George Martin
50 Years In Recording
Six CDs Charting Popular Music over Five Decades
Made In EU 2001
Boxed-Set Conceived, researched and compiled by Mark Lewisohn
Mono/Stereo
Disc 1 - all tracks mono except 11, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29
Disc 2 - all tracks mono except 4, 7, 11, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22-24, 26, 29
Disc 3 - all tracks mono except 2, 5, 9, 10, 14-17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28
Disc 4 - all tracks are stereo except 1-7, 9, 10, 22
Disc 5 - all tracks are stereo
Disc 6 - all tracks are stereo
Disc 1: Crazy Rhythms
1. Pickin' A Chicken (Eve Boswell)
2. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good (Cleo Laine)
3. Hayfoot, Strawfoot (The Kenny Baker Quartet)
4. High Society (Graeme Bell and his Australian Jazz Band)
5. Princess Elizabeth Of England (The Luton Girls Choir)
6. Romanza (Roberto Inglez)
7. Melody on the Move (Tommy Reilly)
8. Ae Fond Kiss (Kenneth McKellar)
9. Bluebell Polka (Jimmy Shand)
10. Scottish Polka (Mickie Ainsworth & Jimmy Blue)
11. Dashing White Sergeant (The Glasgow Phoenix Choir)
12. Arrivederci Darling (Edna Savage)
13. Away in a Manger (Kirkintilloch Junior Choir)
14. Robin Hood (Dick James)
15. Portrait Of My Love (Matt Monroe)
16. Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey (Freddy Randall & His Band)
17. Experiments with Mice (Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra)
18. Oi! Oi! Oi! (Joe Daniels & His Band)
19. Saturday Jump (Humphrey Lyttelton & his Band)
20. Crazy Rhythm (Max Geldray)
21. My Kinda Girl (Matt Monroe)
22. Hi-Flutin' Boogie (John Scott)
23. Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine?) (The Southlanders)
24. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O (The Vipers Skiffle Group)
25. Skiffling Strings (Ron Goodwin & his Concert Orchestra)
26. Be My Girl (Jim Dale)
27. No Other Baby (The Vipers)
28. Sun Arise (Rolf Harris)
29. You're Driving Me Crazy (The Temperance Seven)
Disc 2: Transports Of Delight
1. The Oz Piano Tune (Spike Milligan)
2. Unchained Melody (Peter Sellers)
3. Mock Mozart (Peter Ustinov)
4. A Transport Of Delight (Flanders and Swann)
5. Nellie the Elephant (Mandy Miller)
6. Little Red Monkey (Joy Nichols, Jimmy Edwards & Dick Bentley)
7. Goodness Gracious Me (Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren)
8. The Wormwood Scrubs Tango (Spike Milligan)
9. The Hippopotomus Song (Ian Wallace)
10. Any Old Iron (peter Sellers)
11. The Hole In The Ground (Bernard Cribbins)
12. Aftermyth Of War (Beyond The Fringe cast)
13. All The Things You are (Peter Sellers)
14. The Horse Show (Michael Bentine)
15. The End Of The World (Beyond The Fringe cast)
16. My Boomerang Won't Come Back (Charlie Drake)
17. A Drop Of The Hard Stuff (Peter Sellers)
18. You Gotta Go Oww! (Spike Milligan)
19. Morse Code Medley (The Alberts)
20. I've Lost My Mummy (Rolf Harris)
21. My Brother (Terry Scott)
22. Judge Not (Cambridge Circus cast)
23. The Gas Man Cometh (Flanders & Swann)
24. Right Said Fred (Bernard Cribbins)
25. Football Results (Michael Bentine)
26. Jake The Pig (Rolf Harris)
27. The Highway Code (The MAster Singers)
28. A Hard Day's Night (Peter Sellers)
29. She Loves You (Peter Sellers)
Disc 3: That Was The Decade That Was
1. Please Plase Me (The Beatles)
2. How Do You Do It (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
3. Do You Want To Know A Secret (Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas)
