The Recordings of the Beatles

The Recordings of The Beatles

I, amongst many others, have found huge inspiration through listening to the Beatles. I first remember hearing Revolver in my dads car when he would take my brother to football practise. Years later I decided to listen through the Beatles discography and it all came flooding back and I still remembered the way the songs after all those years, which was part of the influence for my 'nostalgia' source analysis task.

The rich production George Martin brought to The Beatles completed the equation, forming the sonic quality that remains hugely popular to this day - as the recent release of The Beatles discography onto streaming services shows. I believe listeners respect and appreciate the art that music producers, (both modern and older) create, and want to know about the influences and production methods that went into the process. This is part of the reason I wish to incorporate, or at least convincingly emulate, some of the production techniques that were employed by Martin and the team at Abbey Road studios over the 60's. I've found Mark Lewisohn's 'The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions' to be a great resource in detailing the specific equipment, ideas and methodology involved with the Beatles recording sessions. One of Martins quotes' which resonates with me is "creativity exists through limitation". I find I work well to a given brief, where I have to be resourceful to overcome the limitations given to me.

Bibliogaphy

Lewisohn, M. (2013) 'The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions' London: Octopus Publishing.

The Guardian (2015) Here, There and Everywhere: Beatles Songs to be Streamed for First Time [Online] Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/23/beatles-back-catalogue-music-streaming-spotify-apple-music [Accessed on 23/12/2015]