Geoff Emerick, Beatles Engineer, Dead at 72
Geoff Emerick, an audio engineer best known for his work with the Beatles, has died, Rolling Stone reports. His agent confirmed that he had a heart attack. He was 72.
Emerick was an audio engineer who worked with EMI with a variety of bands. His first album working with the Beatles as chief engineer, under producer George Martin, was Revolver, and his first song he helped cut was “Tomorrow Never Knows.” He continued working with the band on their subsequent albums Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles (White Album), and Abbey Road. Emerick also worked on multiple Paul McCartney albums including Band on the Run. His other credits include the Zombies’ Odessey and Oracle, Elvis Costello’s Imperial Bedroom, and records by Kate Bush, Tim Hardin, Cheap Trick, Chris Bell, Badfinger, Supertramp, and many others.
Emerick won Grammys for his work on Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper’s, and Band on the Run. In 2006, he released his memoir Here, There, and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles.
