We held our final day of presentations today which saw displays from AJ (covering the Beatles), Lucas (San Francisco recording studios of the 1960's), Matt (Trident studios), and Sean (Abby Roads). Due to time restraints, each person had to condense their presentations a great deal. Therefore they were only permitted enough time to touch on key points and innovations.
Beatles: started with two track recordings, encouraged leakage of their music to give it a more live sound, I particularly found it interesting that they ruled the number one billboard charts for nearly a year, until their follow up album was released. The last real group album was the white album.
San Francisco recording studios of the 1960's: Origional Coast Records, Commercial Records, Columbus Records, Golden State Records, Misc. Recordings, New San Francisco Coast, Pacific High Recordings and Wally Heider Recordings.
Trident Studios: established in 1967. It was ranked one of three best studios in England. Recorded the highest selling single, "Hey Jude". The most interesting tidbit of info that I picked up was the idea that the studio was able to completely lose a grand piano.
Lastly, we looked at Abby Roads studios, much of the information here had already been covered in previous presentations. Sean spoke in great lengths about the Beatles, and George Martin. He also stated that it was here that Flanger and ADT were established. All in all, it was a pretty info intensive class. I look forward to the prospect of placing these presentations online so that I can later revisit and take my time to absorb the info better.
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