Abbey Road And A Typical Session

Abbey Road And A Typical Session The Studio Complex was not especially large, having been converted from a sixteen room Victorian town-house by EMI in 1929. The conversion took two years and HMV studios opened in 1931. The exterior was left largely intact – white painted, but greyed by London rain and pollution. Edward Elgar was the first musician to make use of the studios, conducting a recording of Land of Hope and Glory in Studio 1. Others - Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Thomas Beecham, Sir John Barbirolli...

Paul McCartney Goes Too Far Part 2

This article is continued from the previous Paul McCartney Goes Too Far Part 1 The impact on McCartney of this kind of music-making, which lacks any obvious sign of the melody or structural perfection which are trademark qualities of his, can nonetheless be seen clearly in a song as apparently childish and simplistic as “Yellow Submarine”. This seemingly humble strum-along tune, much ridiculed by critics48 is richly embroidered with musique concrete49. Compare the description of a session for Yellow...

Paul McCartney Goes Too Far Part 1

In the light of experience gained from operating HMS Dreadnought the Navy has made a number of changes in the arrangement of Britain's first all-British nuclear submarine, the Valiant, now back at Barrow after three weeks' contractors' sea trials. (The Times, May 25th 1966) We all live in a Yellow Submarine, A Yellow Submarine, A Yellow Submarine (Paul McCartney, “Yellow Submarine”, (written May 31st 1966) Paul McCartney spent his hiatus from the business ofbeing a Beatle absorbing mid-sixties London's...

The Beatles (TV series)

The Beatles was an American animated television series featuring the fanciful and musical misadventures of the extraordinarily popular British rock band of the same name. It ran from 1965 to 1967 on ABC in the USA (later transmissions were reruns). The series debuted on September 25, 1965 and ended on September 7, 1969. A total of 39 episodes were produced. The series was shown on Saturday mornings at 10:30 AM until the fall of 1968, when it was moved to Sunday mornings. Each episode has a name...

The Beatles Will Be a Games

The Beatles: Rock Band is a music video game being developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games, and distributed by Electronic Arts.The game will consist of songs from The Beatles, from their first album Please Please Me, to their penultimate album Abbey Road, as well as previously unreleased material according to Dhani Harrison, son of George Harrison. The game will be released internationally on September 9, 2009 Coinciding with the release of the remastered versions of The Beatles...