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Hi Jimmy,

>I hadn't heard Abbey Road in a million years. There's actually a lot 
>of nice synth work on it.

Yes, more than initially meets the eye.  Although timid by say, Rick Wakeman's standards, it's quite musical and well placed in the mix.  I doubt that it's completely true, but I've heard Abbey Road mentioned as the "first rock/pop use of a synthesizer."  Certainly, it's an early one, and remarkable because none of the Beatles were technically a "keyboard player."

Regards,

-BW
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