Book Synopsis
If These Halls Could Talk: A Historical Tour through San Francisco Recording Studios takes an in-depth look at San Francisco's diverse music and music recording studio history. Filled with rare photos and behind-the-scenes stories, this book steps inside the recording studios where '50s jazz and blues, '60s psychedelic rock, '70s funk, '80s punk and early 21st Century everything came to life. Originally published by Thomson Course Technology in 2006. Now back in print by the author in 2018!
About The Author
Heather R. Johnson interviewed hundreds of recording artists, producers and engineers as a leading professional audio journalist from 1999 to 2009. During that time, she wrote for Mix, Electronic Musician, EQ, Audio Media and Performing Songwriter, among others. Thompson Course Technology published If These Halls Could Talk in 2006. In the years to follow, she watched some of the S.F. Bay Area's preeminent recording studios convert to condominiums and Airbnbs. In an effort to keep her home's history from getting lost in the rubble, she republished this book on her own. She now lives and works as a copywriter in Oakland, California.