Recording the Beatles : The Studio Equipment and Techniques Used to Create Their Classic AlbumsRecording the Beatles : The Studio Equipment and Techniques Used to Create Their Classic Albums available on March 01 2016 from Amazon for 445.00
In my opinion, this is one of THE top three Beatles books ever written (along with Mark Lewisohn's "Recording Sessions" and the Anthology book). The amount of information in this book is simply jaw-dropping. (Do not confuse this book with Geoff Emerick's similarly titled book. While Geoff's is a good read, it has some accuracy issues and isn't nearly as detailed as this book.)
Recording The Beatles is definitely aimed at technically curious readers and contains everything you'd want to know about how they recorded at Abbey Road - all the equipment, microphones, mixers, outboard equipment, etc. It tells how they created ADT and flanging and echo chambers, etc. It's basically like a textbook for a college level class about recording at Abbey Road in the 1960's. But the last half of the book would easily be enjoyed by fans that aren't technical at all. It talks about how specific songs were recorded and makes you listen to them in a completely different way. You will hear...Read more
In my opinion, this is one of THE top three Beatles books ever written (along with Mark Lewisohn's "Recording Sessions" and the Anthology book). The amount of information in this book is simply jaw-dropping. (Do not confuse this book with Geoff Emerick's similarly titled book. While Geoff's is a good read, it has some accuracy issues and isn't nearly as detailed as this book.)Recording The Beatles is definitely aimed at technically curious readers and contains everything you'd want to know about how they recorded at Abbey Road - all the equipment, microphones, mixers, outboard equipment, etc. It tells how they created ADT and flanging and echo chambers, etc. It's basically like a textbook for a college level class about recording at Abbey Road in the 1960's. But the last half of the book would easily be enjoyed by fans that aren't technical at all. It talks about how specific songs were recorded and makes you listen to them in a completely different way. You will hear...Read more amznJQ.onReady('jQuery', function() { amznJQ.available('popover', function() { var widgetDom = jQuery("#R2S5VSM2Z96BLD_imageSection_D7E36736-E025-11E5-8691-2B7BD4FED5BB"); var images = widgetDom.find(".review-image-thumbnail"); for (var c=0;c