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Compact Disc • One Way Records • S21-17794.
1966 • U.S.A • Reissue 1994.
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Back cover.
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Disc.
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Booklet.
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Booklet.
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Booklet.
Liner notes:
There is nobody-but nobody-more qualified than GEORGE MARTIN to instrumentally salute “THE BEATLE GIRLS”. For George has been recording director, friend and confidant to John, Paul, Ringo and George since the very beginning. Indeed, the man behind the scenes in every one of The Beatles’ fantastic skein of platter hits has been GEORGE MARTIN. In fact, it is sometimes difficult to imagine the tall, quiet-spoken Martin, who studied composition, oboe and piano at the London Guildhall School of Music, as being the very same gentleman responsible for making records that have sold approximately two hundred million copies throughout the world. In addition to the Beatles, some of the other artists involved in this unbelievable total are Gerry And The Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer, Cilla Black, Shirley Bassey and Rolf Harris.
If any one adjective must be chosen to describe the handiwork of GEORGE MARTIN, this adjective must be “imaginative”. His instrumental wizardry never fails to bring forth a new dimension to a song. Sometimes this is done by a deft and unusual blending of instruments. Occasionally it is handled by bestowing a beguine beat or a classical treatment to a tune that has only been previously heard as a Strictly pop entry. All of this and considerably more is delightfully present in “THE BEATLE GIRLS” by our GEORGE MARTIN. Like the cover says, this album is an instrumental salute to the ladies who have been immortalized for posterity by the fabulous British moptops. In addition
to the brilliant melodic magic of GEORGE MARTIN, there is one other ingredient present which makes our collection something very special. It is the very simple fact that when “THE BEATLE GIRLS” are to be saluted instrumentally, the logical talent for the job is GEORGE MARTIN!
PRODUCED BY GEORGE MARTIN
ReplyDeleteGeorge Martin Instrumentally Salutes "The Beatle Girls" is a 1966 album by George Martin & His Orchestra. It is the third in a series of albums by Martin, the Beatles' producer at the time, that consist of instrumental arrangements of Beatles songs.
It was released by United Artists Records on 28 November 1966 in the United States, with the United Kingdom release following on 3 March 1967.
Martin recorded the album following the sessions for the Beatles' 1966 LP Revolver.
The album is themed around Beatles songs that are titled after or refer to young women, although some of the tracks depart from this concept.
Author Robert Rodriguez comments that the inclusion of "Yellow Submarine" "remains unexplained" and the record's title is challenged further by the presence of vocals on "Eleanor Rigby".
The album was issued on CD in 1994 by One Way Records.