For the Beatlemaniac in your life… a stocking stuffer that's really Something
Who can argue with Ken Womack? Certainly, nobody who heard him speak earlier this month at the Morristown & Township Library, or who has read his new book, Solid State, The Story of Abbey Road and the End of The Beatles — a shiny stocking-stuffer for the Beatlemaniac on your Christmas list.
EMI TG12345 Mk1 was the first solid-state, eight-track recording machine used at the Abbey Road studio in London where the Fab Four recorded most of their hits.
With twice the tracks of their previous tube-driven gear, the TG console enabled the Beatles to expand their musical palette for Abbey Road. Although hailed by many fans as the crowning achievement of a seminal band at its creative peak, the Beatles’ final album confounded some critics who had trouble embracing its distinctly clearer, warmer sonic quality.
The warm sound is all the more remarkable considering the deepening chill within the group in 1969.
Somehow, Womack writes, the now-jaded lads from Liverpool managed to Come Together one last time.
Source: Kevin Coughlin/morristowngreen.com
