The Beatles (People)

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Klaus voorman

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He was an German artist, who did the cover art for the Revolver album for the Beatles. Usually done by Robert Freeman.

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Norman Smith

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Was the original sound engineer for the beatles. Did the first 6 albums for the beatles.

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Geoff emerick

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Was substituting for Norman Smith. EMI had manuals on how to lead recording studios, but Geoff didn’t care about these guidelines. He actually went into the recording area, and he would move mics.

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Ken townsend

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Another innovation created during the Revolver sessions was automatic (or artificial) double tracking, known as ADT. This eliminated the need to double-track (twice record) instruments to create a fuller sound, and was invented by EMI's Ken Townsend.

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Mal evan

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Was apart of the Beatles inside group, hang out with them on vacation and what not.

-Mal Evans was The Beatles' road manager and personal assistant, and a key member of their inner circle.

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Neil aspinall

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Neil Aspinall was a childhood friend of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, and became The Beatles' road manager, personal assistant and manager of Apple Corps.

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Alan civil

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Alan Civil was the principal horn player for the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Played the french horn in the song “for no one” on revolver.

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David Mason

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Did the picolo trumpent solo on SGT PEPPERS Paul had recently heard a performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos on TV, so he requested a piccolo trumpet solo (performed by David Mason). This famously difficult solo was written by Paul and transcribed by G.Martin.

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Brain Epstein

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Before his death in 1967 he would make his fortune as manager of The Beatles, as well as Gerry and the Pacemakers, Cilla Black and Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas.

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Alistair Taylor

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Alistair Taylor was the personal assistant to The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein, and later the general manager of Apple Corps.

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Derek Taylor

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Was the press agent for the Beatles. Derek Taylor was The Beatles' press officer, close friend to all the group's members, and a noted journalist and music publicist.

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Dick James

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was the co-founder of Northern Songs. Epstein went with him instead of a big publisher because he was hungrier for success.

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The Beach boys

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They had a friendly rivalry against each other in which they would inspire songs about each other.

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Peter Blake

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Did the design for SGT PEPPERS front album, cost 3000 pounds, very expensive at the time.

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The Maharishi

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Met him in london in august 1967 after Pattie Boyds introduces them. Attended meditations in Bangor, whales. They got the beatles to publicly renounce drug use (LSD).

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Rishikesh

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is a city in India and Was the last extended time John and Jane asher were together he would move on to yoko afterwards.

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Donovan BBC–Our World

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Yoko ono

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Lennon changed as a person after meeting her. She was an artist with a kid before meeting John. They end up having a kid toghther. John falls madly in love with her.

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Magic Alex Madras

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Was a former teen science prodigy, Lennon nicknamed him Magic Alex because of his impressive technological and scientific knowledge. Lennon often called him his "guru", and he became part of The Beatles' extended entourage after they stopped touring

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Allen Klein

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Originator of the modern music business manager role. Paul didnt want him but ended up becoming the de facto manager for the beatles. Klien turned apple corps into a profitable company. And resigned contracts with EMI.

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Apple corps

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Epstein;s last idea/legacy. Was set up so they could get a tax break of 2 million dollars in britain. Originial idea: Was to set up merchandise stores around the world → went to music instead. Had seperate sub divisions → Films, electonrics, publishing, record, boutique and studio

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Northern songs

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Was founded in 1963. Was set up to publish all of lennon-Mccartney compositions. Company goes public. In 1969 they tried to get the rights to the beatles songs but was out bid by ATV→ Micheal Jackson.

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Al Brodax

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Was in charge of the Beatles animated series. A cartoon series featuring The Beatles began on this day in the United States. Simply titled The Beatles, it ran until 1969 on the ABC network, with 39 episodes produced over three seasons.

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Billy preston

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Billy Preston first met The Beatles while touring with Little Richard's band in 1962. At the time The Beatles were the opening act, and were yet to find fame beyond their home city. George was angry and saw a concert in which he was playing in, Brought him back to the studio to eaze tensions with the group.

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Gyln Johns

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. Johns was invited to work on the record (let it be) in 1969 and accepted under the assumption that he would be the engineer under long-time band producer George Martin. Didn't like album at all.

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Phil spector

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The legendary record producer Phil Spector was drafted in to work on the abandoned Let It Be project, which was released as The Beatles' final album. After the group's split he worked on solo recordings by John Lennon andGeorge Harrison.

