I was 6 years old....
I'm not sure if it was that show or Classic Albums that had George Martin explaining how some of it was done. Just two 4-track machines I think.Sgt. Pepper would be my pick Lester, did you by any chance see the Paul McCartney special on "Great Performances" I think it was called "Chaos & Creation at Abbey Road". It was done in the original studio, just Paul noodling around on various instruments and explaining how they put together their music back in the 60's. It was fascinating and very entertaining, and I came away with a whole new appreciation for McCarneys talents.
I'm not sure if it was that show or Classic Albums that had George Martin explaining how some of it was done. Just two 4-track machines I think.
Paul gets dissed a lot these days but he is really the most talented of all the Beatles. Paul was the highlight and John was the shadow. They had that necessary contrast that made them such a good songwriting team. McCartney almost never used minor keys. If you hear a minor, its a 80% chance that its a Lennon part. A song like "We Can Work It Out" shows how well they were matched. Paul wrote the verse part, and the middle eight "life is very short" section switches to a minor key by John. Classic Lennon-McCartney songwriting. In my opinion, neither one ever trumped what they wrote together in the Beatles, in their solo work.
george harrison = very underrated guitar player. he was amazing
I'm not sure if it was that show or Classic Albums that had George Martin explaining how some of it was done. Just two 4-track machines I think.
Paul gets dissed a lot these days but he is really the most talented of all the Beatles. Paul was the highlight and John was the shadow. They had that necessary contrast that made them such a good songwriting team. McCartney almost never used minor keys. If you hear a minor, its a 80% chance that its a Lennon part. A song like "We Can Work It Out" shows how well they were matched. Paul wrote the verse part, and the middle eight "life is very short" section switches to a minor key by John. Classic Lennon-McCartney songwriting. In my opinion, neither one ever trumped what they wrote together in the Beatles, in their solo work.
acid rockThat was also the year that a song was labeled an "acid rock" song for the Byrds hit "Eight Miles High", and in my mind would be a hit even if it was released for the first time today - but probably wouldn't get any airplay because it wasn't hiphop or pop or whatever passes for MOR these days.
Yeah they did use the 4-tracks, and also a Mellitron (not sure of the spelling) which was probably a first generation synthesizer, interesting stuff!
If you're interested more information on this show it was on PBS Great Performances, they have some background info on their website. One bit that I really loved was when Paul did a verse or two of "Heartbreak Hotel" while playing the original double bass that Bill Black used when he played with Elvis, very cool!!
I never realized that Paul doesn't use minor keys, I will listen for that for sure.
I also agree with 'sesroh', George was very underrated as a guitarist IMHO, there was something special and unique about his playing style.