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[LECTURE] Orson Welles famously described his first experience of working in a Hollywood studio as “ ‘the biggest electric-train set any boy ever had.” The Beatles certainly felt that way about the recording studio, and their quest to explore every kind of sound possible reached its peak with the double album The Beatles, commonly known as “The White Album.” With the aid of studio pro George Martin, the musicians indulged their every curiosity, bending forms from the blues and country to chamber music, ska and the experimental collages of Karlheinz Stockhausen to their own ends.

Composer/producer/musicologist Scott Freiman has spent the past decade touring a lecture series called “Deconstructing the Beatles,” in which he rigorously analyzes the band’s music. His lecture on The White Album is the first one to be filmed, using London’s Abbey Road studios where the music was recorded as a setting. For Beatlemaniacs it’s a must-see, even more so if you saw the recent documentary Eight Days a Week and want to learn more about their work after they stopped touring.