Abbey Road
eBook - ePub

Abbey Road

The Inside Story of the World's Most Famous Recording Studio

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Abbey Road

The Inside Story of the World's Most Famous Recording Studio

About this book

Theincredible history of how Abbey Road became the most famous recording studio inthe world. "There are certain things that are mythical. Abbey Road is mythical."—Nile Rodgers Many people will recognize the famous crosswalk. Some visitors may have graffitied their name on its hallowed outer walls. Others might even have managed to penetrate the iron gates. But what draws in these thousands of fans here, year after year? What is it that really happens behind the doors of the most celebrated recording studio in the world? It may have begun life as an affluent suburban house, but it soon became a creative hub renowned around the world as a place where great music, ground-breaking sounds, and unforgettable tunes were forged.It is nothing less than a witness to, and a key participant in, the history of popular music itself. What has been going on there for over ninety years has called for skills that are musical, creative, technical, mechanical, interpersonal, logistical, managerial, chemical and, romantics might be tempted add, close to magic. The history of Abbey Road may just make you believe.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Foreword
  6. Intro: The Long and Winding Road
  7. Chapter 1: The Fat, the Jolly and the Covent Garden Shuffle
  8. Chapter 2: A Home Fit for Divas, Knights of the Realm and Weeping Piano Players
  9. Chapter 3: Al Bowlly, the Microphone and the Invention of Intimacy
  10. Chapter 4: Noël Coward and Gracie Fields Take on Hitler
  11. Chapter 5: George Martin, Tape and the Smell of Money
  12. Chapter 6: Cliff, the RS 124 and the Quest for Rough
  13. Chapter 7: Hazel Yarwood, the Class System and Stereo
  14. Chapter 8: The Beatles, the Compressor and the Capture of Delight
  15. Chapter 9: ‘The Greatest Recording Organisation in the World’
  16. Chapter 10: ‘Sgt Pepper’, J. S. Bach and Bending the Current
  17. Chapter 11: Pink Floyd, a Cow and Eight Tracks in Search of Strange
  18. Chapter 12: Roy Harper, Harvest and Endless Overtime
  19. Chapter 13: Jacqueline du Pré, the Clit Factor and the Man Who Could Hear Hair
  20. Chapter 14: Pinky, Perky, Manuel and Light Music by the Yard
  21. Chapter 15: The Record that Ate the World and Played the Whole Building
  22. Chapter 16: Steve Harley, Alan Parsons and the Commercial Value of Silence
  23. Chapter 17: Ken Townsend Changes the Toilet Paper, the Name and the Business
  24. Chapter 18: ‘Star Wars’ Sets Down in God’s Aircraft Hangar
  25. Chapter 19: Tina Turner, the CD Gold Rush and the Appliance of Science
  26. Chapter 20: Noel Gallagher, a Flugelhorn and the Importance of the Sewers
  27. Chapter 21: Guy Hands, English Heritage and Monetizing the Brand
  28. Chapter 22: Upmixing the Past and Remixing the Future
  29. Outro: The Road Goes on for Ever
  30. Photographs
  31. Acknowledgements
  32. About the Authors
  33. Playlist
  34. Bibliography
  35. Sources
  36. Index
  37. Picture Acknowledgements
  38. Copyright