Nod to The Legend · The engineers · 1945–2018
Geoff Emerick
Beatles engineer
Barely 20 when he engineered Revolver, Emerick close-miked the drums, stuffed a sweater in the kick and ran Lennon's voice through a Leslie speaker for "Tomorrow Never Knows". Abbey Road's rules said he shouldn't.
Still heard: Close-miked, compressed drums became the rock norm.
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