Martin Rushent
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Martin Rushent was an English record producer, best known for his work with The Human League
, The Stranglers
and The Buzzcocks.
, Middlesex
. His father was a car salesman. Rushent attended Minchenden Grammar School
in Southgate
, Middlesex.
, when his school band (of which he was the lead singer) had the opportunity to record a demo. After leaving school, Rushent, who had already experimented with his father's 4-track recorder, worked at a chemical factory before working for his father while applying for studio jobs. After numerous rejections, Rushent was employed by Advision Studios
as a 35mm film projectionist. After approximately 3 months, Rushent began working in the audio department as a tape operator alongside Tony Visconti
. He worked on sessions for Fleetwood Mac
, T-Rex, Yes
, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Petula Clark
, Jerry Lee Lewis
and Osibisa
. Rushent stated that while at Advision, Jerry Lee Lewis threw a tantrum
as Yes had been booked into the studio when he was not ready to leave, and chased the studio staff around the complex until they locked themselves in a different studio.
Rushent progressed to senior assistant engineer, staff engineer, and eventually head engineer. He then began working freelance, where he built his reputation and was employed by United Artists
(UA). While with UA, Rushent recorded sessions alongside Martin Davies
, recording artists such as Shirley Bassey
and The Buzzcocks, as well as convincing the company to sign The Stranglers
provided that he produced the band's material. Rushent produced the group's Rattus Norvegicus
, No More Heroes and Black and White
albums and recorded demos for Joy Division
, before tiring of his commute to London and leaving UA at the end of the 1970s.
, Roland MC-4 Microcomposer
and Jupiter-8 synthesiser to learn sequencing and synthesis techniques. Rushent set up his own studio, Genetic
, with Synclavier
and Fairlight CMI
synthesisers and an MCI
console. He spent £35,000 on air conditioning
alone, and had a Mitsubishi Electric
digital recorder costing £75,000. Rushent used his Roland equipment to record Pete Shelley
's first solo album, Homosapien
. Originally aimed to be a collection of demos, the recordings were signed to Island Records
. They were heard by Simon Draper of Virgin Records
, who asked Rushent to produce The Human League
. Rushent's work on the group's 1981 album Dare
earned him a BRIT Award in 1982 for Best British producer.
Rushent's production on Dare frustrated the group's guitarist Jo Callis
, as the only guitar on the album was used to trigger a gate
on the synthesiser. Singer Susanne Sulley
was also frustrated by the lengthy process of Rushent's synth programming. In 1983, Rushent walked out of his own studio and never worked with the band again after Sulley made an off-the-cuff comment toward him. Also in the 1980s, Rushent worked with XTC
, Generation X
, Altered Images
and The Go-Go's
.
Rushent decided to take a break from production in 1984, and sold his assets – including Genetic Studios. He briefly took up a consultancy position with Virgin, but retired from the industry to raise his children.
club on Greenham Common. The club's opening night was headlined by The Prodigy
. Rushent soon began redeveloping his interest in recording, and
decided to catch up on the technological advances he had missed.
Rushent built a home studio around a Mackie
console
, Alesis ADAT HD24
recorder and Cubase 5, with which he produced music by The Pipettes
, Does It Offend You, Yeah?
and Killa Kela
. In 2005, he produced Hazel O'Connor
's album Hidden Heart. The following year, he was involved with the BBC Electric Proms
when he recorded Enid Blitz at a 15th-century manor house in Brentford
, using a BBC truck as the control room
.
In 2007, Rushent produced the recording Cherry Vanilla by The (Fabulous) Cult of John Harley. The recording was used by the American singer and actress Cherry Vanilla
in the launch of her autobiography Lick Me: How I Became Cherry Vanilla.
At the time of his death, Rushent was working on a 30th anniversary version of Dare, remixed like Love and Dancing but using musical instruments instead of synthesisers.
village of Upper Basildon
. Rushent's son James is the lead singer for the dance punk band Does It Offend You, Yeah?
. His eldest son Tim is a media music publisher for The Funky Junkies based in London. Rushent died on 4 June 2011.
The Human League
The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant...
, The Stranglers
The Stranglers
The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s...
and The Buzzcocks.
Early life
Rushent was born on 11 July 1948 in EnfieldLondon Borough of Enfield
The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London. It borders the London Boroughs of Barnet, Haringey and Waltham Forest...
, Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
. His father was a car salesman. Rushent attended Minchenden Grammar School
Minchenden Grammar School
Minchenden School was a mixed secondary school situated in Southgate, North London, established in 1919 with 90 pupils.-History:The school was established in 1919 in Tottenhall Road as a mixed secondary school. In 1924, it moved to Southgate House, where it remained until 1987, and was renamed...
in Southgate
Southgate, London
Southgate is an area of north London, England, primarily within the London Borough of Enfield, although parts of its western fringes lie within the London Borough of Barnet. It is located around north of Charing Cross. The name is derived from being the south gate to Enfield Chase...
