Out Oct. 16, 2012.
Abbey Road studios have been on the cutting edge of recording for eighty
years, hosting some of the biggest names in music over the decades: the
Beatles, of course, who immortalized it with the title of their 1969
album; Pink Floyd; Kate Bush; Duran Duran; Radiohead; Florence and the
Machine. Any number of albums made here have gone gold or platinum,
picking up Grammys and other awards along the way.Famed producers
and sound engineers at the studios have developed groundbreaking new
techniques, including automatic double tracking at the instigation of
John Lennon. And it's also been a landmark in moviemaking: here were
recorded John Williams's original scores for five Star Wars films, as well the scores for the Lord of the Rings trilogy-two of them awarded Oscars.This
gorgeous book includes a full history and time line, facts and figures,
a discography with famous album covers from the 1930s to now, and a
wealth of never-before-seen photos and treasures from the studio's own
archive. It's an incredible document of cultural history, for anyone who
values music and how it's made.
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