[78-L] STEREO<<<<>>>>PHONIC SOUNDDDDDDD ^

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Royal Pemberton" <ampex354 at gmail.com>
> True, Earl Okin did record at Abbey Road then.  Norman Smith was the
> producer, and things didn't go at all well, sadly.
>
> Parts of Elgar's FALSTAFF were among the first recordings at Abbey Road,
> 11/12 November 1931.
>
> The Beatles, thanks to George Martin, at first got Apple going by using 
> some
> of EMI's remote equipment.  You'll see a pair of REDD.51 desks (IIRC) 
> linked
> together to make a kind of 8 track desk that got them through the LET IT 
> BE
> sessions.
>
IIRC, the first recordings of the Beatles were done usin a cobbled-together
"8 track" system...which was actually two 4-track r2r recorders being used
simultaneously!

Steven C. Barr