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    ‘MUSIC AND ALL SORTS OF CRAZY SH*T’

    Dec 14, 2021 5 minutes

    HELMED BY THE visionary producer Bob Ezrin, along with engineers Jay Messina and Corky Stasiak, the recording sessions for Destroyer — held between January 4 and February 3, 1976 at the storied Record Plant in New York City — were deeply creative, occasionally combative and surprisingly disciplined. Still, it was the result of a heated combustion: a single-minded, highly educated and inspired musical professional attempting to harness the talents of four young rock and roll Turks hellbent on enjoying the newfound success they’d earned from the previous year’s smash live LP Alive!

    These testimonials from both band and studio guys alike — drawn exclusively and with permission from writer Ken Sharp’s superb 68-page booklet accompanying the Super Deluxe edition of the 45th anniversary boxset — offer a riotous glimpse into how the now-classic album was arranged and tracked.

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