tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post988235697492911080..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: George Martin - the finest album I've ever madeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-31326585035975479422016-03-09T10:09:42.954+00:002016-03-09T10:09:42.954+00:00Updated tribute to Sir George Martin here ~ http:/...Updated tribute to Sir George Martin here ~ http://goo.gl/Z0Go2GPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-87632240267208145862011-01-10T02:21:43.263+00:002011-01-10T02:21:43.263+00:00I had the enormous pleasure of hearing them live m...I had the enormous pleasure of hearing them live my freshman year of college in 1977 for what I THINK was the Common Ground tour. It was amazing and Susan Osborne's voice was magnificent. I have loved them ever since. So happy to see them get recognition as they are woefully under appreciated. If you ever have the chance to see them live, please do so. And take the whole family, it's a grand experience.Muraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17696515619367729913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-47722502574898273982011-01-08T03:45:14.450+00:002011-01-08T03:45:14.450+00:00Interesting article; I'd never heard of the al...Interesting article; I'd never heard of the album.<br /><br />I checked George Martins book "<i>All You Need Is Ears</i>" and lo and behold, in chapter 13 he writes:<br /><br /><b>The album was called <i>Icarus</i>, and was, I think, the finest record I have ever made. It didn't sell particularly well, but a lot of people took notice of it. And it had one special distinction. The title song, 'Icarus', also went out as a single, and David Durling's brother gave a copy to one of the Apollo crews.<br />That was how it came to be the first record taken to the moon, though I don't think they had the facilities for playing it!</b><br /><br />He also mentions earlier that the cellist David Darling had a brother who was a "space scientist" at Cape Kennedy.<br /><br />It should be noted that in the 270 page book, he actually only devotes three or four paragraphs to it, and the book was written in 1978/9, so he may have changed his opinion since then...<br /><br /><br />Also, George Martin did produce <i>The White Album</i> (actually called <i>The Beatles</i>) , it was the album <i>Let It Be</i> that he did not produce.Michael Muriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10506717118157555218noreply@blogger.com