“It’s pretty naïve” reflects Sir George Martin as he looks upon the framed copy of Yesterday, a score that he and Sir Paul McCartney had penned together inside the walls of Abbey Road some 40 years ago.
“But it does work. It’s very, very simple writing – but it couldn’t be anything else.”
Generally regarded as one of the greatest pop songs ever recorded, Yesterday is a particularly important number in the Beatles back-catalogue and is a significant moment in music history for its use of classical music in a contemporary pop track.
To celebrate the gravity of this moment and to commemorate such a legendary recording, Abbey Road has created a number of exclusive, limited edition reproductions of the original, hand-written, Yesterday Score by Sir George Martin for The Beatles.
These incredible items are the perfect gift for any Beatles-fan and with only a dwindling number of these limited-edition scores remaining we are encouraging everyone to act fast to ensure they get their very own piece of music history.
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Limited Edition Yesterday Score by Sir George Martin for The Beatles, available now for £250.
About ‘Yesterday’
Famously, the melody for Yesterday came to Paul in a dream and he was so terrified that he had subconsciously stolen it from someone else that he set about playing the melody to his fellow musicians that ensure that he had in fact, written it himself.
But the song wasn’t always intended to lean so heavily on the classical elements it features.
As the story goes, Sir George Martin suggested the addition of a string quartet, the band agreed, so he and Paul McCartney sat down and began work on an arrangement for the piece. The result is the gorgeously heartfelt and effortlessly stirring version of the song we all know and love.
It’s a legendary moment that had profound effect on the world of pop music and the way in which classic instrumentation was perceived by a more mainstream audience.
