George Martin

PSA George Martin : The Scores

06/01/2026 by Mousey 14 Comments

George Martin would have been 100 this year and Curvebender Publishing (great name) are putting out a book of his scores. Including, rather thrillingly, sketches and rejected arrangements. For me this is more exciting and hopefully eye-opening than any number of extra Anthology tracks. Not cheap at $400AUS. The extra $280 for postage to Australia hurt a bit but hey, it’s my birthday coming up.

https://www.curvebenderpublishing.com

An 80’s band from both sides of the Atlantic; a sublime cover-version and a singer from the East End beloved by Frank Sinatra.

17/11/2023 by niallb 8 Comments

Today’s studio-blog is the final part of the story of AIR Street Oxford Street.

https://willyoumeetmeonclareisland.wordpress.com/2023/11/17/the-studios-of-london-air-oxford-st-pt-4/

The fifth Beatle, a lucky single about Holiday Inns and a British band who were big in America.

22/09/2023 by niallb 11 Comments

Today’s studio-blog is the first part of the story of AIR Oxford Street.

https://willyoumeetmeonclareisland.wordpress.com/2023/09/22/the-studios-of-london-air-oxford-st-part-1/

A plywood desk, a painter, The Beatles and a double tragedy.

04/11/2022 by niallb 21 Comments

Episode 61 of my London Studio-blog is about Apple Studio.

https://willyoumeetmeonclareisland.wordpress.com/2022/11/04/the-studios-of-london-apple-studio/

Recording Sgt Pepper’s

18/11/2017 by nigelthebald 3 Comments

Unpublished Conversations with George Martin, Geoff Emerick, and Ken Townsend…

https://reverb.com/news/recording-sgt-peppers-unpublished-conversations-with-george-martin-geoff-emerick-and-ken-townsend-bacons-archive?utm_campaign=1612019_blogsgtpepper&utm_medium=FB&utm_source=FB

George Martin: Maximum Volume 1926-1966

14/08/2017 by slotbadger 4 Comments

First instalment of a massive, two-part biog of Sir G is out at the start of September. The chaps at the “Something About The Beatles” podcast have a chat with author Kenneth Womack in this week’s edition.

http://somethingaboutthebeatles.com/117-george-martin-maximum-volume/

Is this funny?

09/03/2016 by Carl 119 Comments

With the death of George Martin the Peter Sellers’ version of A Hard Day’s Night has once more come to the fore.

I, unfortunately, heard it on Desert Island Discs for the first time ages fairly recently. One of Hugh Bonneville’s choices.

Neither my wife nor I find it remotely amusing. We never have. The thought of it as a DID is bewildering. Does anyone really find it funny? It was slightly clever, but always shite. IMHO.

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