He was as British as one could wish for in the selfish, extroverted world of pop. This was not least reflected in his ironically imbued self-perception. He never took his job and his merits as a producer as an opportunity to put his own person in the foreground. He preferred to step back behind the work and praise the artistic genius of his clients. At a time when he was helping to establish the studio as a musical instrument, he saw himself, he once said, in the tradition of those foolhardy men in their flying boxes who had once conquered the airspace as "daring pilots, without a plan and in the open cockpit". Very British, indeed.
In fact, George Martin has explored new worlds in record production like no other, and his work has set lasting standards. What's more, he has opened up new horizons for popular music. What the London-born artist has actually left behind in addition to his more than five thousand recordings, including thirty No. 1 hits, six Grammys, two Brit Awards (one of them for his life's work), the recording in the "Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame" as well as the accolade by the Queen can't even come close to illustrating. So let's talk about music.
When four green boys, who were soon to become world famous as Beatles, started their first audition on June 6, 1962 in Studio 3 of the London EMI studios, Martin was already thirty-six years old. An old rabbit who was nevertheless one of the youngest in his profession...
