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"George Martin was the record producer for the Beatles at EMI from the very first day to the completion of their final album, Abbey Road. Their most famous collaboration, the peak of the band's creativity, was the LP they spent six months recording in the winter and spring of 1966, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band." In this book Martin, with the help of William Pearson, tells the story of the making of that record.
Martin moves from song to song and describes how they were put together, including the two that were held off the album to become a double A-side single, "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane." He talks about the instrumentation, the order that tracks were laid down, and the experiments and funny surprises that helped create the unique sound of "Sgt. Pepper."
But Martin's slim, 165-page account is not strictly limited to the making of that album. He recounts how he met the boys, provides his theory for why American blues became so popular in Liverpool and influenced them, and mentions some of his earlier innovations with the band, such as "Rain" and "Tomorrow Never Knows." This was also the period when the band's mentor and manager, Brian Epstein, with whom Martin had become fairly close, died of a drug overdose (accidental, Martin is convinced).
The producer who handled comedians like Peter Sellers and the Goons before the Beatles fell into his hands, and who went on to work with Jeff Beck, America, and Elton John, proves to be a charming host as he recounts his amazing memories of the 1960s' biggest musical (perhaps even social and fashion) phenomenon."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Plot
job/profession:
- musician
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Story of entertainer?
- Singer/Dancer
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- musician
Age:
- 20's-30's
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this person?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 1 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Century:
- 1960's-1970's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- encouraged
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A ton 16-20 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 76%-100% of book
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