pAcclaimed Beatles historian Kenneth Womack offers the most definitive account yet of the writing, recording, mixing, and reception ofi Abbey Road.ippIn February 1969, the Beatles began working on what became their final album together. Abbey Road introduced a number of new techniques and technologies to the Beatles' sound, and included Come Together, Something, and Here Comes the Sun, which all emerged as classics. ppWomack's colorful retelling of how this landmark album was written and recorded is a treat for fans of the Beatles. iSolid Statei takes readers back to 1969 and into EMI's Abbey Road Studio, which boasted an advanced solid state transistor mixing desk. Womack focuses on the dynamics between John, Paul, George, Ringo, and producer George Martin and his team of engineers, who set aside for the most part the tensions and conflicts that had arisen on previous albums to create a work with an innovative and, among some fans and critics, controversial studio-bound sound that pro