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Martin was so involved in the creative process he was closer to a 5th bandmember, and was sometimes called such by the Beatles. He had more involvement in the c
by TylerE 2y ago
Martin was so involved in the creative process he was closer to a 5th bandmember, and was sometimes called such by the Beatles. He had more involvement in the creative product than most producers, including writing and arranging the strings, brass, and winds parts that are all over later Beatles records, and appeared as an instrumental performer on over 25 Beatles tracks.
- gizajob 2y agoSo much that EMI have been fixing his work for 60 years now, in particular his decision to split the Beatles tracks arbitrarily between the two speakers for all the stereo mixes, despite the Beatles personal involvement in the mixing process for the mono mix downs which sound infinitely better.
- mgkimsal 2y agoThere just wasn't much focus on stereo until the late 60s. Most acts back then have stereo mixes that are not much more than an afterthought.
- TylerE 2y agoThat was how everything was mixed in the early days of stereo. Beatles actually got away from it sooner than many. Radio was all AM, which is mono.
- gizajob 2y agoEverything wasn’t mixed like that actually. It was a poor decision seen through to its end.