----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Sutliff" To: Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 5:31 PM Subject: Re: Recording the Beatles Book > It depends on how much info you can handle! At over 500 pages of the most > amazing material about Neumann U-47's, Studer J-37's, Fairchild 660's and > whatnot, my brain is numb. For me it would be a bargain at twice the > price. > > It is my favorite book about the fab 4 ever but I reckon it's not for > everyone. > > I should mention that the layout is superb, the printing very nice and > there are many, many never before published pictures of the Beatles and > the equipment they used. Apparently Geoff Emerick didn't help out very > much, but pretty much everyone else involed with EMI and Abbey Road > Studios back then did. Ken Scott has been pushing this book to anyone > who'll listen for over a year now, and Norman Smith, Ken Townsend, Brian > Gibson and Phil McDonald were very much involved. > > In spite of the very technical information imparted it is wrtten in a > manner that is very easy to understand. I am amazed at how much they were > able ot accomplish with so little of what we in the recording world take > for granted these days. > > It's not really a book about the personalities of the Beatles but I'm sure > you will understand their interpersonal relationships much better after > reading the book > > Bobby Sutliff > > Ps - I watched that Youtube video of the Beatles doing Ticket To ride live > at the NME thing. I dare any band in the world to pull that off without > monitors in front of a few thousand screaming fans. > >> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:27:04 -0400 >> From: moteeko@telerama.com >> To: audities@smoe.org >> Subject: Recording the Beatles Book >> Message-ID: <1159216024.45183b98a8370@webmail.telerama.com> >> >> >> I was digging through a massive pile of backlogged email, and ran across >> some >> posts on the new Recording the Beatles book. >> >> Did any of you folks who ordered one receive it yet, and is it worth the >> $100? >> Sure looks like it would be, based on the website info... >> >> Greg, >> playing catsup... >> > >