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==After the Beatles== [[File:G.Emerick, 45th Grammy Trustees Award, New York, 2003.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Emerick in 2003]] Following the Beatles' break-up in 1970, Emerick continued to work with McCartney.<ref name="Womack/Encyclopedia p 256" /> He served as recording engineer on McCartney albums such as ''[[Band on the Run]]'' (1973), which netted Emerick another Grammy,{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=257}} ''[[London Town (Wings album)|London Town]]'' (1978), ''[[Tug of War (Paul McCartney album)|Tug of War]]'' (1982) and ''[[Flaming Pie]]'' (1997). Emerick later said that he had always been perceived by the other ex-Beatles as "Paul's guy". As a result, for their solo recordings, Lennon and [[George Harrison]] chose to work instead with [[Phil McDonald]], another former EMI engineer.{{sfn|Emerick|Massey|2006|p=318}} Emerick was the sound engineer on [[Robin Trower]]'s 1974 album ''[[Bridge of Sighs (Robin Trower album)|Bridge of Sighs]]'' and was credited by both Trower and producer [[Matthew Fisher (musician)|Matthew Fisher]] for that album's sound. He also recorded some of the backing tracks for the debut album by [[Stealers Wheel (album)|Stealers Wheel]], but resigned early on in the process, handing over to Apple recording engineer John Mills to continue working with producers [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]]. The Stealers Wheel album featured "[[Stuck in the Middle with You]]" and went on to receive the Dutch [[Edison Award]]. Following the success of EMI's ''[[The Beatles at Abbey Road]]'' presentation in 1983, Emerick prepared an album of the Beatles' studio outtakes, to be titled ''[[Sessions (Beatles album)|Sessions]]'', for release. The former Beatles initiated legal proceedings to prevent EMI from issuing the album, saying that the work was substandard;<ref>{{cite book|last=Doggett|first=Peter|title=You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup|publisher=It Books|location=New York, NY|year=2011|isbn=978-0-06-177418-8|pages=284β85}}</ref> when made available on [[Bootleg recording|bootleg]] compilations, his mixes and editing of some of the tracks were widely criticised by collectors.<ref>{{cite book|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|year=2006|title=The Unreleased Beatles: Music & Film|publisher=Backbeat Books|location=San Francisco, CA|isbn=978-0-8793-0892-6|page=210}}</ref> In the mid-1990s, these recordings were used for the ''[[Beatles Anthology]]'' CD releases. Emerick also worked on albums by [[Elvis Costello]] (for whom he produced ''[[Imperial Bedroom]]'' and ''[[All This Useless Beauty]]''), [[Badfinger]], [[Art Garfunkel]], [[America (band)|America]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Gino Vannelli]], [[Supertramp]], [[UFO (band)|UFO]], [[Cheap Trick]],<ref name="GuardianObit"/> [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]], [[Chris Bell (American musician)|Chris Bell]],<ref name="GuardianObit"/> [[Split Enz]],<ref name="GuardianObit"/> [[Trevor Rabin]], [[Nick Heyward]], [[Big Country]], [[Gentle Giant]], [[Mahavishnu Orchestra]] and [[Ultravox]]. His other recording projects included Matthew Fisher's first solo album, ''Journey's End''; [[Kate Bush]]'s demo tape to EMI, which landed her a record deal;<ref>{{cite web | title=The Rightful Heir? | work=Q Magazine No. 48 | url=http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t1475-david-gilmour-rightful-heir-q.html | date=September 1990 | access-date=23 July 2011 | url-status=usurped | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927221338/http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t1475-david-gilmour-rightful-heir-q.html | archive-date=27 September 2011 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> and [[Nellie McKay]]'s critically acclaimed 2004 debut CD ''[[Get Away from Me]]''.<ref name="Womack/Encyclopedia p 256" /> In 2003, he received his fourth Grammy, a Special Merit/[[Technical Grammy Award]].<ref name="Grammy">{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/geoff-e-emerick|title=Geoff E. Emerick|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|access-date=3 October 2018|date=22 May 2018}}</ref> In 2007, Emerick produced a re-recording of ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' in honour of the album's 40th anniversary.<ref name="Womack/Encyclopedia p 256" /> It included performances by contemporary artists such as [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[the Killers]],<ref name="Womack/Encyclopedia p 256" /> [[Travis (band)|Travis]] and [[Razorlight]]. Emerick used much of the original equipment to record the new versions of the songs,<ref>{{cite web|author=Mix staff|title=Geoff Emerick Remakes 'Sgt. Pepper's' Album Using JBL Monitors|url=https://www.mixonline.com/technology/geoff-emerick-remakes-sgt-peppers-album-using-jbl-monitors-378008|publisher=[[Mix (magazine)|mixonline.com]]|date=11 October 2007|access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref> and the results were broadcast on [[BBC Radio 2]] on 2 June that year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sgt Pepper celebrates 40th anniversary with a little help from his 21st century Lonely Hearts Club friends|work=[[BBC Online]]|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/04_april/06/sgt_pepper.shtml|date=6 April 2007|access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref> From 1984, Emerick resided in Los Angeles.{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=257}}
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