
Audio Edition

Discovering a cache of old gramophone records, young Geoff Emerick played them repeatedly, fantasizing changes in tempo and volume. By the time he was 16, his interest in sound and innate ability blossomed into a job with George Martin at his EMI Abbey Road studio, where the Beatles were recording, new and hot. Thus, the talented, hard-working audio assistant was in the right place when, two years later, EMI’s Norman Smith resigned as engineer to become a record producer. Emerick was promoted to fill the vacancy, his first assignment, the Beatles’ "Revolver."
With one exception, he worked on every subsequent Beatle album until the group disbanded. Emerick was behind the scenes, and his personal contact with The Beatles was sociable but limited and strictly professional. Still, his unusual perspective on the evolving dynamics of the Fab Four and how that – and he -- contributed to the development of their unique sound will interest Beatle fans, musicians, and future recording technicians alike. Reader Martin Jarvis is an experienced, accomplished actor. His Emerick is sincere and likeable, and his other differentiated voices equally credible.
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