From the Book - First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Foreword by Paul McCartney
Intro. The long and winding road
The fat, the jolly, and the Covent Garden shuffle
A home fit for divas, knights of the realm and weeping piano players
Al Bowlly, the microphone and the invention of intimacy
Noël Coward and Gracie Fields take on Hitler
George Martin, tape and the smell of money
Cliff, the RS 124 and the quest for rough
Hazel Yarwood, the class system and stereo
The Beatles, the compressor and the capture of delight
"The greatest recording organisation in the world"
Sgt Pepper, J. S. Back and bending the current
Pink Floyd, a cow and eight tracks in search of strange
Roy Harper, Harvest and endless overtime
Jacqueline du Pré, the clit factor and the man who could hear hair
Pinky, Perky, Manuel and light music by the yard
The record that ate the world and played the whole building
Steve Harley, Alan Parson and the commercial value of silence
Ken Townsend chages the toilet paper, the name and the businesss
Star Wars sets down in God's aircraft hangar
Tina Turner, the CD gold rush and the appliance of science
Noel Gallagher, a flugelhorn and the importance of the sewers
Guy Hands, English Heritage and monetizing the brand
Upmixing the past and remixing the future
Outro. The road goes on for ever
Playlist: [fifty notable recordings made at Abbey Road].
