Geoff Emerick
Geoff Emerick ( born 1946 in London ) is a British sound engineer and music producer who became known for his work with the Beatles. With them he worked on the albums " Revolver", " Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band "," The Beatles " and" Abbey Road ".
Work
The first recording of the Beatles, who accompanied Emerick as the responsible engineer, was Tomorrow Never Knows (1966 ), after his predecessor Norman Smith was from then on worked as a producer. To Emericks authoritative inventions was to take John Lennon's voice through a Leslie speaker cabinet, which had a particular alienation of the vote result. He also revolutionized the recording technique for pop and rock productions by then brand new Mikrofonierungstechniken that apply today as a worldwide standard.
After the dissolution of the Beatles Emerick worked especially with Paul McCartney ( three albums ), and among others, with Elvis Costello, Art Garfunkel, America, Supertramp, Cheap Trick, Split Enz, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jeff Beck and Nellie McKay.
Published in 2006, Emerick his memoirs in a book called Here, There and Everywhere ( ISBN 1-59240-179-1, named after a song by the Beatles ) [ dt Issue: You're the Beatles! ISBN 3-442-36746-8 ]. Co - author was the music journalist Howard Massey.
In April 2007, Emerick worked, among others, along with Oasis, Kaiser Chiefs, Travis and Razorlight on a new recording of the Beatles' album " Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ". For this purpose he used the original recording technology from the year 1967. The result of this work was transferred to the 40th anniversary of the original album on BBC Radio on 2 June 2007.
Awards
- The more a Grammy for " Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band "and" Abbey Road " ( Beatles )
- Grammy for " Band on the Run " ( Paul McCartney )
- Grammy Award for his life's work as a sound engineer