Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [VINYL]

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In 2005, the album was placed at number one on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". DB - I made a copy, put it on another tape machine, and when I was watching where the cutter heard was going, and was able to hit “go” on the other tape machine to make it play in the right spot – and it just worked. For the half speed, I was able to run the 30ips original at 15ips, so the system worked very well to accommodate the dynamic range and frequency response on the tape. And when I worked at EMI in Australia, there was an engineer there who had worked at Abbey Road at that time, named Richard Lush – I think he was the original assistant engineer on Sgt. Why, for example, should the first three notes of the harpsichord theme that introduces “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” be placed in the left channel, while the fourth (and others) find themselves in the right?

I had albums before that – but this one came along, and it was a combination of everything I had been listening to. He adjusted the threshold every time they sang the chorus, and momentarily adjusted an EQ on certain words as it was coming straight off the ¼” tape.And they were using 4 channels of a Studer tape machine, and bouncing it across to achieve the mixes - this is a difficult process. Don’t know if they did it originally that way - if that was how they planned it, or a pot-luck thing - but it worked.

I’d get in trouble as I didn’t produce any sides, but I was spending time working directly with clients. Soon, a red and white plastic clamshell model arrived, along with a Japanese pressing of Yellow Submarine. Then one day, a producer wanted to be present when the record was cut, and they told Richard they wanted to make adjustments.He boosted all of the vocals—as well as certain instruments—to the point where they’re right in your face.

That was also included on the tape, so I was able to match up the lock groove effect as per the original, so I was quite pleased with that! So I left CBS – sadly, as I rather enjoyed working there - and I joined RCA using this fantastic equipment they had purchased, cutting ABBA, Bowie and a number of great acts. give you an idea of what Sgt Pepper might have sounded like if the Beatles had chosen to go back on the road and play it live. And my mother was a bit of a bohemian - born in Paris during the 1920’s, her parents were members of the Lost Generation. There are moments where it sounds like a high-water mark of hippy-era optimism before disillusion set in.As well, my school careers adviser had suggested being a train driver, or bus driver instead (laughs). I’d been cutting records for ten years before I joined EMI, and so I came in relatively experienced, but I was amazed that every single day, there was a technician in the studio, making sure everything was working perfectly, noting any odd settings. Apart from Richard Harvey at CBS, who taught me the ground rules - and did a good job of it - I never actually had a formal education in mastering, as there were no courses in those days. The second CD—but not the second LP—also includes three alternate versions of “Strawberry Fields Forever” and two of “Penny Lane. Rather than inviting you into a fascinating world, as even the lousiest-sounding predecessors did, the new edition pushes you away.