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The Beatles (2 Viewers)
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Zegras11
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rockaction
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rockaction
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Woke up/Got outta bed...
Nice list.
Nice list.
Eephus
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Eephus
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rockaction
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Yup. And it isn't his nickname. He grew up in a part of CT that's really preppy and wealthy. His family is cool, though. No pretense in him or his brothers.
We're getting older and don't keep in touch too much, but in our twenties, we were around all the time.
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Eephus
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Eephus
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My mom named me Christopher. For me, the nickname Topher is down there with guys who drop the first "h".
rockaction
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Ahh, well, I'm not sure what to say. It's his name. He loved punk and the second and first waves of ska music. Then, later on, he got really into indie twee stuff, and we generally found consensus around sixties recordings from about '64-'67.
Officer Pete Malloy
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Leroy Hoard
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Just think how great they would be if every song had the word life in it.
krista4
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Uruk-Hai
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krista4
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That’s what I assumed he meant. Before I started, I asked in this thread what to do with that, and the only response was someone saying to check other lists. I checked the one linked here a few pages back, and they were grouped together. That makes more sense to me anyway.
rockaction
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You're a disappointment to our long-time commissioner of excellence if you do.
No pressure or anything.
Excellence.
Uruk-Hai
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krista4
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Eephus
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RIP to recording engineer Geoff Emerick who died yesterday at age 72. He started at EMI Studios as a teenager and was picked by George Martin to engineer the Beatles' records from Revolver through Abbey Road. He worked behind the glass on albums by Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Badfinger, Cheap Trick and Supertramp.
rockaction
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Was just listening to Elvis Costello today because of Tim's thread. I don't have much to add for your understanding, but there's a difference between a producer and an engineer. My friends worked at the Hartford Conservatory and their goal, aside from being musicians, was to become commercially viable engineers because creative music would never support them in our society. Albini is the most famous punk engineer, but there are great ones all over that don't get the credit nor accolades. RIP.
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Eephus
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Emerick produced Imperial Bedroom for Costello which is his most Beatlesque record. He also co-produced (with Costello) All This Useless Beauty, but I tend to forget what's on his later albums. I'm sure it was recorded well though.
Albini famously avoids production credits preferring "recorded by Steve Albini" on album jackets. He's talked about why he does this but I've forgotten that as well. In my defense, Albini says lots of stuff.
rockaction
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Cool. I haven't really listened to anything deeply into Costello; it's just that the Tim thread sent me down the rabbit hole and made me realize how much I dug his songwriting and pop craft, for lack of a better word. Just great rock n' roll songs, IMO.
As for the bolded, I think that might be why I know that and said that. My production/engineering knowledge does not run deep, for sure.
As for the italics, I laughed. He sure does say quite a bit. I'll never forget his hate of the Pixies and will never quite get it, but to each their own at times. Fugazi famously (and diplomatically) refused his services on In On The Kill Taker, going so far as to re-record the album with somebody else. It's a great album, too. Ian MacKaye has stones like Albini does. Just for fun I bring that up and with no other point in mind but trivia and marvel, really.
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rockaction
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I think I bring up the Fugazi thing because I truly think that MacKaye is just a singular voice, artistically and spiritually. There have been few like him, and few will ever be. But back to Emerick and RIP once again. Those Beatles records. Wow.
Eephus
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The sounds that George Martin, Emerick, Ken Scott and Norman Smith were able to achieve on the Beatles recording continue to amaze.rockaction said:
Everything up to 1968 was built up layer by layer using a four-track board. The band and their studio collaborators worked at a tremendous pace as well.
BobbyLayne
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This was quite a long time ago. Any other Beatles books which are worth checking out?
Godsbrother
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In my opinion the most important book for those interested in Beatles recordings is "The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions" by Mark Lewisohn. Lewisohn also wrote the "All These Years Tune-in" book which is great if you are into the very early years of the lads. Subsequent volumes are supposed to come out but have been a long time in coming.
"Here, There, and Everywhere" by Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick is a great insight to Beatles recording sessions as well.
"Here, There, and Everywhere" by Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick is a great insight to Beatles recording sessions as well.
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BobbyLayne
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Thanks, I also saw this below the @Encyclopedia Brown post I quoted. I probably will pick up a couple of your suggestions. For now though, I’m content to read through this thread. Thanks for all your posts back in the day and kudos to @Guido Merkins(née saintsfan) for this great thread. I made it through 5 pages today - through the breakup post and 4 days before the 09-09-09 release.
@krista4 threads started me on this discovery journey 3 years ago and I’ve been going hard since just before Get Back came out in late November. I was always a casual Beatles fan, vaguely aware of their influence and innovation, but had just never gotten around to taken a deeper dive.
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I was a Red and Blue album listener (common gateway) with a cursory knowledge of the lads but had never listened to the entire catalogue. These days I’m spending a lot of time listening to Super Deluxe re-releases and the Anthology volumes. Find myself going down Fab Four rabbit holes around the web daily. Probably the best new hobby I’ve picked up in the last 20 years.
Super appreciative of the many Beatles aficionados in the FFA. There are several threads dedicated to The Beatles and they’re a timeless treasure trove all these years later.
Encyclopedia Brown
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The Geoff Emerick book that Godsbrother mentioned is excellent. Emerick was a protégé of George Martin, was at his hip in the control room. He brings a lot of detail to his story.
