On 15 Mar 1999: 14th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: #BillyJoel; #CurtisMayfield; #PaulMcCartney; Del Shannon; Dusty Springfield; #BruceSpringsteen; The Staple Singers; Charles Brown; Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys; and #GeorgeMartin.

Ted Tocks Covers - Year 9 - Day 20

Tin Man

Remembering George Martin through this classic from America.

“But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
That he didn't, didn't already have
And Cause never was the reason for the evening
Or the tropic of Sir Galahad”

#america #DeweyBunnell #gerrybeckley #danpeek #georgemartin #petersellers #shirleybassey #jeffbeck #cascade #chocolatemilk #incognito #evanolson #ivomeirelles #emmersonnogueira

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Tin Man – Chunks of Thoughts and Themes Put Together Into a Mosaic. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #America #DeweyBunnell #GerryBeckley #DanPeek #GeorgeMartin

From the files of “I did not know that”. George Martin produced ‘Tin Man’ by America. Yes, he produced America’s 1974 ‘Holiday’ album along with his trusted engineer Geoff Emerick. For Martin this …

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10 years ago today, #GeorgeMartin, British #recordproducer (The Beatles), died at 90.
#RIP 🕯️
"Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" is a #ChristmasSong by the English #rock band #theBeatles, originally recorded for their fifth fan club Christmas record, #ChristmasTimeIsHereAgain (1967). One of the few Beatles songs credited to all four members of the band, it consists of a #blues based backing track as well as #doubletracked vocals sung by them, #GeorgeMartin and #VictorSpinetti. The lyrics are mostly made up of the song's title refrain, repeated across nine verses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovX5bcIxTQ8
The Beatles - Christmas Time Is Here Again (Complete Version)

YouTube

Brooding Netflix detective show that feels like disappearing into a good book

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/dark-detective-thriller-netflix-show-36771532

New Book ‘George Martin: The Scores’ Reveals How the Beatles Producer Did It

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/george-martin-the-scores-book-beatles-1235499966/

#OnThisDay in 1926, #GeorgeMartin, British #recordproducer (The Beatles; Jeff Beck; America; The Goon Squad), born in London, England (d. 2016).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 💔🕊️

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Tomorrow Never Knows

Originally posted on November 19, 2018

Remembering #GeorgeMartin on what would have been his 100th birthday.

“Turn off your mind relax and float down stream
It is not dying, it is not dying
Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void,
It is shining, it is shining”

#thebeatles #johnlennon #georgemartin  #ourladypeace

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2018/11/19/tomorrow-never-knows/

Tomorrow Never Knows – The gateway song to the psychedelic era. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #The Beatles #JohnLennon #GeorgeMartin #OurLadyPeace

If you look back at the music of the ‘60s and monitor how the music evolved, you may be able to pinpoint the beginning of what became the psychedelic era to today’s feature song. ‘Tomorrow Never Kn…

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"When you’re young, you’re not only confident, but damned arrogant. I was full of myself and thought I was terrific. I didn’t realise how inadequate I was."

Remembering Sir George Henry Martin CBE who was born today 3rd January 1926.

#georgemartin #music #photography

📸 Peter Johns