4. Hello Little Girls (The Fourmost)
5. I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Beatles)
6. The Cruel Sea (The Dakotas)
7. That Was The Week That Was (Millicent Martin with David Frost)
8. Bad To Me (Billy J Kramer with The Dakotas)
9. Anyone Who Had A Heart (Cilla Black)
10. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying (Gerry & The PAcemakers)
11. I'll Keep You Satisfied (Billy J Kramer with The Dakotas)
12. A Little Loving (The Fourmost)
13. Little Children (Billy J Kramer with The Dakotas)
14. You're My World (Cilla Black)
15. Yesterday (The Beatles)
16. You'll Never Walk Alone (Gerry & The Pacemakers)
17. I (Who Has Nothing) (Shirley Bassey)
18. In The Summer Of His Years (Millicent Martin)
19. It's For You (Cilla Black)
20. It's You (Alma Cogan)
21. Ferry Cross The Mersey (Gerry & The PAcemakers)
22. CAn't Buy Me Love (Ella Fitzgerald)
23. I've Been Wrong Before (Cilla Black)
24. In My Life (The Beatles)
25. Land Of 1000 Dances (The Action)
26. Alfie (Cilla Black)
27. Michelle (David & Jonathon)
28. Step Inside Love (Cilla Black)
29. She's Leaving Home (David & Jonathon)
30. When I'm Sixty-Four (Bernard Cribbins)
31. Time (Cilla Black)
Disc 4: Gold Fingers
1. Coronation Seot (Sidney Torch & His Orchestra)
2. Cbopin - Prelude In C Minor, Op 28 No. 20 (Sidney Harrison)
3. Mozart - serenade In E Flat Major K375 (London Baroque Ensemble)
4. Mozart - serenade In E Flat Major K375 (London Baroque Ensemble)
5. Thee Lark Ascending (London Philharmonic Orchestra)
6. Barwick Green (Sidney Torch & His Orchestra)
7. The White Suit Samba (Jack Parnell & His Rhythm)
8. Time Beat (Ray Cathode)
9. Theme From Limelight (Ron Goodwin & His Orchestra)
10. Elizabethan Serenade (Ron Goodwin & His Concert Orchestra)
11. Murder She Says (Ron Goodwin & His Orchestra)
12. I Like Money (Nadia Gray)
13. Double Scotch (Ron Goodwin & His Orchestra)
14. No One Will Ever Know (Matt Monro)
15. The Dr. Kildare Theme (Johnnie Spence & His Otchestra)
16. Ringo's Theme (This Boy) (The George Martin Orchestra)
17. 633 Squadron Theme (Ron Goodwin & His Orchestra)
18. From Russia With Love (Matt Monro)
19. All Quiet On The Mersey Front (The George Martin Orchestra)
20. Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey)
21. By George! It's The David Frost Theme (The George MArtin Orchestra)
22. Love In The Open Air (The George Martin Orchestra)
23. Thingumybob (The George Martin Orchestra)
24. Theme One (The George Martin Orchestra)
25. Snakes Alive (The George Martin Orchestra)
26. The Tidaw Anthem (The George Martin Orchestra)
27. Where Eagles Dare (Ron Goodwin)
Disc 5: Smiles Of The Beyond
1. Marrakesh Express (Stan Getz)
2. Icarus (Paul Winter)
3. Marblehead Messenger (Seatrain)
4. Sans Souci (John Williams)
5. Live And Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings)
6. Juniper Bear (Paul Winter)
7. The Smile Of The Beyond (John McLaughlin & The MahavishnuM Orchestra)
8. Tin Man (America)
9. Pinafore Days (Stackridge)
10. Sunday (Cleo Laine)
11. Diamond Dust (Jeff Beck)
12. Sister Golden Hair (America)
13. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress (Jimmy Webb)
14. Amarillo (Neil Sedaka)
15. Get Back (Billy Preston)
16. The Highwayman (Jimmy Webb)
17. No More Fear Of Flying (Gary Brooker)
18. World's Greatest Lover (Cheap trick)
Disc 6: Nice Work
1. Ebony & Ivory (Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder)
2. Hymn (Ultravox)
