In The Studio

This is something to this day I would kill for to see. The Beatles in the studio putting together a new album. Of course the 5th Beatle ( George Martin ) would hang out mostly in the booth somewhere in the studio (above in the window ). I think alot of people don't give Martin the credit he deserved for how the final album sounded. This was part of the magic. The group wanted new different sounds & effects and George would make it happen.He was a very lucky person to end up where he did, when he did. Thank you for all the great things you helped with to make the Beatles sound their absolute best.

George Harrison-The "not so quiet" Beatle

Next to John Lennon, I think George was my next favorite Beatle. He wasn't as vocal as John, but, I can definately identify with him. I've always been a loaner; usually went along with the crowd. This is not to say that George didn't follow a path of his own. As he grew up with his brothers,( Paul, John, & Ringo ) George was alot more spiritual than the other Beatles.( in my opinion of course ). He entwined his spirituality with what he learned from the Dali Lama in India. He incorporated Eastern music into some of the songs he wrote for some of the Beatles albums. He taught himself along with the teachings of Ravi Shankar how to play sitar; one of the things I feel made some of his songs very special to himself and to me. He put more emphisis into spiritual things over material things. I, along with many other people felt a great loss when he left us; I wish I could have had the honor of meeting George and talking with him about his life. I think I could have learned a few things from George that would have helped me to put my life into better perspective. I've found there isn't anything more crucial to put life into perspective than the death of someone meaningful. I'm hoping that when I do die that I get that chance to see all the people that played into some part of my life. Years ago, I lost 3 of my friends at very early ages; within the span of 1 month. Way before their time. That put many insignificant bullshit things in my life into a whole new perspective. I now have a wife, my soul mate & a 15 year old son both of which I would die for. They're what keeps my life in perspective now. I miss George Harrison and John Lennon very much. But I thank them for their music; it helped me through some very hard times.

Back to Vinyl-MFSL Beatles Black Box

Is there anyone else on the web that bought a copy of the Beatles Black Box Collection from Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs? ( MFSL ). If you don't know what this is, MFSL is a record company that choose the best sounding Original Master 1/2" audio tapes, played them at 1/2 speed, at the same time ran the lathe that cut the metal negative albums that would be used to stamp the vinyl positive albums that we used to play on our turntables.This would give the lathe twice the time to carve every nuance of sound from the master tapes.The vinyl used was special from Japan that you could see through if held up to a light.To make a long story short, they did this with the original master tapes from the 13 English Beatle albums and the sound was amazing.There's a web site that MFSL is running now that tells what albums besides the Beatles that were made & now they record old & new albums on gold plated CD's, again using only original 1/2" master tapes.

John Lennon Day

There is another website on the web that is trying to get enough signatures to nationally declaire October 9th as a holiday. Officially " John Lennon Day. " The site is " www.johnlennonday.com ". Sign up, and tell all your friends to tell their friends to tell their friends so we can make this a reality.

Day of silence

I wanted to share this story related to the death of John Lennon.On the Sunday after John was killed, we all met at my sister-in-law's house ( off of South Mountain Road, in New City (Rockland County, NY ) to observe the 10 minutes of silence that was to happen at the same time all over the world. It was a bright sunny day, but very cold. When the 10 minutes of silence started, the sun was still shining but it started to snow heavily; as if John was crying and letting us know how much it meant to him that the whole world was doing this for him.I say this because as soon as the 10 minutes ended, so did the snow that left a rainbow in the sky. Coincidence?