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The early albums released from 1962 to March 1968 were originally on Parlophone, and their albums from August 1968 to 1970 were on their subsidiary label Apple. Their output also includes vault items, remixed mash-ups and anniversary box-sets. The Beatles are the biggest selling band of all time, selling over 500 million records. [1]
The first two Beatles albums, Please Please Me and With The Beatles, were recorded on the BTR two-track machines; [3] with the introduction of four-track machines in 1963 (the first 4-track Beatles recording was "I Want to Hold Your Hand" [4]) there came a change in the way recordings were made—tracks could be built up layer by layer ...
This is the discography of Apple Records, a record label formed by the Beatles in 1968. During its early years, the label enjoyed a fair degree of commercial success, most notably with Mary Hopkin and Badfinger , as well as discovering acts such as James Taylor and Billy Preston who would go on to greater success with other labels.
Apple Records is a British record label founded by the Beatles in 1968 as a division of Apple Corps Ltd. It was initially intended as a creative outlet for the Beatles, both as a group and individually, plus a selection of other artists including Mary Hopkin, James Taylor, Badfinger, and Billy Preston. In practice, the roster had become ...
By the mid-1960s, the Beatles became interested in tape loops and found sounds. [36] [37] Early examples of the group sampling existing recordings include loops on "Revolution 9" [37] (the repetitive "number nine" is from a Royal Academy of Music examination tape, some chatter is from a conversation between George Martin and Apple office manager Alistair Taylor, and a chord from a recording of ...
Trident Studios was a British recording facility, located at 17 St Anne's Court in London's Soho district between 1968 and 1981. It was constructed in 1967 by Norman Sheffield, drummer of the 1960s group the Hunters, and his brother Barry. "My Name is Jack" by Manfred Mann was recorded at Trident in March 1968, and helped launch the studio's ...
George Martin (pictured in 2006) was the Beatles' primary producer, producing nearly all of their recordings. He is sometimes referred to as the "Fifth Beatle". [3] Between 1963 and 1966, the Beatles' songs were released on different albums in the United Kingdom and the United States.
The Beatles did not pass the audition, but their manager, Brian Epstein, kept the reel-to-reel tapes to present to other record producers. Epstein arranged for the recordings to be pressed onto monoacetate discs, one of which was later heard by Parlophone producer George Martin , who offered them an audition which would turn out to be successful.