, Middlesex.
Early career
Rushent's first experience in a recording studio was at EMI House in London's Manchester SquareManchester Square
Manchester Square is an 18th century garden square in the Marylebone area in London, England, a short distance north of Oxford Street. It is one of the smaller but better preserved Georgian squares in central London...
, when his school band (of which he was the lead singer) had the opportunity to record a demo. After leaving school, Rushent, who had already experimented with his father's 4-track recorder, worked at a chemical factory before working for his father while applying for studio jobs. After numerous rejections, Rushent was employed by Advision Studios
Advision Studios
- Origins :Founded in the 1960s by Guy Whetstone and Stephen Appleby, Advision originally provided voiceovers and jingles for television advertisements. The studio was initially located at 83 New Bond Street, but moved to 23 Gosfield Street in 1969. The studio complex was built to be able to house...
as a 35mm film projectionist. After approximately 3 months, Rushent began working in the audio department as a tape operator alongside Tony Visconti
Tony Visconti
Anthony Edward Visconti is an American record producer and sometimes a musician or singer.Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers; his lengthiest involvement with any artist is with David Bowie: intermittently from Bowie's 1969 album Space Oddity to 2003's Reality, Visconti...
. He worked on sessions for Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...
, T-Rex, Yes
Yes (band)
Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Petula Clark
Petula Clark
Petula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II...
, Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...
and Osibisa
Osibisa
Osibisa is a British Afro-pop band, founded in London in 1969 by four expatriate African and three Caribbean musicians. Osibisa were one of the first African bands to become widely popular, leading to claims of founding World Music.-History:...
. Rushent stated that while at Advision, Jerry Lee Lewis threw a tantrum
Tantrum
A tantrum is an emotional outburst, usually associated with children or those in emotional distress, that is typically characterized by stubbornness, crying, screaming, yelling, shrieking, defiance, angry ranting, a resistance to attempts at pacification and, in some cases, violence...
as Yes had been booked into the studio when he was not ready to leave, and chased the studio staff around the complex until they locked themselves in a different studio.
Rushent progressed to senior assistant engineer, staff engineer, and eventually head engineer. He then began working freelance, where he built his reputation and was employed by United Artists
United Artists
United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
(UA). While with UA, Rushent recorded sessions alongside Martin Davies
Martin Davies
Sir Martin Davies CBE FBA FSA was a British museum director and civil servant.Davies read mathematics and modern languages at Cambridge University. He first joined the staff of the National Gallery, the institution to which he was to devote his career, as an attaché in 1930...
, recording artists such as Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...
and The Buzzcocks, as well as convincing the company to sign The Stranglers
The Stranglers
The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s...
provided that he produced the band's material. Rushent produced the group's Rattus Norvegicus
Rattus Norvegicus (album)
Rattus Norvegicus is the first studio album by The Stranglers, released on 17 April 1977. The album was originally to be entitled "Dead on Arrival" but was changed at the last minute...
, No More Heroes and Black and White
Black and White (The Stranglers album)
Black and White is The Stranglers third studio album and was recorded within 18 months of their debut Rattus Norvegicus. Produced by Martin Rushent and engineered by Alan Winstanley, the album is divided into the Black side and White side, each nominally characterised by the style and mood of the...
albums and recorded demos for Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
, before tiring of his commute to London and leaving UA at the end of the 1970s.
Synthpop
Rushent expressed a desire to move away from guitar bands, and bought a LinnDrumLinnDrum
The LinnDrum is a drum machine manufactured by Linn Electronics. It was released in 1982 as a successor to the Linn LM-1. The LinnDrum has 15 drum sounds sampled from real drums, a sequencer for programming rhythm patterns and five trigger inputs....
, Roland MC-4 Microcomposer
Roland MC-4 Microcomposer
The Roland MC-4 Microcomposer was an early microprocessor-based music sequencer released by the Roland Corporation. It could be programmed using the ten key numeric keyboard or a synthesizer keyboard using the keyboards control voltage and gate outputs...
and Jupiter-8 synthesiser to learn sequencing and synthesis techniques. Rushent set up his own studio, Genetic
Genetic Studios
Genetic Studios was a recording studio near Reading, Berkshire, UK.- History :Genetic was established in 1980 by Martin Rushent and Alan Winstanley. The facility was built in a barn at Rushent's home in Streatley...
