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Book SynopsisMusic writer Womack delivers a fascinating, in-depth look at the creation of Abbey Road, the Beatles'' penultimate album released 50 years ago.... Womack displays a detailed and insightful analysis that fans will hope he applies to the band''s other albums.? Publishers Weekly
Acclaimed Beatles historian Kenneth Womack offers the most definitive account yet of the writing, recording, mixing, and reception of Abbey Road.
In February 1969, the Beatles began working on what became their final album together. Abbey Road introduced a number of new techniques and technologies to the Beatles'' sound, and included Come Together, Something, and Here Comes the Sun, which all emerged as classics. Womack''s colorful retelling of how this landmark album was written and recorded is a treat for fans of the Beatles.
Solid State takes readers back to 1969 and into EMI''s Abbey Road Studio, which boasted an advanced solid st
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Music writer Womack delivers a fascinating, in-depth look at the creation of Abbey Road, the Beatles' penultimate album released 50 years ago.... Womack displays a detailed and insightful analysis that fans will hope he applies to the band's other albums.
* Publishers Weekly *
In the enjoyable deep dive Solid State, Kenneth Womack tells a detailed story of how the album came to be.
* FORWARD *
Womack has created an account of the Abbey Road sessions that is extremely well-researched and well-written. The timing of the publication is perfect, given the recent success of the 50th Anniversary Reissue of the album. It is well worth a read for die-hard fans, and even casual fans, who are interested in how this work of art was created.
* Spill Magazine *
Womack humanizes and demystifies the mythic status of the album and of the four Beatles, but not by diminishing their achievements... Solid State is as fine a tribute to the Fabs as one could hope for in 2019.
* Spectrum Culture *
If you are a studio nerd or a Beatles aficionado you will love this book.
* Aquarian Weekly *
Solidly entertaining.
* On the Seawall *
Kenneth Womack is an acknowledged Beatles archaeologist and archivist, and in this effort he undertakes a fine biography of this fine recording, taking it apart and reassembling it for us along the way...It is definitive indeed regarding the writing, recording, mixing and reception of Abbey Road.
* Criticsatlarge.ca *
Table of ContentsForeword by Alan Parsons, by Alan Parsons
Introduction: "Unmitigated Disaster"
1. EMI TG12345 Mk1
2. Stereophonic Sound
3. Tales of Men and Moog
4. "The Long One"
5. The Wind-Up Piano and Mrs. Mills
6. Virtuosi
7. Tittenhurst Park
8. Letting It Be
9. Solid State
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
