Thanks again to the lovely folks from the EMI Archive Trust for sharing another great piece. They recently met up with the legend Brian Kehew (Co-Author of the Recording the Beatles book) for their Memories of EMI Campaign. In this short video he shares how they found one of the key pieces of technology used on manyContinue reading “Memories of EMI – Brian Kehew at Abbey Road Studios”
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No, its not Peter Sellers….it’s the man who recorded Rolling Stones, The Who & The Eagles
This is Dick Swettenham and, unlikely as it perhaps appears, he contributed to the sound of many of the greatest rock and pop recordings ever made. He also helped invent the recording equipment industry. Until the late 1960’s studios largely made their own core equipment; it was only in that decade that the number ofContinue reading “No, its not Peter Sellers….it’s the man who recorded Rolling Stones, The Who & The Eagles”
Memoirs of a Musical Dog – Edison to The Beatles
As part of their Omnibus series, The BBC made a documentary about the history of recording in the late 1980’s which was called Memoirs of a Musical Dog. It aired on Friday May 27, 1988. It’s very good and thanks to the power of youtube, you can see it here: Part One Early years ofContinue reading “Memoirs of a Musical Dog – Edison to The Beatles”
Produced By George Martin
There was a recent article by David Hepworth in The Word magazine where he concluded, after listening to the recently remastered Beatles albums, that the group’s recordings – as distinct from their myth – were even more extraordinarily good than is generally recognised. The quality exceeded the (ongoing) hype. Whilst undoubtedly genius was in Abbey Road’s Studio 2 duringContinue reading “Produced By George Martin”
Apple sues Amazon over App stores. History goes round and round..like a record.
Apple, who for years was in dispute with The Beatles’ Apple Corps over name and logo usage, is now taking the lead and suing Amazon for use of the term ‘App Store’ according to the Daily Telegraph. It’s a problem that over the years has upset the likes of Hoover, Biro and………….The Gramophone Company. Thomas Edison’s originalContinue reading “Apple sues Amazon over App stores. History goes round and round..like a record.”
The History of Recorded Music trailer. Is this going to be the Forest Gump of documentaries?
The History of Recorded Music is a major documentary series that has had a long and eventful gestation and has been “in post production” for some time; a description which can cover a multiple of sins from a stage in the production process through to the shelving of a project for whatever reason. It aimsContinue reading “The History of Recorded Music trailer. Is this going to be the Forest Gump of documentaries?”
Sound Of The Hound 