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1958? – Tom Size is born this day in rock history!

Tom Size – Discography

2009 – Phil Spector Found Guilty of Killing Actress. Mr. Spector post engineered Let it be… the album. The man behind hits like “Da Doo Ron Ron,” and “You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feeling,” and The beatles post production of “Let it be”, and Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee, was convicted Monday for the murder of a aspiring actress, Lana Clarkson, at his mansion in 2003.
A 68 year old Spector, faces at least 18 years in prison. Spector argued that it was a case of suicide. Convicted of 2nd degree murder and Discharging a firearm.

2008 – AES San Francisco 2008

Special Event

Friday, October 3, 4:30 pm — 6:00 pm

Geoff Emerick/Sgt. Pepper

Abstract:
Marking the 40th Anniversary of the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Geoff Emerick, the Beatles engineer on the original recording was commissioned by the BBC to re-record the entire album on the original vintage equipment using contemporary musicians for a unique TV program.

Celebrating its own anniversary, the APRS is proud to present for a select AES audience, this unique project featuring recorded performances by young UK and US artists including the Kaiser Chiefs, The Fray, Travis, Razorlight, the Stereophonics, the Magic Numbers, and a few more—and one older Canadian, Bryan Adams.

These vibrant, fresh talents recorded the original arrangements and orchestrations of the Sgt. Pepper album using the original microphones, desks, and hard-learned techniques directed and mixed in mono by the Beatles own engineering maestro, Geoff Emerick.

Hear how it was done, how it should be done, and how many of the new artists want to do it in the future. Geoff will be available to answer a few questions about the recording of each track and, of course, more general questions regarding the recording processes and the innovative contribution he and other Abbey Road wizards made to the best ever album.

APRS, The Association of Professional Recording Services, promotes the highest standards of professionalism and quality within the audio industry. Its members are recording studios, postproduction houses, mastering, replication, pressing and duplicating facilities, and providers of education and training, as well as record producers, audio engineers, manufacturers, suppliers, and consultants. Its primary aim is to develop and maintain excellence at all levels within the UK’s audio industry.

2008 – 125th Audio Engineering Society Conference kicks off from Oct. 1-5.

For over 60 years, the AES has been the largest gathering of audio professionals and enthusiasts on the globe, attracting delegates from over 100 countries worldwide.

The pro audio exhibition, technical sessions, exhibitor and application seminars are but a few of the assets that our visitors and participants benefit from.

http://www.aes.org/events/125/

Elvis Presley

2004 – Elvis Presley fans expressed their anger at plans to cut up a rare tape of the singer’s early songs and sell the snippets at auction. The tape, which featured a recording made by Presley during the early 1950s, was now too fragile to play. US firm Master Tape Collection said the tape would be cut into two-inch snippets and sold for £270 ($460) each.

2003 – Police in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 lost tapes made the Beatles in raids on bootleggers. Wow… Sting… that’s a rare find!  LOL

1999 – The Recording Industry Association of America declares the Eagles’ Greatest Hits 1971-1975 the best-selling album of the century. The 20th century’s biggest single is Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 1997.”

1999 – George Martin, who produced most of the Beatles albums, lends his reputation and four decades of music business experience to a start-up Internet company catering to unsigned bands. Martin announces that he will serve as chairman of the advisory board for Garageband.com.

1996 – Record producer George Martin received a Knighthood, also music promoter Harvey Goldsmith became an MBE and Van Morrison an OBE.

1996 – the second Beatles Anthology series was released. The album featured ‘Real Love’, a track the remaining members of the Beatles recorded using an old demo track of John Lennon’s. The song was first recorded by Lennon in 1977 with a handheld tape recorder on his piano at home, it originated as part of an unfinished stage play that Lennon was working on at the time entitled “The Ballad of John and Yoko.”

1973 – Riding high on the success of Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd begin sessions for their new album, declaring they intend to use only household objects to make the music. Very avant-garde. They later ditched the idea to record Wish You Were Here.

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