Maximum Volume

The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Early Years, 1926–1966

Ranked #70 in The Beatles, Ranked #90 in Beatles

Maximum Volume offers a glimpse into the mind, the music, and the man behind the sound of the Beatles. Martin’s working-class childhood, his education, and his musical influences at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama profoundly shaped his early career in the BBC’s Classical Music department and as head of the EMI Group’s Parlophone Records. These musical influences would become the fount out of which flowed the genius behind his seven years producing the Beatles’ incredible body of work, including such albums as Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts... more

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