Geoff Emerick: Last News

The Beatles’ ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ has been released – you can listen to the studio outtake below.The track forms part of a new special deluxe edition of the legendary band’s 1966 album ‘Revolver’, which is set for release on October 28.Recorded during the first ‘Revolver’ recording session on April 6, 1966 in Studio Three at EMI Studios (now called Abbey Road Studios), The Beatles were joined by their producer George Martin, recording engineer Geoff Emerick and technical engineer Ken Townsend.“John [Lennon’s] ethereal vocals (fed from his mic through a rotating Leslie speaker), and innovative tape loops – including Paul [McCartney] saying ‘ah, ah, ah, ah’, which when sped up produced a sound similar to a seagull’s screech – converge with Ringo [Starr’s] thunderous drum pattern, George [Harrison]’s tamboura drone, and a backwards guitar solo,” a press release explains of the recording, which you can hear below.In an interview before ‘Revolver’’s 1966 release, McCartney told NME: “We did it because I, for one, am sick of doing sounds that people can claim to have heard before.”First confirmed by Giles Martin – the son of the late Beatles producer George – last month, ‘Revolver’ is the latest Beatles album to be re-released as a remixed and expanded deluxe box set following ‘Sgt.

Paul McCartney & Wings (a.k.a. ‘Wings’) have announced the 50th anniversary reissue of ‘Band On The Run’.The band was formed in 1971 with McCartney and his wife Linda as the two permanent members. ‘Band On The Run’ was Wings’ third album, being released in 1973.

“Here, There and Everywhere,” The Beatles were at their most experimental on “Revolver.”And The Beatles’ 1966 classic — considered by many to be the Fab Four’s best album ever — is getting a big splashy reissue with three special editions that will be released on Oct. 28.“ ‘Revolver’ is an album where you could listen to each song and go, ‘Oh, this is the direction they’re going to go in next.’ And be wrong every single time,” producer Giles Martin — son of legendary Beatles producer George Martin — told Rolling Stone.

A recording of a jam session by The Beatles is to be at the centre of a court battle allegedly set to begin on Tuesday, after it was discovered in late sound engineer Geoff Emerick’s home.