"In 1962, at the age of fifteen, Geoff Emerick landed his dream job as an assistant recording engineer at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London. At the time, the facility was world-renowned for classical recordings, but it was also the home of an obscure comedy label named Parlophone, run by producer George Martin. On just his second day there, Emerick was present as a scruffy-looking quartet from Liverpool called the Beatles came in for their first-ever recording session. Their sound was rough, but the band made an indelible impression on EMI's staffers and on young Emerick in particular, not least because of the way John and Paul confronted George Martin, insisting on recording a song they had written themselves, rather than the bland fare the label wanted. That song, "Love Me Do," soon rocketed up the charts, and popular music has never been the same." "Over the next seven years, Emerick would work alongside the Beatles as they transformed from teenage amateurs into an international sensation unlike anything the world had ever known. At the age of nineteen, Emerick would be promoted to full engineer, charged with recording the group's groundbreaking album, Revolver. As he and the band pushed the limits of recording technology, he pioneered methods that created a new signature sound for the Beatles. A year later the bar would be raised further still as he and the group recorded what many have called the greatest album of all time: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band. The book also provides rare insight into the relationships of John, Paul, George, and Ringo, revealing the complex and often contentious creative process of the band at work."--BOOK JACKET.