GEORGE MARTIN/GEORGE MARTIN SCORES INSTRUMENTAL VERSIONS OF THE HITS UAL 3420 (-65) US MONO

In a pop/rock collecting perspective musically maybe not to everyones taste, but contemplating all he did as producer, inventor and enabler of The Beatles' at the time more or less adventurous ideas and his work at large with other artists, every single one of his own solo works ought to be cherished just for the sake of that. Not only was he responsible for issues that together have sold hundreds of millions of records, his studio craftsmanship and ideas have also been copied and admired by other producers though the years. And as he originally was an educated piano player and scholary of classic music it makes sense all his remaining solo work were with orchestra doing own interpretation of then contemporary hits in a classical style. As with the last one I posted - the 1964 "Off The Beate Track" - the versions here goes from pleasant lounge music to more experimental. One example of the latter is "I Feel Fine" where a theme from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 is woven in. This is not stuff I want to listen to every day, but considering the man and his life work I will go on buying his original issues and keep them as an important part of music history. To my knowledge this was US and Canadian (same label and number) only, also as stereo (UAS 6420). First US had label as shown here, heavy vinyl and thick laminated cover. (BÄ*) (YZÄ*) (ÖXCÅ*)