"You can have the best gear in the world, but unless you've got a really good person dealing with it.." "..it doesn't mean a thing."

"..it's people that make it work, not technology. If you get the right people, you'll be OK. You can have the best gear in the world, but unless you've got a really good person dealing with it - and dealing with the client, of course - it doesn't mean a thing."

- Sir George Martin, http://www.recordproduction.com/sir_george_martin.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFPMrXpWX04 - Strawberry Fields Forever alternate version and George Martin interview



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2jHbwE4DdM&feature=related - Mono vs Stereo interview with George Martin

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/mersey/11814.shtml - a BBC interview with George Martin



"..George Martin and his team endlessly doubled up backing tracks in order to free up a track for a vocal or guitar solo. Even
Sgt Pepper, made in 1967, was recorded on only a four-track machine."

"Years later, in a television documentary about the making of 'Sgt Pepper', George martin asked Paul,
'Do you know what caused 'Sgt Pepper'?'
Paul replied, 'In one word, George, drugs. Pot.'
Martin protested, 'No, no. You weren't on it all the time.'
'Yes, we were, George. 'Sgt Pepper' was a drug album.'..."

- 'In the Sixties', Barry Miles