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With Starr as their drummer, and Martin as their producer (who sometimes joined them in playing, to give the records a bigger sound), the Beatles became the most popular act in the history of [[show business]]. While Beatles [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]] wrote most of the band's songs, they were musically untrained, as Martin had been earlier. Martin helped [[development|develop]] their musical ideas. He helped the band learn to talk to other musicians about the sounds they wanted to make, and added a classical touch to many of their songs. His work with them made Martin famous. He was able to leave EMI to become a "producer for hire". He started his own [[company]], called Associated Independent Recording (AIR), with some other producers.

With Starr as their drummer, and Martin as their producer (who sometimes joined them in playing, to give the records a bigger sound), the Beatles became the most popular act in the history of [[show business]]. While Beatles [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]] wrote most of the band's songs, they were musically untrained, as Martin had been earlier. Martin helped [[development|develop]] their musical ideas. He helped the band learn to talk to other musicians about the sounds they wanted to make, and added a classical touch to many of their songs. His work with them made Martin famous. He was able to leave EMI to become a "producer for hire". He started his own [[company]], called Associated Independent Recording (AIR), with some other producers.

When the Beatles began to break up in 1969, Martin felt the [[tension]] between the band's members. He was sometimes [[criticize|criticized]] for not being able to "fix things", or solve their problems. He began turning down [[sessions]] with the band. He let the [[recording engineer]] or the members themselves do his job. Martin returned to help make their last album (titled ''[[Abbey Road]]'' after the location of the studio), after all the Beatles promised to work with him "like the old days", and let Martin take charge of the sessions once more.

When the Beatles began to break up in 1969, Martin felt the [[tension]] between the band's members. He was sometimes [[criticize|criticised]] for not being able to "fix things", or solve their problems. He began turning down [[sessions]] with the band. He let the [[recording engineer]] or the members themselves do his job. Martin returned to help make their last album (titled ''[[Abbey Road]]'' after the location of the studio), after all the Beatles promised to work with him "like the old days", and let Martin take charge of the sessions once more.

== After The Beatles ==

== After The Beatles ==

Paul McCartney, the most "[[conventional]]" (normal) Beatle, worked with Martin several times after the Beatles ended in 1970. John Lennon counted on Martin to turn his sometimes "way-out" ideas into finished records, but he did not always like the way Martin worked, and mostly produced his own solo recordings. [[George Harrison]], the youngest Beatle, found many of his songs and ideas rejected by Martin. Martin later said "I was always rather beastly to George," in trying to make more hit records. Harrison also produced (or co-produced) most of his own solo work. He even built his own recording studio after years of making records at Abbey Road. Martin praised Ringo Starr's "super-steady beat", and the sound his [[Drum kit|drums]] gave the Beatles records, but each later worked with other people.

Paul McCartney, the most "[[conventional]]" (normal) Beatle, worked with Martin several times after the Beatles ended in 1970. John Lennon counted on Martin to turn his sometimes "way-out" ideas into finished records, but he did not always like the way Martin worked, and mostly produced his own solo recordings. [[George Harrison]], the youngest Beatle, found many of his songs and ideas rejected by Martin. Martin later said "I was always rather beastly to George," in trying to make more hit records. Harrison also produced (or co-produced) most of his own solo work. He even built his own recording studio after years of making records at Abbey Road. Martin praised Ringo Starr's "super-steady beat", and the sound his [[Drum kit|drums]] gave the Beatles records, but each later worked with other people.

== George Martin Media ==

== George Martin Media ==

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File:Parlophone LP PMC 1202.jpg|The Beatles' first LP (produced by Martin)

File:Abbeyroadtomswain.jpg|A grand piano and 3 other treasured pianos in Studio 2 of Abbey Road Studios, London.

File:Abbeyroadtomswain.jpg|At Parlophone, Martin recorded many of his acts in Studio Two of [[Abbey Road Studios|EMI Studios]].

File:The Temperance Seven (1962).jpg|[[The Temperance Seven]], for whom Martin produced his first no. 1 composition

File:HMV 363 Oxford Street Plaque.jpg|A plaque unveiled by George Martin marking the location of a London office where EMI song publishers first heard Beatles demo recordings and pressed EMI to sign the group

File:Abbey road studios.jpg|"Picture of the Abbey Road studios. Taken by portum for wikipedia." from English Wikipedia.

File:Abbey road studios.jpg|[[Abbey Road Studios]], where Martin recorded Parlophone's artists

File:HMV 363 Oxford Street Plaque.jpg|A plaque unveiled by Martin marking the location of a London office where [[EMI]] song publishers first heard Beatles demo recordings and pressed EMI to sign the group

File:Beatles and George Martin in studio 1966.JPG|Martin working with the Beatles in EMI's Studio Two during ''[[Beatles for Sale]]'' sessions, 1964

File:Parlophone LP PMC 1202.jpg|The Beatles' first LP, ''[[Please Please Me]]'', produced by Martin

File:London - Oxford Circus - View ENE.jpg|Martin's AIR London operated in [[Oxford Circus]] from 1970 to 1991

 

 

File:London - Oxford Circus - View ENE.jpg|[[Oxford Circus]], where Martin's [[Associated Independent Recording|AIR]] London studio was based

File:George Martin.jpg|Beatles producer George Martin.

File:George Martin.jpg|Beatles producer George Martin.