissions on the sales. So, the cynical person would look at this as part fund-raiser, part public service :-)

Look at it how you will, whatever the case, here's the links to the books listed. I have read a few myself and many are quite good. A good reference manual or knowledge base is never bad to have laying 'round the ol' studio. I find that more often than not, amazon.com is the cheapest place to buy books as well as many other things.

Enjoy!

General Recording

• Audio Cyclopedia
• The New Audio Cyclopedia
• The New Recording Handbook
• Modern Recording Techniques
• The Use of Microphones
• Mastering Audio
• The Mastering Engineer's Handbook
• Professional Microphone Techniques
• Sound Engineer's Pocket Book, Second Edition
• Microphone Manual: Design and Application
• Practical Techniques for the Recording Engineer
• Sound Reinforcement Handbook
• Project Studios : A more professional approach
• Art of Digital Audio, Third Edition
• Multi-Track Recording for Musicians
• Recording Techniques for Small Studios
• Principles of Digital Audio
• Sound System Engineering
• Sound Studio Construction on a Budget

Home Recording Focus

• Musician's Guide to Home Recording: How to Make Great Recordings at Home
• Anatomy of a Home Studio: How Everything Really Works, from Microphones to Midi
• Sound Recording Advice (My personal Recommendation)
• Sound Advice: The Musicians Guide to the Recording Studio

Interviews and History

• Good Vibrations - A History of Record Production
• Behind the Glass: Top Record Producers Tell How They Craft the Hits
• Inside Tracks: A First-Hand History of Popular Music from the World's Greatest Record Producers and Engineers
• Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Science
• Creative Music Production, Joe Meek's Bold Techniques
• The Encyclopedia of Record Producers: An Indispensable Guide to the Most Important Record Producers in Music History

Electronic and Acoustics

• IC Op-Amp Cookbook (3rd Edition)
• Active-Filter Cookbook
• Electronic Projects for Musicians
• Practical Audio Amplifier Circuit Projects
• Electronic Music Circuits
• RCA Radiotron Handbook, 4th Ed. (book actually listed int he article is long out of print, this is a current book about the same basic subjects)
• Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics : Second, Revised Edition
• Master Handbook of Acoustics
• Acoustic Techniques for Home and Studio

The Beatles

• The Beatles: Recording Sessions
• Beatles Gear: All the Fab Four's Instruments, from Stage to Studio
• Making Music (out of print, Try eBay)
• All You Need Is Ears
• Revolution in the Head

The Business Side of Music

• Music Business Primer
• Confessions of a Record Producer, 2 Ed: How to Survive the Scams and Shams of the Music Business
• The Musician's Business and Legal Guide (3rd Edition)
• This Business of Music: The Definitive Guide to the Music Industry