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THE WRECKING CREW, a doco by DENNY TEDESCO

...and professional musicians became known as the Wrecking Crew, the name perhaps an invention by drummer Hal... ...Instead it did the opposite: the Wrecking Crew became the business. By the mid Sixties when... ...seem like lightweight pop, members of the Wrecking Crew played on the sessions. The Playboys just... ...– were created by members of the Wrecking Crew. In this doco by one of the sons of the famous... ...Crew guitarist Tommy Tedesco (who played the themes... ...a very funny line), the various members of the Wrecking Crew were there, creating magic and memorable... ...art form and it came – courtesy of the Wrecking Crew – from so many diverse headline artists....

Film at Elsewhere: film/7406/the-wrecking-crew-a-doco-by-denny-tedesco/

CC Adcock: Castin' My Spell (1999)

.... . . At the start of his career he worked the Wrecking Crew and at the end -- he died in 2000 -- he had...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/6588/cc-adcock-castin-my-spell-1999/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . . HAL BLAINE'S PSYCHEDELIC PERCUSSION: Trippin' out daddy-o!

...who was a member of the famous and informal Wrecking Crew so played on Phil Spector productions and...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/10670/we-need-to-talk-about--hal-blaines-psychedelic-percussion-trippin-out-daddy-o/

LEE HAZLEWOOD REVISITED (2013): Whisky and honey

...to LA, got into a studio with the famous Wrecking Crew musicians, toned down the psychedelic edge and...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5856/lee-hazlewood-revisited-2013-whisky-and-honey/

The Beach Boys: Wouldn't It Be Nice (vocals only, 1966)

...at that time. Various members of the famous Wrecking Crew may have provided the instrumental backings...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/7559/the-beach-boys-wouldnt-it-be-nice-vocals-only-1966/

The Beach Boys: In the Back of My Mind (1965)

...free to be the studio magician and conduct the Wrecking Crew, experiment with tape delays and layering of...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3742/the-beach-boys-in-the-back-of-my-mind-1965/

THE BEACH BOYS, CREATING A CLASSIC (2023): Good and bad vibrations

...available, notably those known as the Wrecking Crew. Aand constructed highly complex vocal and...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10733/the-beach-boys-creating-a-classic-2023-good-and-bad-vibrations/

LARRY CARLTON INTERVIEWED (2014): Guitars for the stars

...he says, naming key players in the formidable Wrecking Crew musicians who anonymously played on songs by...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6285/larry-carlton-interviewed-2014-guitars-for-the-stars/

Gerry Mulligan: Mr Tambourine Man (1965)

...Jimmy Bond and the great session drummer and Wrecking Crew member Hal Blaine on drums, they delivered an...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/7925/gerry-mulligan-mr-tambourine-man-1965/

BRIAN WILSON; SONGWRITER 1962 - 1969 (Chrome Dreams/Triton DVD)

...BB David Marks offer telling insights, and the Wrecking Crew's Carol Kaye and Hal Blaine (the studio...

Film at Elsewhere: film/3743/brian-wilson-songwriter-1962-1969-chrome-dreams-triton-dvd/

LEON RUSSELL by BILL JANOVITZ

...drummer Hal Blaine and the rest of the Wrecking Crew (of which he was a part); Randy Newman (who...

Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/10744/leon-russell-by-bill-janovitz/

JAMES BURTON INTERVIEWED (2014): Six stringer for the stars

...Shindig in the Sixties; was part of the famous Wrecking Crew studio musicians who played sessions for Phil... ...then doing scores of sessions with the Wrecking Crew. “I loved working with all those... ...and that wall of sound . . and most of the Wrecking Crew were the guys who played on all those...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6640/james-burton-interviewed-2014-six-stringer-for-the-stars/

LEON RUSSELL INTERVIEWED (2011): Ever the journeyman

...work with Spector as the pianist in the famous Wrecking Crew, sessions for the Beach Boys and Frank Sinatra...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3985/leon-russell-interviewed-2011-ever-the-journeyman/

Ry Cooder: Soundtracks (Warners)

...setting and unsettling music, this time with Wrecking Crew saxophonist Steve Douglas, a horn section...

