{"product_id":"beatles-discography-map-black","title":"The Beatles Discography Tube Map Art Print (Black)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhy this Beatles discography tube map art makes a gift fans keep\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA gift for Beatles fans who have long since run out of wall space for posters, this is the black-background edition of my discography map, with every credited musician drawn as a line across all 13 albums. They own the records already. This is the version that hangs as an object rather than as a piece of memorabilia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper, textured matte, archival and acid-free. Produced in A1 only, with US sizing at 36 x 24 in, unframed or framed. Deeply researched and designed by me in East Sussex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI plot these in CAD software. Every credited musician becomes a transit line, every album becomes a station, and anyone who appears only once gets a branch line of their own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSame research and same layout as the standard print, drawn light on dark. The stations run chronologically from Please Please Me in 1963 to Let It Be in 1970, with John, Paul, George and Ringo as four unbroken lines and every session player and guest connecting across the catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn black, the density ceases to be background detail and becomes the point. The crowded albums read as thickets of pale lines, and the sparse early records read as almost nothing at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat density is also why this edition is available only in A1. The session annotations need the larger sheet to stay legible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eContributing musicians on the map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Martin runs alongside the four across all 13 albums. He earns a musician line rather than a producer credit because he played piano, organ, and harmonium, with credits threaded through the catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe line most people miss belongs to the road manager. Mal Evans appears on six albums, and the credits are wonderfully specific: handclaps on Birthday, trumpet on Helter Skelter, backing vocals on Dear Prudence, and the anvil on Maxwell's Silver Hammer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot an algorithm - every connection on this map was made by hand, by an obsessive fan. Neil Aspinall, the other half of the road crew, has three stations of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band features 21 credited musicians. Sheila Bromberg plays the harp on She's Leaving Home; Sounds Inc. brings saxophones, trombones and French horn to Good Morning Good Morning; and Within You Without You draws in Natwar Soni on tabla, Buddhadev Kansara on tambura and Amrit Gajjar on dilrubas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRevolver widens the map to 26. Yoko Ono appears on the White Album, and Billy Preston takes stations on both Abbey Road and Let It Be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePrint Specifications:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach tube map art print is a Giclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper with a textured matte finish, archival and acid-free, so the colours hold for years. Produced in A1, unframed or framed, ready to hang in a hallway, living room or studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eUK\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eUSA \/ CAN \/ AUS equivalent\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eOrientation\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eA1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e841 x 594 mm (33 x 23 in)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e36 x 24 in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eLandscape\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFAQ\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is different about this edition?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe same research and layout as in the standard print, set against a black background. The information is identical; the impression is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy is this edition only available in A1?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe density of the session and guest annotations requires a larger format to remain legible, so it is produced only in A1.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the road crew really on the map?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes. Mal Evans has six stations, including the anvil on Maxwell's Silver Hammer and the trumpet on Helter Skelter, and Neil Aspinall has three.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy is George Martin on the map when producers usually are not?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause he is credited with both playing and producing. Piano, organ and harmonium credits run through the catalogue, which is what earns a musician a line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat are the framing options?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnframed, or supplied framed and ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRelated Music Maps\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse the full range of gifts for music fans at the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/collections\/music-wall-art-prints\" title=\"music gifts for fans - all discography tube map art prints\"\u003eGifts for Music Fans collection\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/collections\/the-beatles-discography-art-prints-albums-in-order\" title=\"The Beatles discography music maps and art prints\"\u003eBeatles Music Maps collection\u003c\/a\u003e at mikebellmaps.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe same map on a white background is the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/products\/beatles-albums-in-order-map\" title=\"The Beatles discography tube map art print\"\u003eBeatles Discography Map Art Print\u003c\/a\u003e. 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