3. Say Say Say (Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson)
4. Our Perfect Song (Kenny Rogers)
5. No More Lonely Nights (Paul McCartney)
6. I Love You, Samantha (The King's Singers)
7. Love Duet (Mary Hopkin, Freddie Jones)
8. Come And Sweep My Chimbley (Tom Jones)
9. Memory (José Carreras)
10. Pinball Wizard (Tommy orginial cast)
11. Nice Work If You Can Get It (Larry Alder featuring Sting)
12. My Man's Gone Now (Larry Adler featuring Sinead O'Connor)
13. Rhapsody In Blue (Larry Adler & George Martin)
14. Summertine (Larry Adler featuring Peter Gabriel)
15. The Pepperland Suite (George Martin)
16. Here There And Everywhere (Celine Dion)
17. Friends and Lovers (George Martin)
George Martin
50 Years In Recording
Six CDs Charting Popular Music over Five Decades
Made In EU 2001
Boxed-Set Conceived, researched and compiled by Mark Lewisohn
Mono/Stereo
Disc 1 - all tracks mono except 11, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29
Disc 2 - all tracks mono except 4, 7, 11, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22-24, 26, 29
Disc 3 - all tracks mono except 2, 5, 9, 10, 14-17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28
Disc 4 - all tracks are stereo except 1-7, 9, 10, 22
Disc 5 - all tracks are stereo
Disc 6 - all tracks are stereo
Disc 1: Crazy Rhythms
Disc 2: Transports Of Delight
Disc 3: That Was The Decade That Was
Disc 4: Gold Fingers
Disc 5: Smiles Of The Beyond
Disc 6: Nice Work
While generally presented in a chronological fashion, each disc is likewise aptly subtitled. Disc one -- "Crazy Rhythms" -- features pre-rock & roll big band ("High Society"), skiffle ("Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O"), and dance music ("Scottish Polka" and "Saturday Jump"). In addition, there are tracks from other well-known yet rarely heard artists such as Jimmy Shand ("Bluebell Polka") and Rolf Harris ("Sun Arise"). The "Transports of Delight" on disc two highlight spoken-word and comedy sides produced by Martin in the '50s and '60s. Well-known artists and recordings from Peter Sellers ("All the Things You Are") and Spike Milligan ("The Wormwood Scrubs Tango") are spotlighted along with two apocalyptic pieces from the Beyond the Fringe ensemble -- "Aftermath of War" and "The End of the World." Disc three, "That Was the Decade That Was," celebrates the '60s rock & roll renaissance. Of course, "the Fab Four" are represented. Likewise, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas ("Do You Want to Know a Secret?"), Gerry & the Pacemakers ("How Do You Do It?"), and Cilla Black ("It's for You") are also continuity connections to the Beatles. George Martin produced and scored classical as well as pop recordings. Healthy samplings of his classical productions are featured on disc four, "Gold Fingers." Among these are performances of "Coronation Scot" by Sidney Torch and his orchestra from the BBC Radio series "Paul Temple," as well as "Barwick Green," the theme from another Auntie Beeb program, "The Archers." Discs five and six chart Martin's most endearing work from the '70s and beyond. As with every selection on Produced by George Martin, "Smiles of the Beyond" -- which highlights jazz, pop, and fusion -- and "Nice Work" -- highlighting an eclectic mix of Martin's later productions -- are his personal favorites. These include his work with Stan Getz ("Marrakech Express"), Jeff Beck ("Diamond Dust"), and Paul McCartney "Live and Let Die."