Robert Mott's: RADIO SOUND EFFECTS
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:02 pm
RADIO SOUND EFFECTS by ROBERT L. MOTT
McFarland & Company Publishers, 1993
283 pages, 140 pictures & illustrations, comprehensive 11 page index.
This is an excellent book on the subject. The author
tells his many stories from the wide variety of shows
he worked on through radio's golden age. Very specific
examples and descriptions on the working of all the sound
effects from the simple footstep to the complicated Fibber
closet gag. The book also chronicles much about the history
of dramatic radio from it's beginnings up through the
television age. For those interested in the technical aspects
of sound on radio in those days, dozens of pictures are
included with detailed descriptions of their uses and mechanical
workings- In fact, a great deal of information on the history
of recorded sound in general is included within it's pages.
Best of all, the book also contains hundreds
of great anecdotes which will have you laughing out loud and
make you feel like you were really there!! Overall this book
is loaded with facts, a wonderful collection of star studded
historic photographs , amazing histories, and hilarious stories all told with Mott's witty and charming style which will keep you
glued to the book as if it were a riviting detective novel!
Highly recommended!!
Jason
McFarland & Company Publishers, 1993
283 pages, 140 pictures & illustrations, comprehensive 11 page index.
This is an excellent book on the subject. The author
tells his many stories from the wide variety of shows
he worked on through radio's golden age. Very specific
examples and descriptions on the working of all the sound
effects from the simple footstep to the complicated Fibber
closet gag. The book also chronicles much about the history
of dramatic radio from it's beginnings up through the
television age. For those interested in the technical aspects
of sound on radio in those days, dozens of pictures are
included with detailed descriptions of their uses and mechanical
workings- In fact, a great deal of information on the history
of recorded sound in general is included within it's pages.
Best of all, the book also contains hundreds
of great anecdotes which will have you laughing out loud and
make you feel like you were really there!! Overall this book
is loaded with facts, a wonderful collection of star studded
historic photographs , amazing histories, and hilarious stories all told with Mott's witty and charming style which will keep you
glued to the book as if it were a riviting detective novel!
Highly recommended!!
Jason