Working with the Beatles and othersĪs assistant engineer, Emerick worked on numerous early recordings by the Beatles, and also helped record other artists for the label, including Judy Garland. As a new recruit, Emerick was not entitled to get over-time pay, but was lucky enough to witness the first-ever EMI recording session by the finalised line-up of the Beatles in 1962, during which the group recorded for the first time with new drummer Ringo Starr on what would eventually become their first hit single “ Love Me Do“. On his second day of work at EMI, Langham was assigned to be the assistant engineer of Norman Smith, who would be doing the first recording session of the Beatles in the evening. To familiarise him with his work, he was placed under the supervision of another assistant engineer, Richard Langham.

Biography Early career at EMIĮmerick began working as an assistant engineer at EMI at the age of 15. Emerick won four Grammy Awards for his work in the music recording field. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles and Abbey Road. He worked with the Beatles on their albums Revolver, Sgt. Emerick also brings to light the personal dynamics of the band, from the relentless (and increasingly mean-spirited) competition between Lennon and McCartney to the infighting and frustration that eventually brought a bitter end to the greatest rock band the world has ever known.Geoffrey Emerick (5 December 1945 – 2 October 2018) was an English recording studio audio engineer. In Here, There and Everywhere he reveals the creative process of the band in the studio, and describes how he achieved the sounds on their most famous songs. Pepper and Abbey Road albums, considered by many the greatest rock recordings of all time. Emerick would also engineer the monumental Sgt. Then, in 1966, at age nineteen, Geoff Emerick became the Beatles' chief engineer, the man responsible for their distinctive sound as they recorded the classic album Revolver, in which they pioneered innovative recording techniques that changed the course of rock history. In 1964 he would witness the transformation of this young and playful group from Liverpool into professional, polished musicians as they put to tape classic songs such as 'Eight Days A Week' and 'I Feel Fine.' He later worked with the Beatles as they recorded their singles 'She Loves You' and 'I Want to Hold Your Hand,' the songs that would propel them to international superstardom.

Geoff Emerick became an assistant engineer at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in 1962 at age fifteen, and was present as a new band called the Beatles recorded their first songs. An all-access, firsthand account of the life and music of one of history's most beloved bands-from an original mastering engineer at Abbey Road

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