How the Beatles Turned the Studio Into an Instrument

This episode traces how the Fab Four, with George Martin, Geoff Emerick, and engineers at Abbey Road, turned recording into a laboratory for sonic experimentation from 1965‑69. It examines tape loops on “Tomorrow Never Knows,” multi‑track orchestration on Sgt. Pepper, and the technology, business, and cultural forces that rewrote album-making. The story shows how these innovations forged studio craft as a core of rock history.

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