[ebooks] The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (33 1/3) by Jim Fusilli at Arts-Photography

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ldquo;Fred Goodman makes this world come alive; and any fan of rock or insider tales of the music industry will be in heaven reading about this fascinating; troubling character.rdquo; mdash; Judd Apatow; Omnivoracious ldquo;Writing about contracts; percentages; and deals can be tedious; but Goodman makes it as exciting as reading about an artistrsquo;s sex life. The book explodes with inside dope.rdquo; mdash;New York Daily News Allen Klein was like no one the music industry had seen before. Though he became infamous for allegedly causing the Beatlesrsquo; breakup and robbing the Rolling Stones; the truth is both more complex and more fascinating. As the manager of the Stones and then the Beatlesmdash;not to mention Sam Cooke; Pete Townshend; Donovan; the Kinks; and numerous othersmdash;he taught young soon-to-be legends how to be businessmen as well as rock stars. While Klein made millions for his clients; he was as merciless with them as he was with anyone; earning himself an outsize reputation for villainy that has gone unchallenged until now. Through unique; unprecedented access to Kleinrsquo;s archives; veteran music journalist Fred Goodman tells the full story of how the Beatles broke up; how the Stones achieved the greatest commercial success in rock history; and how the music business became what it is today. ldquo;Fred Goodman is a superb writer . . . and his account here of one of rock rsquo;nrsquo; rollrsquo;s most polarizing figures could not be more readable. The even-handed tone; the supposition that readers are moderately intelligent and sophisticated; and the rather astounding involvement Allen Klein had with pop musicrsquo;s largest legendsmdash;put all that together; and yoursquo;ve got one highly engrossing read.rdquo; mdash;Yahoo! Music ldquo;Succeed[s] both as a compelling work of rock rsquo;nrsquo; roll history and as a cautionary business primer.rdquo; mdash;Wall Street Journal