Fest For Beatles Fans, 2013: Ken and Ken
Ha ha! New York classic-rock DJ Ken Dashow, at right, is show n here at the Fest for Beatles Fans talking with Ken Scott, who was an engineer on many a Beatles recording, including the A Hard Day's Night soundtrack album and the single "Hey Jude."
Scott saved the latter record from being a complete disaster. After what became the Beatles' most successful single was recorded at Trident Studios in London, Scott listened to an acetate of the song cut at Abbey Road, only to find that, thanks to different equalizing levels and different monitor settings on the Trident equipment, the recording sounded terrible owing to lack of high end and treble. When he told George Martin his opinion of it, Martin relayed Scott's opinion to Paul McCartney, who was ready to throw Scott out of the session, the studio, and possibly the building. Then Paul and the other Beatles heard it and realized Scott was right. They made the necessary corrections in the remix, and "Hey Jude" was readied for release (and nine weeks atop the Billboard singles chart in America).
Scott also worked with other classic rockers such as Pink Floyd and Elton John and produced records from Supertramp and David Bowie. This was his first appearance at a New York Metro Beatles convention.
Copyright 2013 by Steven Maginnis
Fest For Beatles Fans, 2013: Ken and Ken
Ha ha! New York classic-rock DJ Ken Dashow, at right, is show n here at the Fest for Beatles Fans talking with Ken Scott, who was an engineer on many a Beatles recording, including the A Hard Day's Night soundtrack album and the single "Hey Jude."
Scott saved the latter record from being a complete disaster. After what became the Beatles' most successful single was recorded at Trident Studios in London, Scott listened to an acetate of the song cut at Abbey Road, only to find that, thanks to different equalizing levels and different monitor settings on the Trident equipment, the recording sounded terrible owing to lack of high end and treble. When he told George Martin his opinion of it, Martin relayed Scott's opinion to Paul McCartney, who was ready to throw Scott out of the session, the studio, and possibly the building. Then Paul and the other Beatles heard it and realized Scott was right. They made the necessary corrections in the remix, and "Hey Jude" was readied for release (and nine weeks atop the Billboard singles chart in America).
Scott also worked with other classic rockers such as Pink Floyd and Elton John and produced records from Supertramp and David Bowie. This was his first appearance at a New York Metro Beatles convention.
Copyright 2013 by Steven Maginnis