Buried Treasures & Beatles Audio Engineer Geoff Emerick
It's Buried Treasures time yet again. Jim and Greg share some new under-the-radar music that you need to hear! Plus, they revisit their 2006 conversation with Geoff Emerick, an audio engineer who worked on the classic Beatles albums Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Abbey Road. Emerick passed away this month at the age of 72.
Buried Treasures
So many records are released each year that many deserving albums get lost in the noise. This week, Jim and Greg unearth another set of Buried Treasures – recent musical gems that you may have missed, but deserve a place in your music library.
Greg:
- Ethers, "Something"
- Our Girl, "In My Head"
- Orquesta Akokán, "Rapidito"
- Camera, "Patrouille"
Jim:
- The Beths, "Future Me Hates Me"
- Matt Muse, "Getting To It"
- Alastor, "Slave To The Grave"
- Erthlings, "Bridges"
Plus, Jim and Greg welcomed music columnist Leor Galil of the Chicago Reader. Leor shared two of his own Buried Treasure picks:
- Foxing, "Nearer My God"
- Gia Margaret, "Birthday"
Geoff Emerick
Geoff Emerick was in the right place at the right time- starting a job at Abbey Road Studios just days before The Beatles recorded "Love Me Do." By the time they began recording Revolver, Emerick had been promoted to engineer. It was up to him to make John, Paul, George and Ringo's creative dreams a reality in the studio, a challenge Emerick recounted in his 2006 book, Here, There and Everywhere. He went on to work on Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, part of The White Album and Abbey Road.
Beyond The Beatles, Emerick worked with Art Garfunkel, Elvis Costello, Jeff Beck, Michael Jackson, The Zombies, Cheap Trick, Stevie Wonder and Wings. Emerick died October 2, 2018 at 72 years old.
We revisit Jim and Greg’s conversation with Emerick from 2006.
For more from Emerick and his work with the Beatles, listen to our classic album dissection of Revolver.
Featured Songs
- Gia Margaret, "Birthday," There's Always Glimmer, Orindal, 2018
- The Beatles, "Eleanor Rigby," Revolver, Parlophone, 1966
- The Beatles, "Getting Better," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967
- Ethers, "Something," Ethers, Trouble In Mind, 2018
- The Beths, "Future Me Hates Me," Future Me Hates Me, Carpark Records, 2018
- Our Girl, "In My Head," Stranger Today, Cannibal Hymns, 2018
- Matt Muse, "Getting To It," Nappy Talk, self-released, 2018
- Foxing, "Nearer My God," Nearer My God, Triple Crown, 2018
- Jungle, "Smile," For Ever, XL, 2018
- Orquesta Akokán, "Mambo Rapidito," Orquesta Akokán, Daptone, 2018
- Alastor, "Slave to the Grave," Slave to the Grave (Single), self-released, 2018
- Camera, "PATROUILLE," PATROUILLE (Single), self-released, 2018
- Erthlings, "Bridges," Bridges (Single), Future Classic, 2018
- Bēkon, "Cold As Ice," Get With the Times, Candy And Promises, 2018
- The Beatles, "Tomorrow Never Knows," Revolver, Parlophone, 1966
- The Beatles, "Yellow Submarine," Revolver, Parlophone, 1966
- The Beatles, "A Day In The Life," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967
- Jim Croce, "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)," You Don't Mess Around With Jim, ABC, 1972
- David Bowie, "Heroes," "Heroes", RCA, 1977
- MC5, "Ramblin' Rose," Kick Out the Jams, Elektra, 1969
- MC5, "Kick Out the Jams," Kick Out the Jams, Elektra, 1969
- Wayne Kramer, "Crack In the Universe," The Hard Stuff, Epitaph, 1995
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