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Originally Posted by quadro2000
I don't know if this is already on this thread, but George Martin produced an album of his own, In My Life, which consisted of other artists covering Beatles tunes. That was in 1998.
It's an "interesting" album, in that you have people like Robin Williams, Goldie Hawn and Jim Carrey covering songs - plus Sean Connery doing a spoken-word "In My Life." There are some great tracks on there, though - John Williams' classical rendition of "Here Comes The Sun," Jeff Beck's instrumental "A Day In The Life," and Phil Collins does a pretty good job on "Golden Slumbers/You Never Give Me Your Money/The End." And, to be honest, Jim Carrey's take on "Walrus" is actually pretty cool.
Don't know if that counts as pop. He also produced the Broadway version of "The Who's Tommy" in 1993.
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Okay, I remember that "In My Life" thing now. The only track I've heard is the Sean Connery recital, and I was so dumbfounded that I avoided listening to anything else. I also remember Martin did a "tour" to promote the album, which consisted of speaking engagements. I would LOVE to have attended one of those, but learned about them too late.
I didn't know about "Tommy." Was it a live Broadway recording, or a studio recording of the cast pretending to sing "live?"