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8 unusual facts about George Martin


Alistair Taylor

Taylor can be heard on "Revolution 9" apologising to George Martin and beseeching forgiveness for not bringing him a bottle of claret.

Chicory Tip

"Son of My Father" and "What's Your Name" were both recorded at George Martin's Air Studios.

Corner Stone Cues

Eton Path was released in February 2008 and was recorded at Sir George Martin's AIR Studios in London with engineering team Nick Wollage and Olga Fitzroy.

Greg Penny

In 1994, Penny produced Elton John's next studio album Made in England, collaborating with lyricist Bernie Taupin, arranger Paul Buckmaster, and Sir George Martin, who wrote the string and horn section for the song "Latitude".

John Langstaff

Several of his early recordings were made in London, with noted producer George Martin.

Rogério Duprat

Duprat's arrangements received much praise over the years, and he became known as the "George Martin of Tropicalia" and the "Brian Wilson of Brazil".

Sebastian Cluer

Affectionately referred to as their George Martin, Cluer's status on KvS saw him fulfill duties as Director, Series Director, Head Writer and Associate Producer among many other roles.

Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band

Recorded and engineered by Flemball Rasmartin, November '06 - January '07 at Bobby Peru's Scabby Road Studios, Milwaukee, Wisconsin


Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

Billy Connolly recorded a mostly spoken-word recording of the song for the George Martin compilation In My Life.

Leave My Kitten Alone

In 1994 George Martin remixed the song yet again, this time for the Anthology project (RM/RS '94); it finally saw official release on the project's first volume the following year.

Neville Farmer

As a writer on music and the music industry, he has been employed by Beatles producer, Sir George Martin, Peter Gabriel, Andy Partridge, the Bert Kaempfert Organisation, Abbey Road Studios and international publications such as Billboard, Music Week, Pro Sound News and Mix Magazine.

The Beatles in Mono

For example, in the case of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, all the mono mixes were done together with the Beatles themselves, throughout the recording of the album, whereas the stereo mixes were done in only six days by Abbey Road personnel George Martin, Geoff Emerick and Richard Lush after the album had been finished, with none of the Beatles attending.


see also

Arthur Patchett Martin

Martin was born in Woolwich, Kent, England, the son of George Martin and his wife Eleanor, née Hill.

Boots and Her Buddies

Martin grew up in Monmouth, Illinois where his father, George Martin, was a Monmouth College biology professor, and he spent three years attending Monmouth College, leaving his junior year to study at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and joining NEA in 1921 as a cartoonist.

Dark Visions

In September of 2013 Avatar Press began publishing a four-issue Skin Trade comic book series, written by Daniel Abraham and George Martin, with illustrated color covers and interiors by Mike Wolfer; it was completed in December of that year, and a graphic novel collected hardcover volume will follow.

Kitty Fisher

she was originally a milliner, whom Lieutenant-General (then Ensign) Anthony George Martin (d. 1800) reportedly introduced to London high life.

You Can't Do That

According to Mark Lewisohn's The Beatles Recording Sessions book, George Martin overdubbed a piano track to Take 9 on 22 May 1964 ostensibly for the album version of this song, but it was never used.