already alluded to above, was that the previous remixes of the Beatles’ back catalogue that he had been involved in were met with a chorus of widespread approval.Įven so, fans’ heads must have been spinning when the 50th anniversary remix of Sgt. The first was that Giles Martin, the son of the late, great Sir George Martin, is widely respected and regarded as a safe pair of hands. Pepper’s remix to celebrate its 50th anniversary wasn’t immediately met with howls of derision. However, there are two reasons why the news of a Sgt. If anything in rock music is sacrosanct, this is it. Pepper’s is the most iconic album by the world’s most iconic band and the Big Bang of rock music as we know it today. Pepper’s became the best-selling album of the 1960s, and remains the Beatles’ best-selling studio album of all time, with an estimated 32 million sales to date. A dazzling blend of rock & roll with vaudeville, big band, blues, jazz, Western and Indian classical music, music hall, chamber music, circus music, psychedelia and more, Sgt. Pepper’s were the first use of DI, extensive pitch control using varispeed, elaborate bouncing between four-track tapes, a process called ADT, aka artificial double-tracking, close-miking the drums, and more. Photo: Apple CorpĪmongst the technological innovations Martin Sr. Pepper’s marked the Beatles’ definitive transition from being a live band into studio experimentalists. Producer George Martin, often called “the fifth Beatle”, called it a time of “almost continuous technological experimentation”, and could have added that it also was an era of almost continuous musical experimentation. Pepper’s between November 1966 and April 1967, spending most of an unheard-of 700 hours studio time in Abbey Road Studio 2. The reactions were amazing! People really liked them. So while we certainly were worried about being accused of repainting the Sistine Chapel, what we had done before gave us the confidence that we could successfully remix Sgt. In the process we also thought of ways of turning early mono mixes into stereo, so we started remixing all these number ones both for stereo and 5.1. A while back the remaining Beatles asked us to remix all their number ones for 5.1 for the song videos that were to be included in the 1+ boxed set, and to do good 5.1 mixes we had to go back to the original four-track tapes.
I’ve been working on Beatles material since the Love project, and Sam and I have done various other Beatles projects together. “The main reason we did it is because we knew we could, from experience. Sam Okell has been an Abbey Road engineer since 2000.“It’s a question we asked ourselves!” replies Martin. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is arguably of similar cultural significance, so why would you choose to remix it? The question is pertinent, because this is exactly what producer Giles Martin and Abbey Road senior engineer Sam Okell have done to commemorate the album’s 50th anniversary. No-one in their right mind would consider repainting the Sistine Chapel, or ask Damien Hirst to rearrange the stones at Stonehenge. Pepper’s album was mixed twice on its original release. Over the years, Giles Martin has gradually stepped into the shoes of his father, Beatles producer Sir George Martin. Bitch, go check the news, I'm tryna tell you, shit gеt real, shorty Nigga think he tough and he untouchablе, let's be real, shorty Niggas getting mad, he thirty-eight, what you gon' do about it? Niggas steady lying, he telling stories, we can hit 'bout it Nigga hear that switch, he get to sprinting, nigga still slidin' Niggas love the net, but he won't say it, but he'll still type it He was in that cell, thought y'all was close, he ain't still write 'em Heard he checking out, he on that paper, yeah, he snitched probably He get no respect, that boy a bitch, he shouldn't have been talking Shh, bro, be quiet, you hear that shit? Go grab that blick, brody Turn it down and bronem be on point, they tryna blitz somethin' We shootin' out the window, fa-fa-fa, nigga's still running Got a blick but ain't gon' use it, how that work? Nigga shoot somethin' Better not make the wrong move, he say he clutchin', I ain't worried 'bout it Dissin' on your dawg, you must not care 'cause he ain't slide 'bout it Talking to my.