Wallinger's World Party revolves around Beatles

In his London recording studio, a pop tunesmith and intrepidmulti-instrumentalist named Karl Wallinger soars to the nth degree ofBeatles fanaticism by recording songs of theirs as close to theoriginal versions as he can. He does it not for public consumption,but for his own edification, to learn down to the last detail how theFab quartet created their wondrous sounds - particularly thepioneering orchestrated effects of the "Revolver" era.

This is not an easy process. It took Wallinger, who recordsunder the band name World Party (essentially himself and drummerChris Sharrock), three months to complete "Penny Lane." Now, heregards it with even more awe than before.

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