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| From | "Will Harris" <NonStopPop@cox.net> |
| Subject | Re: The Reading Room |
| Date | Thu, 3 Aug 2006 16:10:45 -0400 |
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> "Here, There and Everywhere: My life recording the music of the Beatles"
> By Geoff Emerick
> Autobiography by the Beatles engineer; I enjoyed this one a lot. Leans
> heavy on his work with the Beatles. Just technical enough for those who
> are interested but easy to understand and not off putting for those who
> aren't. Gives some good insight into the Beatles themselves from a
> close yet still 'outside' perspective. Makes everybody seem very human
> rather than the legends we've come to know them as.
I really loved ths book, too. I'm not a musician, just a lowly critic, but
I nonetheless found Emerick's descriptions of his sonic accomplishments in
the studio and how he got certain sounds for certain songs to be
fascinating. Like the good Mr. Bacino said, it's interesting without
getting so technical that it's offputting. Shame it didn't go all the way
up to his work with the Syrups, but you can't have everything...especially
with a title that clarifies exactly what period of his career he's covering.
(Actually, he DOES discuss his work on "Band on the Run" in some detail.)
His anecdotes about the Beatles definitely provide a more personal side to
the foursome that a lot of biographies miss, and his perspective - sort of a
friend but mostly an employee - is unique.
Will
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