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Rolling Stone: Review of Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios
“Without the Record Plant, chances are your record collection would sound very different. Buzz Me In gets into all the drama and legendary music that came out of the New York/California studios in the Seventies, with cameos from Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac, and more.”
Written by: Rolling Stone Magazine
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Lefsetz: Review of Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios
“These are the stories behind the records. The people who made them and how they made them . . . This particular book has not been written before. We’ve got books listing all the sessions, but exactly what went down inside the buildings . . . To go into the studio back in the day . . . There was a magic, your skin tingled . . . And that feeling is captured in this book.”
Written by: Bob Lefsetz
Published: June 2, 2025
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Salon Womack: Review of Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios
“In its finest moments, “Buzz Me In” draws readers into the epic heights of the rock era, a period uniquely characterized by its celebration of artists as auteurs. At the same time, Porter and Goggin don’t pull any punches, chronicling the outlandish behaviors and self-indulgences that led to the Record Plant’s eventual contraction.”
Written by: Kenneth Womack
Published: July 1, 2025
Goldmine: Review of Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios
“There are many famous names that pop up in this lively tale that, between the carousing, also shows how difficult running a recording studio (or studios) can be.”
Written by: Gillian G. Gaar
Published: June 5, 2025
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The Pitch: Review of Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios
“Buzz Me In brings classic rock history to vibrant life… If you go through your record collection, you’re bound to find more than a few LPs recorded by the Record Plant, and the stories of how they came to be are positively fascinating.”
Written by: Nick Spacek
Published: June 16, 2025
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Mix: Review of Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios
“The full story of the famed studio [featuring] tales of inspired performances, visionary engineering, needlessly destroyed equipment, pranks, drugs, government surveillance, fights, romance, sex and drugs. Yes, drugs are listed twice… Meticulously put together by Porter and Goggin… Buzz Me In provides the full picture of all that happened within the walls of each of the Record Plant’s studios.”
Written by: Anthony Savona
Published: June 17, 2025
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East Hampton Star: Review of Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios
“An engrossing history of what were among the world’s most storied and influential recording studios and the men who founded and guided them through triumph and tragedy.”
Written by: East Hampton Star arts staff (Photojournalist: Christopher Walsh)
Published: June 19, 2025
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Bobby Owsinski: Review of Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios
“Absolutely the best rock history book I’ve ever read, and I’ve read them all.”
Presented by: Bobby Owsinski
Published: June 10, 2025
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Houston Press: Review of Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studio
“The new book tells the story of the three Record Plant recording studios, where everyone from the Rolling Stones to Tom Petty to Bruce Springsteen spent innumerable hours creating hit albums like Innervisions (Stevie Wonder), Toys in the Attic (Aerosmith) and Rumours (Fleetwood Mac). The team of authors is well-qualified to address the subject”
Written by: Tom Richards
Published: July 1, 2025
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LAist AirTalk: Feature on Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios
“A new book by music journalists Martin Porter and David Goggin digs into the Record Plant Studios — best known as the place that helped produce some of the biggest American studio albums of the 1970s… The new book, titled Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios, tells the record production from this studio, which began in 1968 and quickly rose to prominence in the following decade.”
Published: June 19, 2025
Segment Duration: 17:30
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The Recoup: Review of Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios
“Buzz Me In is simply a fun, fascinating read. It lets the reader peek behind the walls of the recording studio and lets them see what took place behind closed doors. It gives the reader a sense of what took place when some of the best music of all time was made.”
Written by: The Recoup editorial team
Published: June 24, 2025
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Copper Magazine: Review of Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios
“A new book, Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios, is a detailed look into an era where rock music and audio technology exploded into thrilling and uncharted new realms – and where sex, drugs, rock and roll, debauchery, and creative genius collided to create some of the greatest music ever recorded.”
Written by: Frank Doris
Published: June 28, 2024
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Psychobabble: Review of Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios
“Martin Porter and David Goggin dance through the decadent history of the Record Plant and its three locations in their new book Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios. Because so much went on within the studio’s vividly decorated walls, the authors can only strap in and race ahead. ”
Written by: Mike Segretto
Published: June 12, 2025
