Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles
by Geoff Emerick, Howard Massey
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Author: Geoff Emerick, Howard MasseyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2007-02-15
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Gotham
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Summary: 5 Stars
Few voices ring more true than someone who has been there and seen it first hand. That is why Emerick's book is so important. To hear the words of someone who helped record some of the greatest Beatles masterpieces...wow. His style is autobiographical without skimping on details. The writing is entertaining, honest, and carries authority.
I was very excited to get my hands on this book. So many volumes about the Beatles have been written about the Beatles by people who were far removed from the phenomenon. Many more are just general histories that seem to repeat the same worn out chestnuts. This book, though, is neither.
Geoff Emerick was right there in the studio helping to record the music from the ground up. He saw the group in its beginning stage, creative middle, and cantankerous end. His love of the Beatles pours through without ever becoming sappy or revisionist. He tells stories that are both flattering and warty for the fab four...Emerick does not hold back.
One interesting aspect to this book is that while 80% of it is about the Beatles themselves, the other 20% is about Emerick's life, his relation to EMI, George Martin, and Apple. While this might seem like a detriment, at first (who buys a Beatles book to read about someone else's life?) in Emerick's case it strengthens what he has to say. His aside story gives perspective on what it was like to work at the monolithic EMI studios, and how different it was to work at the carnival that was Apple Studios. These pieces of information round out the story and present Emerick as a character worth of appreciation in his own right.
Emerick describes some of the new techniques that were developed to get the kind of sound the Beatles were after, and some of the major obstacles that came from trying to do so in a studio as stuffy and antiquated as EMI. This was still a world where everything wasn't digital...it was possible to actually rip things apart, monkey with the wiring, and get a new sound. Emerick was a master of this.
Reading this book gave me perspective on how many people were there to help the Beatles develop their musical vision. It is easy to see "the boys" as the creative geniuses pouring talent in to EMI and to forget the support system that helped that to happen. Emerick's book reminds the reader, through eye-witness accounts and expert descriptions, that the Beatles phenomenon was the coming together of more than just four young men...a total pool of talent all came together at the right place at the right time to work the magic.
This book has great stories, details, and humor. Emerick's voice is apparent and this book never reads like a manual. I recommend it to anyone who wants to hear stories about the Beatles from someone who was actually there and shared in the creative creation of Beatles music.
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