Music at Elsewhere: music/6667/ry-cooder-soundtracks-warners/

SHEL TALMY CONSIDERED (2017): He really got them, oh yeah

...his way into LA studios, recorded with the Wrecking Crew and Bobby Darin, learned how to isolate...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8117/shel-talmy-considered-2017-he-really-got-them-oh-yeah/

THE MONKEES REVISITED (2016): Through the looking glass

...yes, maybe they didn't play on them (but the Wrecking Crew did!) so . . . But they were terrific pop...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7478/the-monkees-revisited-2016-through-the-looking-glass/

Barry McGuire: California Dreamin' (1965)

...Adler got them into the studio with the famous Wrecking Crew (drummer Hal Blaine later said, "It was...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4059/barry-mcguire-california-dreamin-1965/

Various Artists: Planet Beat; From The Shel Talmy Vaults (Big Beat/Border)

...studios worked and session musicians like the Wrecking Crew were reliable and fast. So he pulled around...

Music at Elsewhere: music/8608/various-artists-planet-beat-from-the-shel-talmy-vaults-big-beat-border/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Ruban Nielson of Unknown Mortal Orchestra

...is . . . There's one called Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew which is really cool. The Led Zeppelin one...

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THE BARGAIN BUY: The Beach Boys; Surfin' Safari/Surfin' USA

...Wilson would be able to work so well with the Wrecking Crew studio musicians who would realise his...

The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/7043/the-bargain-buy-the-beach-boys-surfin-safari-surfin-usa/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011 Glen Campbell: Ghost on the Canvas (Inertia)

...work in the late 50s as one of the famous Wrecking Crew on Phil Spector productions, to being a...

Music at Elsewhere: music/4488/best-of-elsewhere-2011-glen-campbell-ghost-on-the-canvas-inertia/

DORY PREVIN, REFLECTIONS IN A MUD PUDDLE, CONSIDERED (1971): Death, pain, disasters and really nice songs

...of the best musicians around, many from the Wrecking Crew, like bassist Carol Kaye , Herb Ellis, Dennis...

The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9754/dory-previn-reflections-in-a-mud-puddle-considered-1971-death-pain-disasters-and-really-nice-songs/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011, READERS' CHOICES

...Burnside and Lightning Malcom - 2 man wrecking crewBlind Pilot - We are the Tide - never heard of...

Music at Elsewhere: music/4623/best-of-elsewhere-2011-readers-choices/

SOUNDBREAKING, a television doco series by JEFF DUPRE and MARO CHERMAYAFF

...Dave Grohl, Questlove, various members of the Wrecking Crew . . . From Spector (“the artist on the...

Film at Elsewhere: film/7446/soundbreaking-a-television-doco-series-by-jeff-dupre-and-maro-chermayaff/

Weyes Blood: And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (digital outlets)

...in the studio with Brian Wilson and the Wrecking Crew session musicians. In fact, much of this...

Music at Elsewhere: music/10527/weyes-blood-and-in-the-darkness-hearts-aglow-digital-outlets/

Nino Tempo and April Stevens: Hey Baby! The Anthology (Atco/Border)

...as a duo around 1960 they could call on the Wrecking Crew, Darlene Love and other famous friends....

Music at Elsewhere: music/4693/nino-tempo-and-april-stevens-hey-baby-the-anthology-atco-border/

PET SOUNDS CONSIDERED (2016): Brian Wilson's gifts on display

...Brian Wilson's genius, and also that of the Wrecking Crew musicians he used on these sessions which... ...remains a singular album by Brian Wilson, the Wrecking Crew and the Beach Boys. If you were ever curious...

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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7460/pet-sounds-considered-2016-brian-wilsons-gifts-on-display/