A sad day for sound engineering. Les Paul, has died today, aged 94.
Best known for inventing the solid-bodied electric guitar, he also invented multitrack recording, producing tracks with his wife Mary Ford, that sounded like nothing that had ever been done before.
Between '54 and '55 he presented "Les Paul and Mary Ford at Home", sponsored by Listerine. Check out this classic clip of the man at his best...
And here he is explaining his new multitrack system....
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