If you are in this thread, I will assume you know who Glyn Johns is. Involved deeply with the creation of foundational works by the Beatles, Stones, Zep and everyone freakin’ else.
The book is good - a superfast read because he just moves through each AMAZING, Mount Rushmore of rock moment rather quickly. He doesn’t dwell long enough to get a rich sense of the players. He is not coy and is complimentary, critical and has his own ego, but at the end of the book, I couldn’t recall exactly who he liked and disliked.
I would put this on the second tier. For a better producer’s-eye-view of history, I would recommend Geoff Emerick’s Here, There and Everywhere as a better book, and the documentary Tom Dowd: The Language of Music as best example of this sub-category, bar none.
I agree with your assessment of Glyn Johns’ book. Not so much with Geoff Emerick’s book; he spent way too much time putting down the other three Beatles in comparison to McCartney.
Joe Boyd’s book was much better, IMO. I was pretty impressed with Tony Visconti’s book, too.
Fair point about Emerick - he is not fond of George’s playing until George shares Something with him in early form. But he gives a great “you are there behind the scenes” feel with The Beatles, richer than Glyn Johns’ stories.
I enjoyed Boyd’s. Haven’t read Visconti’s but will check it out. I will also offer Al Kooper’s Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards as another very worthy read.