Yes, language is tricky! I happened to have read the chapter on recording Strawberry Fields and Sgt Pepper earlier in the day yesterday, so it was all fresh in my mind. What surprised me - and so maybe ‘deception’ is the right word - is the extent to which Lennon gave a sketchy description to George Martin and left him to make it happen.…
Yes, language is tricky! I happened to have read the chapter on recording Strawberry Fields and Sgt Pepper earlier in the day yesterday, so it was all fresh in my mind. What surprised me - and so maybe ‘deception’ is the right word - is the extent to which Lennon gave a sketchy description to George Martin and left him to make it happen. Martin really was the fifth Beatle.
How accurate Hepworth’s account is I’m not certain, although he’s normally reliable. Will have to cross reference with other sources at some point.
Yes, language is tricky! I happened to have read the chapter on recording Strawberry Fields and Sgt Pepper earlier in the day yesterday, so it was all fresh in my mind. What surprised me - and so maybe ‘deception’ is the right word - is the extent to which Lennon gave a sketchy description to George Martin and left him to make it happen. Martin really was the fifth Beatle.
How accurate Hepworth’s account is I’m not certain, although he’s normally reliable. Will have to cross reference with other sources at some point.