Records: Mix-Master to the Beatles

George Martin's new LP was out last week, and U.S. record dealers had placed orders for more than 1,000,000 copies before it was even released. So it has already been awarded the record industry's coveted gold diskĀ—the 23rd for Martin. Of course, the album is not actually under Martin's name, although he produced it, scored all the arrangements for it, performed on several tracks, and served as its mad electronic scientist. It is called Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and it features the group whose sound Martin has helped to create...

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