Re: Geoff Emerick claims: A Day In The Life


jt10824@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
tom@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
There are no reliable sources. Your ears are the best source.

With all due respect, Tom, that's a silly statement. Your ears can be
extremely misleading, especially when dealing with two people (Lennon
and McCartney) who are so good at imitating one another's voices. Not
to mention the addition of effects and other studio trickery.

Well, YOUR ears might be misleading;)

I think the best source are people who were actually there, people like
Emerick. They may not remember things with 100% accuracy all the time
(who does?) but there's a good chance they do, and, in conjunction with
common sense and your own critical listening, they will give you the
best clue. Emerick states with certainty that it was John, based on a
recollection he had of his assistant engineer Richard Lush taking the
initiative and having a conversation with Paul regarding the tight
drop-out point. Lush was also interviewed for Emerick's book, so one
has to assume that he corroborated the story before it was printed.
Plus, I haven't read anywhere else of anyone else who was actually at
the session stating it was Paul. Therefore, the only reasonable
conclusion (corroborated by my own ears, which tell me it's John
singing) is that it's John singing that part.

Emerick is especially forgetful, though of course well meaning. He has
certainly forgotten where "Blackbird" was recorded, hasn't he? ;) And
he was there...

It's nonsense to state flatly that ANY one book will get closer to the
truth than any other.

With all due respect, that statement is ridiculous. Research improves
upon research all the time, and Brian has spent more time researching
this subject than anyone else has, that is simply a fact. Anyone in
print anyway. Judge his efforts after you read..not before...

Personally, I put my money on books from people
who were actually there. If Geoff Emerick or George Martin (or one of
their assistants) or one of the four Beatles says that's the way things
happened, that to me is far more likely to be the truth than some other
research book written by a couple of guys who weren't there. At least
Mark Lewisohn was able to listen to the tapes firsthand, and view the
tape boxes and sessions sheets firsthand... yet even he made a few
mistakes.

Again, what is it...Geoff thinks "Blackbird" was recorded outside....or
something?? ;)


Being there seems like it would be the ultimate answer
......unfortunately, that's the whole point...it isn't always. George
could hardly remember anything when I would talk to him about guitar
sounds. And these were songs cut a year or so before. Not DECADES. And
you've seen all of them stumble around and try to remember whether "All
You Need Is Love" was written for the show, or was already hanging
around. They just don't know. Not always. Who does?

Ears.

It's Paul;)

(and we can agree to disagree and still not mean to offend)
TH

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