Paul McCartney leaves glowing tribute to Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick

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Paul McCartney has left a glowing tribute to Geoff Emerick after his death earlier this week.

Emerick, responsible for engineering some of The Beatles best loved singles and most influential later albums, passed away on October 2nd after suffering a heart attack. And writing on social media yesterday, McCartney began by saying, ‘Woke up this morning to the sad news of Geoff Emerick’s passing’ and went on to emphasise his crucial imput into The Beatles’ work at Abbey Road:

“He was a great engineer and friend, and even though The Beatles had many great engineers over the years Geoff was the ONE. He was smart, fun-loving and the genius behind many of the great sounds on our records. I worked with him after The Beatles and it was always fun and the sounds he managed to conjure up were always special. Having seen him earlier this year when he came round to our studio I’m shocked and saddened to have lost such a special friend. God bless you Geoffrey.”

 

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Woke up this morning to the sad news of Geoff Emerick’s passing. He was a great engineer and friend, and even though @thebeatles had many great engineers over the years Geoff was the ONE. He was smart, fun-loving and the genius behind many of the great sounds on our records. I worked with him after The Beatles and it was always fun and the sounds he managed to conjure up were always special. Having seen him earlier this year when he came round to our studio I’m shocked and saddened to have lost such a special friend. God bless you Geoffrey – love Paul. x #PaulMcCartney #GeoffEmerick #TheBeatles

A post shared by Paul McCartney (@paulmccartney) on Oct 3, 2018 at 9:03am PDT