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Geoff Emerick

Artist bio:
Recording engineer Geoff Emerick was undoubtedly the secret weapon in The Beatles’ legacy of recorded music. Joining the renowned Abbey Road studios as a mere teenager, he served as second engineer on most of the Fab Foursome’s earliest hits, including “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and “A Hard Day’s Night.” Incredibly, he was promoted to full engineer a few months shy of his twentieth birthday and shortly thereafter was awarded the coveted job of becoming The Beatles' full-time audio engineer.

Emerick was the genius behind the board for the group’s most adventurous forays, including the legendary Revolver and Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band albums, as well as the live worldwide television broadcast of “All You Need Is Love” (the first time such a feat was ever attempted) and what was perhaps the greatest double-sided single of all time: “Penny Lane” / “Strawberry Fields Forever.” In the face of growing tensions within the band, Emerick departed midway through the recording of the White Album, only to return for what many consider The Beatles’ crowning glory—Abbey Road.

In the thirty years since the dissolution of the group, Emerick has forged an active career as an engineer and record producer, and continues to work with Paul McCartney on many of his solo efforts (including the acclaimed Band On The Run) as well as with other major artists such as Elvis Costello (producing his hit Imperial Bedrooms album), Art Garfunkel, Cheap Trick, Badfinger, America, Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin, Robin Trower, Split Enz, and Ultravox.

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