Adventures in Modern Recording

From ABC to ZTT

Trevor Horn

• Publisher: Nine Eight Books
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN:
  9781788706049
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Popular Culture in Art

A Telegraph Book of the Year

As a renowned recording-studio maven, Trevor Horn has been dubbed 'the man who invented the '80s'.

His production work since the glory days of ZTT represents a veritable 'who's who' of intelligent modern pop, including the likes of ABC, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart, Pet Shop Boys, Seal, Simple Minds, Grace Jones and Yes - among many others.

This book is Trevor's story in his own words, as told through the prism of twenty-three of his most important songs - from the ones that inspired him to the ones that defined him.

This play-by-play memoir transports readers into the heart of the studio to witness the making of some of music's most memorable moments, from the Buggles' ground-breaking 'Video Killed the Radio Star' to Band Aid's perennial 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', via hits such as 'Relax', 'Poison Arrow', 'Owner of a Lonely Heart' and 'Crazy'.

Offering unrivalled access to the dark arts of the producer's world and the even darker arts of the music business itself, prepare for some adventures in modern recording...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction: Produced by Trevor Horn (Prince’s Trust) Concert at Wembley Arena (2004) – Part 1
• 1. ‘The Parade of the Tin Soldiers’ Leon Jessel (1897)
• 2. ‘The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll’ Bob Dylan (1963)
• 3. ‘Do Your Own Thing’ by the Blokes at Yates’s Wine Lodge (1969)
• 4. ‘Baby Blue’ Dusty Springfield (1979)
• 5. ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ The Buggles (1979)
• 6. ‘Tempus Fugit’ Yes (1980)
• 7. ‘Mirror Mirror’ Dollar (1981)
• 8. ‘Poison Arrow’ ABC (1982)
• 9. ‘Buffalo Gals’ Malcolm McLaren & the World’s Famous Supreme Team (1982)
• 10. ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’ Yes (1983)
• 11. ‘Relax’/‘Two Tribes’ Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1983/1984)
• 12. ‘Dr Mabuse’ Propaganda (1984)
• 13. ‘Close to the Edit’ Art of Noise (1984)
• 14. ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ Band Aid (1984)
• 15. ‘Slave to the Rhythm’ Grace Jones (1985)
• 16. ‘Left to My Own Devices’ Pet Shop Boys (1988)
• 17. ‘Rough Ride’ Paul McCartney (1989)
• 18. ‘Belfast Child’ Simple Minds (1989)
• 19. ‘Downtown Train’ Rod Stewart (1989)
• 20. ‘Crazy’ Seal (1990)
• 21. ‘Can’t Fight the Moonlight’ LeAnn Rimes (2000)
• 22. ‘All the Things She Said’ t.A.T.u. (2002)
• 23. ‘I’m a Cuckoo’ Belle and Sebastian (2003)
• Epilogue: Produced by Trevor Horn (Prince’s Trust) Concert at Wembley Arena (2004) – Part 2
• Acknowledgements
• Plates