The 10 Oddest Things John Lennon Asked George Martin to Do for Beatles Albums

[Richland123]

The 10 Oddest Things John Lennon Asked George Martin to Do for Beatles Albums

http://www.vulture.com/2016/03/10-odd-john-lennon-requests-of-george-martin.html#

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Interesting read. Thanks for posting

 

[viribus]

Might be old to everyone else but this video gives a pretty good idea what the studio session for A Day In The Life was like. In addition to members of the Stones etc, I think Monkee Michael Nesmith is in there for a second.

 

[Bassamatic]

Great story! So lucky for us that they hooked up with George Martin who was able to realize all the wild imaginings of John.

 

[zontar]

Great story! So lucky for us that they hooked up with George Martin who was able to realize all the wild imaginings of John.

And that he was willing to do those things as well--some producers wouldn't have been so agreeable or helpful

 

[Rocker949]

But George Martin struck me as being unusually agreeable. He even apologized to George Harrison after the Beatles broke up that he hadn't given George more opportunities to be more a part of the Beatles music and that that had been a mistake.

 

[zontar]

But George Martin struck me as being unusually agreeable. He even apologized to George Harrison after the Beatles broke up that he hadn't given George more opportunities to be more a part of the Beatles music and that that had been a mistake.

Well he knew what he was doing much of the time...

 

[Rocker949]

Well he knew what he was doing much of the time...

That is the only mistake he made that I'm aware of. Even that was somewhat understandable.

 

[ptg]

I find it amazing that "making it" in this business requires so many fortuitous events to occur. I never knew until recently (I enjoy and respect the Beatles but am not a rabid fan.) how much George Martin shaped their music.
As talented as they were they found their muse and he was able to translate and interpret their ideas using a medium they had very little or, in some cases, zero knowledge of. Without him one could seriously question if they would have risen to the heights that they did.