This excellent
book addresses the technical side of The Beatles' sessions and was written
with the assistance of many of the group's former engineers and
technicians. The book looks at every piece of recording equipment used
at Abbey Road Studios during the Beatles' sessions, including all
microphones, outboard gear, mixing consoles, speakers, and tape machines.
Each piece is examined in great detail, and the book is illustrated with
hundreds of full color photographs, charts, drawings and illustrations. How the
equipment was implemented during the group's sessions is also covered. The
effects used on the Beatles' records are addressed in great detail, with full
explanations of concepts such as ADT and flanging. The Production section
of the book looks at the group's recording processes chronologically, starting
with their "artist test" in 1962 and progressing through to their
final session in 1970. The book contains several rare and unseen photos of the
Beatles in the studio. The studio personnel and the studio itself is examined.
The authors spent over a decade researching the subject
matter and offer up their findings in exhaustive detail. The 540-page hardcover
book has been highly praised not only for its massive scope, but also for its
presentation. The "Deluxe" version, released in September 2006, was
housed in a replica EMI multi-track tape-box, complete with faux time-worn
edges. The book has been critically praised by recognized Beatles
authority Mark Lewisohn (who also contributed the book's
Foreword), The New York Times, Mojo magazine (which gave it
5 stars), Beatles engineers Norman Smith, Ken Scott, and Alan Parsons, Yoko
Ono, and many other individuals directly involved with the Beatles' work.
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