The Beatles Complete Recording Sessions

[license2ill31]

I just finished the book, by Mark Lewisohn, and was amazed at how many of today's engineering and record production techniques originated from Beatles sessions. The sections of the White Album and Sgt Pepper, with all the tape loops, session players, sound effects, miking techniques, etc, were probably the most interesting. Most of the sounds they got could ever be reproduced by today's most high-end technology. Anyone else read the book and want to discuss it?

For those of you unfamiliar, the book details EVERY studio session the Beatles ever did (as a group, not as solo artists). It has the date, time, location, and producer and engineers listed for each session, and details what took place and how.

[inverseroom]

This board famously loves that book. I've been reading it for years, and it's still a source of inspiration...

[drumsound]

It is a great one. Universally loved.

[jrsgodfrey]

The Great Triumvirate:

Complete Beatles Recording Sessions (Lewison)
Revolution in the Head (MacDonald)
Beatles Gear (Babuik)

Soon to be a Quattuorvirate w/ Recording the Beatles.

Words to live by.

[hiconfidence]

i've recently picked it up again after reading "Here, There and Everywhere" by Geoff Emerick...great to see it all from his perspective...especially when he gets sick of working w/ the them and quits...lots of great stories and some good technical info...

[doctari]

The Mark Lewisonn book is the big cheese. George Martin's "All You Need Is Ears" provides practical wisdom in its own write.