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Fred Labour

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What many do not know is that the rumor might not have come to their attention at all except for a mischievous young U-M natural resources student named Fred LaBour. Indeed, if the McCartney death rumor can be called a modern myth, then Beatles expert Devin McKinney may be correct to identify LaBour as its Homer.

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May pang

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In 1970, May Pang was employed at Allen Klein's ABKCO Records, which at the time represented John Lennon,George Harrison and Ringo Starr. She worked on Lennon and Yoko Ono's film projects Fly and Up Your Legs Forever, after which she was asked to be their personal assistant in New York.

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Plastic ono band

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Plastic Ono Band is a band formed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969 as a vehicle for their collaborative and solo projects. Lennon and Ono had begun a personal and artistic relationship in 1968, collaborating on several experimental releases.

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Wings (the band)

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Wings, also known as Paul McCartney and Wings, were an Anglo-American rock band formed in 1971 by former Beatle Paul McCartney with his wife Linda on keyboards, session drummer Denny Seiwell, and formerMoody Blues guitarist Denny Laine. Wings were noted for frequent personnel changes as well as commercial success, going through three lead guitarists and four drummers. However, the core trio of the McCartneys and Laine remained intact throughout the group's existence and McCartney continued playing bass and other assorted instruments, just as he had done with The Beatles.

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The fireman band

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The Fireman is the duo of Paul McCartney and Youth (Martin Glover), which records electronic music experiments. Although the members of the band had officially remained anonymous until 2008,[1] their names had been known to the public since soon after the release of their first album.[2]

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The Traveling Wilburys

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The Traveling Wilburys (sometimes shortened to the Wilburys) were a British-American supergroup consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty. The band recorded two albums in 1988 and 1990, though Orbison died before the second was recorded.

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Apple Records

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Launched by The Beatles in 1968, Apple served as the new outlet for their own recordings as well as the music of an eclectic roster of artists who were all personally brought to the label by The Beatles (individually and/or collectively).

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Anthology Project

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The Beatles Anthology is the name of a documentary TV series, a three-volume set of double albums, and a book focusing on the history of the Beatles. Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr all participated in the making and approval of the works, which are sometimes referred to collectively as the Anthology project.

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Love/Cirque du Soleil

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Love is a 2006 theatrical production by Cirque du Soleil which combines the re-produced and re-imagined music of the Beatles with an interpretive, circus-based artistic and athletic stage performance. The show plays at a specially built theatre at the Mirage in Las Vegas.

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Zapple

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Zapple Records, an Apple Records subsidiary run by Barry Miles, a friend of McCartney, was intended as an outlet for the release of spoken word and avant garde records, as a budget label.[8] It was active from 3 February 1969[9] until June 1969, and only two albums were released on the label, one by Lennon and Ono (Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions) and one by Harrison (Electronic Sound)

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Songwriting rights

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The broad bundle of rights that are associated with a musical copyright are known as “music publishing rights"

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String octet

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A string octet is a piece of music written for eight stringinstruments, or sometimes the group of eight players. It usually consists of four violins, two violas and two cellos, or four violins, two violas, a cello and a double bass.

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Lowrey Organ

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The Lowrey organ is an electronic organ named for its developer, Frederick Lowrey, a Chicago-based industrialist and entrepeneur. During the 1960s and 1970s, Lowrey was the largest manufacturer of electronic organs in the world.

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Feedback

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the return to the input of a part of the output of a machine, system, or process (as for producing changes in an electronic circuit that improve performance or in an automatic control device that provide self-corrective action)

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Leslie Cabinet

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A Leslie speaker in a clear plasticcabinet. The Leslie speaker is a combined amplifier and two-way loudspeaker that projects the signal from an electric or electronic instrument, while modifying the sound by rotating the loudspeakers.

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ADT

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Phasing

(Electric)

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the modification of the sound signal from an electric guitar or other electronic instrument by introducing a phase shift into either of two copies of it and then recombining them.

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Flanging

(Audio)

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Flanging is an audio process that combines two copies of the same signal , with the second delayed slightly, to produce a swirling effect.

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Swarmandel

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The swaramandal ( pronunciation:[s̪ ʋər m ən̪ɖəl̪]; Hindi: स्वरमण्डल;) or Indian harp is an Indian zither that is today most commonly used as an accompanying instrument for vocal Hindustani Classical music. The name combines swara (notes) and mandal (group), representing its ability to produce a large number of notes; it is also known popularly as Sur-mandal.

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Dilruba Tamb(o)ura Tabla

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