RETROSPECT: the beach boys

celebrating sweet surfurbia - from good vibrations to kokomo

pop under the hammer

Ken Scott muses on his journey from Bowie to Kajagoogoo. Chas de Whalley listens attentively

whither EMI in the 1960s

Dealer Of The Month

A round-up of the best recording-related books on the market.

Flanging, phasing, echo and reverb etc. all described in full.

Eight top pop players and producers discuss the necessity of notation. Richard Walmsley chairs the debate

Part two, in which we meet the fifth Beatle, George Martin, and also brush with Trevor Horn's Fairlight.

Part 2: The Group Boom

Scarlet Party

As October is Guitar Month we chat to Hap Kuffner, Vice-President of Steinberger Inc who proffers a few wise words about the current state of the industry

Six of our favourite drummers choose 30 of their favourite drum tracks.

Chris Thomas & Glyn Johns

producers Chris Thomas and Glyn Johns

Having recently released his own independent LP, 'Oh Africa', we asked Sound On Sound reader Kofi Busia to write about his experiences. In this the third and final part of his story, he reveals his discoveries about the record industry and explains why he set up his own record label.

Looking at Mixers

16/8/2 mixer review

Nominated by Adrian Belew, Bill Nelson, Roddy Frame, Ted Nugent, Robert Smith, Dierdre Cartwright

Oasis On Stage

Germanic guitars profiled

the birth of loud

Abbey Road

Perhaps the most famous recording studio in the world explored by IM's Eamonn Percival

Electronics Into Light

Karlheinz Stockhausen has had a profound influence on modern music from the 1950s onwards, and pioneered the use of electronics to create genuinely new music. Mark J. Prendergast reviews his career.

Most of us have bought CDs bearing the label "digitally remastered", but how many of us appreciate what's happened to the music in the process. Tom Doyle exposes the power behind the remastering button.