ABBEY ROAD REUNION: KNOB-TWIDDLERS REVEAL ALL
by Tim Riley, NPR critic and Beatle author
http://triley60.podomatic.com/entry/2007-04-12T09_16_41-07_00
In November of 2006, over 30 engineers gathered for a reunion at Abbey Road studios in London, where many of them had worked on Beatles sessions. The occasion was the release of RECORDING THE BEATLES, by Brian Kehew and Kevin Ryan, a major new entry in Beatle scholarship emphasizing recording techniques, analog equipment, and how EMI's rigorous training paradoxically helped break many standard audio conventions and practices. The creative solutions these techies achieved helped the Beatles create some of rock's most innovative and enduring sounds, and RECORDING THE BEATLES draws the curtain on many of their most ingenious achievements. The podcast includes interviews with Kehew, engineers Ken Townshend, Richard Lush, Chris Thomas, and Ken Scott, as well as American producers Steve Albini (Nirvana, Stooges) and Steve Hoffman (DCC). With Beatle stories peppering the narrative, this report gives a backstage glimpse at the kind of wizardry routinely practiced at EMI studios, and the people who helped translate Lennon and McCartney songs onto tape.
Tim Riley is the author of TELL ME WHY: A BEATLES COMMENTARY and other books on rock, and an NPR critic who files for WBUR's HERE AND NOW in Boston. He recently launched a new music resources, http://rileyrockindex.com
As always, comments are welcome.
http://triley60.podomatic.com/entry/2007-04-12T09_16_41-07_00
In November of 2006, over 30 engineers gathered for a reunion at Abbey Road studios in London, where many of them had worked on Beatles sessions. The occasion was the release of RECORDING THE BEATLES, by Brian Kehew and Kevin Ryan, a major new entry in Beatle scholarship emphasizing recording techniques, analog equipment, and how EMI's rigorous training paradoxically helped break many standard audio conventions and practices. The creative solutions these techies achieved helped the Beatles create some of rock's most innovative and enduring sounds, and RECORDING THE BEATLES draws the curtain on many of their most ingenious achievements. The podcast includes interviews with Kehew, engineers Ken Townshend, Richard Lush, Chris Thomas, and Ken Scott, as well as American producers Steve Albini (Nirvana, Stooges) and Steve Hoffman (DCC). With Beatle stories peppering the narrative, this report gives a backstage glimpse at the kind of wizardry routinely practiced at EMI studios, and the people who helped translate Lennon and McCartney songs onto tape.
Tim Riley is the author of TELL ME WHY: A BEATLES COMMENTARY and other books on rock, and an NPR critic who files for WBUR's HERE AND NOW in Boston. He recently launched a new music resources, http://rileyrockindex.com
As always, comments are welcome.
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