#630 Bob Ezrin & Amber Mark
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Sound Opinions
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2017
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Bob Ezrin, the "producer's producer," has been behind the boards for many blockbuster epic albums over the years. He shares stories with hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot about working on classic albums by Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, Kiss, and Peter Gabriel. Plus, up-and-coming R&B singer Amber Mark shares the song that got her Hooked on Sonics.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Chicago! From W be easy Chicago and PRX this is sound opinions. I'm Greg Kott and I'm Jim |
| 0:26.1 | Deregatus this week we talked to super producer Bob Eseren he's worked on |
| 0:30.7 | epic albums with Pink Floyd Alice Alice Cooper, and so many more. |
| 0:34.4 | Alice and I have been brothers since 1970. |
| 0:38.3 | That's a relationship that means a tremendous amount to me. |
| 0:41.4 | It goes beyond the records. |
| 0:43.0 | Plus we hear the song that got up and coming pop R&B singer Amber Mark hooked on Sonics. |
| 0:50.0 | And I pop a quarter into the Desert Island Jukebox. That's all coming up on sound opinions. |
| 1:00.0 | You're listening to sound opinions and later in the show we'll hear from Amber |
| 1:05.1 | Mark about the song that got her hooked on Sonics and Greg will have a pick for |
| 1:09.5 | the Desert Island jukebox but first we are revisiting our conversation with legendary album |
| 1:15.4 | producer Bob Eseren. I think you're gonna like it |
| 1:27.0 | You're gonna feel you belong |
| 1:42.0 | We spoke with Bob in 2011 and he was quick with stories about the recording sessions of some of the most epic rock albums of his generation. It's one of our favorites so we thought we |
| 1:43.9 | shared again. Absolutely Greg. You know visionary producer Bob Ezerin's been the |
| 1:48.0 | force behind some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful |
| 1:51.9 | albums ever. |
| 1:53.3 | Epics by Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, and Kiss, |
| 1:57.2 | but his relationship with Alice Cooper |
| 1:59.6 | was at the very start. |
| 2:01.4 | And it's been one of the most fruitful of |
| 2:03.0 | Ezrin's career. The two collaborated on nine classic albums |
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