Off the Record: Songwriters on Songwriting: 25 of the World's Most Celebrated Songs [With 2 CDs]

by Graham Nash, Manuscript Originals, Manuscript Originals

"Our house is a very, very, very fine house. With two cats in the yard, life used to be so hard . . ."In 1970, "Our House" was recorded and released by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and immediately... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740726781
• ISBN13: 9780740726781
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.8" x 10.7"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful

"Off The Record: Songwriters on Songwriting" by Graham Nash is WONDERFUL! It features Full color artistic renderings the lyrics of 25 famous songs by the original songwriters. Songs like True Colors, What a Wonderful World, Never My Love, and many more. Pictures of the songwriters and artists. Interviews with the songwriters. Then 2 CD's filled with songwriter interviews where you get to hear some of the story about what inspired the featured song and other songs the songwriter wrote."Songwriters on Songwriting" is beautiful and delightful.Ande Rasmussen SongwriterEditor and Publisher of Inspirations for Songwriters President of Austin Songwriters Group

Music to my eyes!

A visually stunning book for music lovers or casual fans. The multimedia format really takes the music and lyrics to a new level. Cheers to Graham for this wonderful effort!

Can't get enough!

Already anxious for the next edition! I've always been a big fan of Graham Nash's, but never had the benefit of so much insight into the creation of great songs. Where do you find this type of memorable music today? It's rare. I can listen to each of the featured 25 songs in Off the Record and tell you about a special memory that is conjured up from the recesses of my mind. It's fascinating to read the artists' stories behind the songs. Please Graham, give us more!

A Very Very Very Fine Book!

I can't say enough good things about this book. It's a one-of-a-kind must-have for anybody who loves music. A real class-act. The pictures and layout are fabulous, and to read interviews of writers talking about how they created some of some of your favorite songs is enlightening. But the CD's---the audio interviews with these wonderful creative people---are truly amazing. I especially loved hearing Graham Nash talk about Joni Mitchell and "Our House"---but all the interviews are super. You feel like you've been invited into the writer's living rooms and are sitting right there while they share their trials, tribulations, and victories. What can I say, I just loved the whole experience...reading, listening, looking. If I could afford it, I would buy this book for every one of my friends. As it is at least two of them will find this under their trees this Christmas.