Posted on 03/08/2016 11:18:15 PM PST by dfwgator
(CNN)Sir George Martin, the music producer whose collaboration with the Beatles helped redraw the boundaries of popular music, died Tuesday, according to his management company. He was 90.
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Too bad — RIP, George
Dang, I had no idea he was that old!
90... I had no clue
Oh, no, no, no.
Damn. He was the fifth Beetle. He even played piano on “In My Life.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUDje4cTev0
Great producer and arranger. He also composed the orchestral soundtrack for Yellow Submarine.
What a mess The White Album is. Such excess, such waste.
Rest in peace, Sir Martin. You’ll be sorely missed.
Yep. It would’ve been a great single album.
...IF they tightened up the good songs a bit.
He polished the Beatles sound and was a huge part of their musical success/creativity. He helped to lift their compositions into a real art form. RIP Mr Martin.
Heartfelt RIP
Classical crisp production
He really nailed it
On Sergeant Peppers it’s just so defined and plays loud on tube amps great
Really really authentic producer
For those big egos to ride with him as long as they did
If Epstein chose Martin he earned his pay that day
It’s half plastic Ono band
But George shines....with Gods help of course
And girls like all those cutesy Paul songlets
My favorite was always WDWDIITR.......
Hat tip mo who beat me to the thread
Nothing like playing great music that was recorded on tube amps on one's own tube amps. ....through vintage horn speakers (JBL, Altec, Klipsch, or Tannoy DCs).
If you haven't heard the Beatles' mono mixes, I can't recommend them highly enough. It's the way the Beatles and Martin intended the music be heard. Mono was the dominant format in the UK throughout most of the '60s. Consequently, all their records through Sgt. Pepper were originally mixed in mono -- the stereo mix was an afterthought, done quickly. And it sounded like it. Artificial.
I like Lennon's "Happiness is a Warm Gun" and Harrison's "Savoy Truffle" on the White Album.
RIP to one of the giants in the music business.
A genius and a very odd pairing with the Beatles that in the end turned out so fortunate.
Sir George’s background was in classical music and comedy albums. He understood the randomness and off the cuff creativity of the likes of Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan. This served him perfectly with rock n roll and the Beatles’ Laissez-faire creativity.
Classic, Rock ping
The fifth Beatle.
I thought Joe Cocker was the fifth Beatle. They kicked him out because he kept getting the words wrong for A Little Help from My Friends.
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