USA: SIR GEORGE MARTIN, THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED THE BEATLES TAKES TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

Record ID: 388541

  • Title: USA: SIR GEORGE MARTIN, THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED THE BEATLES TAKES TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE
  • Date: 29th July 1999
  • Summary: SLATE INFORMATION
  • Embargoed: 13th August 1999 13:00
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  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Entertainment,General
  • Reuters ID: LVAARSDVZKA6ZVYAWIN4Z0CYO2RH
  • Story Text: Sir George Martin, the man who discovered the Beatles, took a trip down memory lane last week.Martin and several thousand fans stepped back in time to revisit a collection of the fab four's music in a Beatles retrospective at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Friday (June 25).
    The last time Sir George Martin was at the Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl was more than thirty years ago.Then, in 1973, the 18,000 strong audience was made up mostly of teenage girls who screamed so much that the Beatles could barely be heard above the din.
    Three decades later Martin was back to celebrate the fab four's musical talents.Martin regularly collaborated with The Beatles and presided over some memorable musical passages in Beatle history.On Friday he conducted a sample of his collaborations, with some of the group's most popular hits accompanied by a thunderous symphony orchestra.
    The audience on Friday was more sedate than it had been 30 years ago, and this time around everyone could hear.
    Eleanor Rigby music, which was originally created for a string octet was blown up to symphonic proportions.Other songs, such as 'Yesterday', which did not have orchestral writing on the records also received the same treatment.
    Martin showed resourcefulness in 'In My Life', when he adapted his famous solo for strings to a symphony orchestra.
    As the evening unfolded, Martin introduced a mixed bag of guest rock, pop and classical performers, including two thirds of the Police -- Andy Summers on guitar and Stewart Copeland on drums -- Graham Nash, and The Bangles.
    All of them served up the John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison melodies, with varying success.Ringo Starr did not get involved with song writing, he stuck to his drums instead.
    The closest the evening came to having a reunion, though, was the Bangles.They haven't performed live on stage for ten years, but although they were a little hesitant in the beginning, they were soon coaxed into action by Sir George Martin.It was a 'Long And Winding Road' down memory lane for Martin, but he took some of Britain's best of pop with him.
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