George & Giles Martin: Remixing The Beatles
When The Beatles' record company tempted their producer out of retirement for one last project, no-one had any idea how radical the resulting album would be.
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When The Beatles' record company tempted their producer out of retirement for one last project, no-one had any idea how radical the resulting album would be.
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Paloma Faith’s new song ‘Only Love Can Hurt Like This’ has been recorded out of tune by about 50 cents. This means that unless you have a keyboard that can be detuned, you cannot play along! What would be the reason for doing this?
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