OT: Beatles Producer George Martin passes

Submitted by CoverZero on

This is OT but surely there are some Beatles and music fans here.  Sir George Martin passed away at the age of 90.  George was the perfect producer for the Beatles and worked with many other legendary acts as well.  Ive always had a great admiration for George.  He was a man of talent, wisdom and had the tactful ability to pull out the best from talented artists.

So many musical legends have been lost this year already...  That era of music is long gone but has left us with so many tremendous songs, still being enjoyed by millions today. 

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/paul-mccartney-on-george-martin-…

Bando Calrissian

March 9th, 2016 at 1:51 PM ^

It's amazing the kind of symbiotic relationship Martin and the Beatles fostered. This was a guy whose production work had almost exclusively been classical and comedy records, who knew nothing about rock music. And a band of four guys who couldn't read music who could never imagine the genre boundaries Martin would help them cross. And all in the span of less than seven years, before the boys were even 30... It's insane.

Skiptoomylou22

March 9th, 2016 at 1:52 PM ^

Very very sad to hear. Such a huge contributor to music, movies, books and a genre itself. 30 #1 singles in the UK, 23 in the US. Man was a legend.

I will admit though, when I first read the news online I thought of the author (George RR Martin) and my heart sank. As if the Winds of Winter wait wasn't stressing me out enough!  

CoverZero

March 9th, 2016 at 1:55 PM ^

 

Brilliant stuff.  This kind of recording with the orchestra tracking in the same room as the singer (who is in the booth) is rarely done these days unfortunately. 

PopeLando

March 9th, 2016 at 3:32 PM ^

"...surely there are some Beatles or music fans here." That's like saying, "surely there must be some air in this room."

RIP George. What a genius. Helped create some of the most popular music ever. I gather that he hadn't been doing too well for a while - didn't his son help with the Beatles remastering and Anthology work?

m1jjb00

March 9th, 2016 at 7:18 PM ^

A family friend one time was on the Concorde sitting next to Jimmy Paige and gets up the nerve to ask him a question.  "I'm a huge Beatle fan, and I was wondering what you thought was the secret to their outsized success."  Paige responded, "We had a pretty good band back then you may have heard of, The Yardbirds.  The difference between all of us and the Beatles was George Martin."