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So Ringo said, 'Why don't we just shoot the cover outside and call it Abbey Road?': Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick on the recording of Abbey Road
By Joe Bosso published
A classic interview with the band's late chief engineer – "You could really see the joy in their faces as they played; it was like they were teenagers again"
Coldplay forced to play a show without one of their members for the first time in their history
By Ben Rogerson published
Guy Berryman was taken ill in Melbourne
Elvis Costello says that the gig he saw Justice play was “one of the great shows I've ever been to”
By Ben Rogerson published
He’s also been doubling down on his decision not to get into a songwriting spat with Olivia Rodrigo
"It has been a bit bewildering for us": Primus left “in complete shock” by drummer’s sudden departure
By Will Simpson published
Primus drummer quits, for the third time
Why Oasis’ Definitely Maybe was recorded twice
By Daniel Griffiths published
The Sawmills Studio team have shared memories of the sessions that became the band’s dynamite debut
Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith on Tears For Fears’ restless creativity and the beauty of independence
By Jonathan Horsley published
Orzabal and Smith talk collaboration, high-concept pop-rock production and songwriting chemistry, and why they've never been just a “couple of guys with synths and a backing tape”
Queen hated the drum sound on their debut so much that they “augmented” every beat for its reissue
By Jonathan Horsley published
Their eponymous debut is a stone-cold rock classic but Queen have never been happy with its sound, especially Taylor’s drums. For its “rebuilt” and renamed reissue, they forensically applied digital tech to transform the sound of each individual drum hit
Jon Hopkins reflects on being introduced to Coldplay by Brian Eno and his work on Moon Music
By Ben Rogerson published
Hopkins recently hit number 1 in the US and UK simultaneously thanks to his appearances on Coldplay’s Moon Music and Charli XCX’s Brat reworks album
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