Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough: Bruce Swedien Remembers the Times with Michael Jackson
Daryl Easlea, Record Collector, Summer 2009
HERE'S IRONY for you: there were several things timed for the release of Michael Jackson's London shows that were to provide testimony to the man's craft and heritage rather than focus on the walking National Enquirer story he had become. At the end of July, the superlative Hip-O Select box set, Hello World, put all of his solo Motown recordings in one place. The other, Bruce Swedien's touching, technical book In The Studio With Michael Jackson gave a vital insight to Jackson the performer and craftsman.
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