From:
lcargil99@gmail.com
LULU wrote:
In 1963, recordings produced by George Martin spent 37 weeks in the
number 1 position on the British charts. He earned approximately
2000 pounds for the year and did not receive a Christmas bonus
because he didn't qualify under EMI's executive guidelines.
That's the music business. Lulu ; )
It's especially the British music business - Martin was largely
at Parlophone, which was off the EMI nominal business. Lot of
comedy records ( The Goon Show for one ).
Around the same time ( 1961 ) Bob Newhart had a serious hit album
( "Button Down Mind" ) of comedy material. The industry did not
see comedy coming. Bob thinks it was mostly bought by young people
reproducing the "club" thing at home for cheap.
This is just me, but I prefer Jimmy Miller with the Stones to
George Martin with the Beatles. That approach was better used in
following years and closer to other recording paradigms for other
artists. But really? Among both their contemporaries, I'd say
Motown had the better sound prior to the move to LA.
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Les Cargill
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