The news was initially confirmed by drummer Ringo Starr, through his Twitter account, where he posted a picture on white and black producer with the Beatles, along with a caption that read “Thank you for all your love and kindness. George you miss “and a second message that greeted the widow of producer, Judy Lockhart-Smith.
the producer who brought the Beatles to the pinnacle of success
Minutes later, he did the company itself CA Management, through one of its founders Adam Sharp, who reported that Martin had died “peacefully in his home last night.”
despite his immeasurable contribution to the work of the quartet of Liverpool, Martin kept a low profile, to the point of limiting their work only to the work in the studio without intruding on tours or issues related to the public image of the group.
for this reason, Martin himself always rejected the title of “fifth beatle”, saying that there were “other people, as the assistant Neil Aspinall, who deserve this title.”
His work revolutionized pop music including orchestral arrangements and innovations technology applied in works like “Sargent Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”.
in addition to his work with the “fab four” producer brought his talent for a lot of artists like Elton John, Pete Towshend, Dire Straits, Kenny Rogers, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, among others; as well as for the soundtrack of the film saga of James Bond.
In 1996 he was knighted in the United Kingdom in recognition of his contribution to British popular culture and cultural industry.
Born in London in 1936, in the midst of a working class family, the producer developed from a very young his interest in music by studying piano and oboe, which led a teenager to direct some orchestras ballroom dancing.
in addition to his work with the “fab four” producer brought his talent for a lot of artists like Elton John, Pete Towshend, Dire Straits, Kenny Rogers, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson
joined EMI in 1950 and, by 1955, he obtained a position in Parlaphone, one of the subsidiary company seals, where he devoted himself to seek new talent. Until 1962, the greatest achievements of Martin had been making records of some comedians like Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan.
However, this work was the one that won him the admiration of the members of the quartet of Liverpool from the outset, who liked this kind of recordings.
in July 1962, manager Brian Epstein approached a test tape of the Beatles, which aroused the interest of the producer, who despite not feeling dazzled by the material, saw the potential of the group.
Amid the furor that had caused Cliff Richard and the Shadows, the star of the moment EMI, the producer felt that the Beatles were able to repeat the event . However, he soon realized that the quartet had its own personality and that its formation a leading voice that stood out.
The first personal contacts between Martin and the Beatles were fundamental for the good relationship going to maintain throughout the years. The manager appreciated the audacity and greed of musicians to know technical issues related to the work of study.
The producer was also decisive in deciding the replacement of the then drummer Pete Best, noting not curdle with the rest of the group, both in the musical plane and personally.
in this context, Martin hired a sideman named Alan White for the recording of “Love me do”, but Beatles came to study with Ringo Starr and, after some testing, accepted the change.
in the early years of the group, the producer shored up the compositional work of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, at a time when it was not common for bands to write their own songs.
his figure was taking greater prominence as the quartet expanded their creativity with innovative but, so far, unworkable ideas. In this regard, include the string arrangements of songs like “Yesterday” and “Eleanor Rigby”, the use of a piccolo trumpet in “Penny Lane” or an Elizabethan piano “In my life”.
According to testimonies of Lennon and McCartney on several occasions, Martin was the “translator” of the ideas that they had but could not be carried out by technical ignorance. “George was important because we could say ‘here I want to sound like Bach’ or anything of that and he understood,” Lennon said in a note of 1971 to Rolling Stone.
In this regard, producer was accustomed to calls at any hour of the night of John or Paul because they had an idea and showed willingness to go to the studio to work on it.
But the main innovations of Martin techniques recording appeared in the second half of the ’60s, when the Beatles began an experimental stage in studies, largely driven by consumption of lysergic acid, the drug popular in those years.
“I want a sound that emerges from nowhere and reach the end of time” was the order bum Lennon for “a day in the life”, the producer decided with signs for an orchestra to touch what is occurs within a specified range of notes.
Another memorable contribution was the psychedelic organ is heard in “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite” where took a tape with music carrousel, the cut into pieces of 30 cm and mixed randomly.
by the end of the career of the Beatles as a group when its members had developed a difficult ego to control, Martin remained the only person to whom they listened, obeyed and respected.
in fact, after the frustrating experience of “Let It Be” and its chaotic sessions, when the end was imminent, the four of Liverpool agreed to abide by strict orders from producer to record a final drive to match what the trajectory of the group deserved. The result was the superb “Abbey Road”.
“George was important because we could say ‘here I want to sound like Bach’ or anything of that and he understood”
John Lennon
After the dissolution of the quartet in 1970, beatle Paul McCartney was the most required services Martin, who worked on “Live and let die”, “Ebony and Ivory” and “say, say, say,” among other recordings.
Martin and the Beatles reunited in 1995 for the “Anthology” definitive compilation of outtakes from the band of Liverpool, published in three double disc series, and a documentary history of the group, consisting of eight dVD’s and a ninth dedicated to making off.
in 1998, the producer released a remarkable album “in my life”, for which he convened different artists to perform versions of Beatles songs. There can be heard excellent performances of Robin Williams and Bobby McFerrin ( “Come Together”), Jim Carrey ( “I’m the Warlus”), Goldie Hawn ( “A Hard Day’s Night”) and Sean Connery ( “In My Life”) ., among others
despite having been associated with the Beatles, Martin will be remembered as a model producer, especially for its ability to enrich a musical work without disrupting its essence, and for his wit solving the traditional way issues currently solved by the single application of technology.
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