Re: “Beatles for Sale” episode
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“I believe you would serve your audience better if you would offer historical context that helps explain why some things about the Beatles are the way they are. Geoff Emerick, for example, included in his memoir a fairly detailed description of a nine or ten hour recording session in which the Beatles rapidly recorded seven songs for “Beatles for Sale,”
and also took time to complete “Eight Day’s a Week.” This one-day session was squeezed into the Beatles’ only day off from a stretch in a tour. You did acknowledge in your episode that the band was tired from all their activity in prior months. But clearly they were almost running on fumes, yet there was an EMI deadline for completing a new album. What else would have necessitated recording half the record in ten hours if not a severe time crunch? With that kind of pressure, George Martin was loath to entertain too much creative exploration. For example, Emerick describes Martin spurning a suggestion from George Harrison that he could do his guitar part on one song better if he had another go; Martin tells him, no, they have to move on. The much-despised organ solo in “Mr. Moonlight” is another example, the result of Martin deeming Harrison’s sonically unusual guitar solo “too weird” (Emerick’s words). Again, the time factor resulted in a less-than-optimal situation to collectively think the problem through. I’m certainly not blaming Martin for the mixed achievement that is “ Beatles for Sale,” , nor do I fault the band. I don’t think blame or fault or excuses are at all required here. The album needed to happen because of a release schedule, and they drew from their past to get it done quickly. I mention all this because I would enjoy your show more if you balanced history with your opinions and arguments. More than a half century of Beatleness warrants actual Beatles scholarship, and there is plenty around today for you to draw upon.”
TWK71653 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/07/19
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