
The Abbey Roadalbum (released before Let It Be but recorded later) helped Alan to make his mark with the Fab Four, although he was only an assistant engineer at that time.

He landed a post at the then not-so-celebrated Abbey Road Studios and garnered significant experience on the Beatles' Let It Be album, and actively participated in the famous Apple rooftop session. It left me totally in awe of the talent of The Beatles themselves of course, but also the work behind the scenes in the studio". Says Alan, "I couldn't wait to find out the secrets behind the album. Pepper album and that boosted his determination to become a recording engineer. At this time he was fortunate enough to experience the master tape of the Beatles Sgt. One of his first jobs was at an EMI tape duplication facility in West London. He picked up the guitar in his early teens and played as a soloist as well as with various bands at school.

He studied piano and flute as a child and was always intrigued by gadgetry.

Born in Britain on December 20, 1948, Alan soon found that his interests lay in music.