, with Synclavier
Synclavier
The Synclavier System was an early digital synthesizer, polyphonic digital sampling system, and music workstation, manufactured by New England Digital Corporation, Norwich, VT. The original design and development of the Synclavier prototype occurred at Dartmouth College with the collaboration of...
and Fairlight CMI
Fairlight CMI
The Fairlight CMI is a digital sampling synthesizer. It was designed in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, and based on a dual-6800 microprocessor computer designed by Tony Furse in Sydney, Australia...
synthesisers and an MCI
Music Center Incorporated
Music Center Incorporated is the former name of a United States manufacturer of professional audio equipment that operated from 1955 till 1982 when it was acquired by the Sony Corporation...
console. He spent £35,000 on air conditioning
Air conditioning
An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle...
alone, and had a Mitsubishi Electric
Mitsubishi Electric
is a multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group....
digital recorder costing £75,000. Rushent used his Roland equipment to record Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of Buzzcocks.-Biography:...
's first solo album, Homosapien
Homosapien (album)
Homosapien was Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley's 1981 debut solo album, the title-track of which was released as a UK single the same year. The single was banned by the BBC, but was nevertheless a hit in several countries....
. Originally aimed to be a collection of demos, the recordings were signed to Island Records
Island Records
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
. They were heard by Simon Draper of Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
, who asked Rushent to produce The Human League
The Human League
The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant...
. Rushent's work on the group's 1981 album Dare
Dare (album)
Dare is the third studio album from British synthpop band The Human League.The album was recorded between March and September 1981 and first released in the UK on 20 October 1981, then subsequently in the U.S...
earned him a BRIT Award in 1982 for Best British producer.
Rushent's production on Dare frustrated the group's guitarist Jo Callis
Jo Callis
Jo Callis is an English musician and songwriter who played guitar with the Edinburgh based punk rock band, The Rezillos , and post-punk band Boots For Dancing before joining The Human League.-Biography:Callis was educated at the Edinburgh College of Art...
, as the only guitar on the album was used to trigger a gate
Noise gate
A Noise Gate or gate is an electronic device or software that is used to control the volume of an audio signal. In its most simple form, a noise gate allows a signal to pass through only when it is above a set threshold: the gate is 'open'. If the signal falls below the threshold no signal is...
on the synthesiser. Singer Susanne Sulley
Susanne Sulley
-1981: Dare and "Don’t You Want Me":In 1981, whilst Sulley was still at school, the group recorded their most commercially successful album to date Dare. The release of the album also coincided with the prevalence in use of music video and the launch of MTV...
was also frustrated by the lengthy process of Rushent's synth programming. In 1983, Rushent walked out of his own studio and never worked with the band again after Sulley made an off-the-cuff comment toward him. Also in the 1980s, Rushent worked with XTC
XTC
XTC were a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005. The band enjoyed some chart success, including the UK and Canadian hits "Making Plans for Nigel" and "Senses Working Overtime" , but are perhaps even better known for their long-standing critical success.- Early years:...
, Generation X
Generation X (band)
Generation X was a British punk rock band, formed on 21 November 1976 by Billy Idol, Tony James and John Towe.-History:...
, Altered Images
Altered Images
Altered Images were an early 1980s Scottish New Wave / post-punk band. Led by lead singer Clare Grogan, the band branched into mainstream pop music, and had a string of chart hits between 1981 and 1983.-Early career:...
and The Go-Go's
The Go-Go's
The Go-Go’s are an all-female American rock band formed in 1978. They made history as the first all-female band that both wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts....
.
Rushent decided to take a break from production in 1984, and sold his assets – including Genetic Studios. He briefly took up a consultancy position with Virgin, but retired from the industry to raise his children.
Later career
Rushent returned to the music industry in the mid 1990s when he established Gush, a danceElectronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...
club on Greenham Common. The club's opening night was headlined by The Prodigy
The Prodigy
The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...
. Rushent soon began redeveloping his interest in recording, and
decided to catch up on the technological advances he had missed.
Rushent built a home studio around a Mackie
Mackie
Mackie is a brand of the United States-based company LOUD Technologies. The Mackie brand is used on professional music and recording equipment, such as mixing consoles, loudspeakers, and DAW control surfaces....
console
Mixing console
In professional audio, a mixing console, or audio mixer, also called a sound board, mixing desk, or mixer is an electronic device for combining , routing, and changing the level, timbre and/or dynamics of audio signals. A mixer can mix analog or digital signals, depending on the type of mixer...
, Alesis ADAT HD24
Alesis ADAT HD24
The Alesis HD24 is a 24-track hard-disk audio recorder. It is the successor to the hugely successful tape based Alesis ADAT.- Advantages over tape-based ADAT :There are numerous advantages that the HD24 has over the tape-based ADATs...
recorder and Cubase 5, with which he produced music by The Pipettes
The Pipettes
The Pipettes are a British indie pop girl group formed in 2003 in Brighton by "svengali" Robert "Monster Bobby" Barry. The group has released two albums, We Are the Pipettes, and Earth vs...
, Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Does It Offend You, Yeah? are a British electronic rock band from Reading, Berkshire.-History:Does It Offend You, Yeah? were formed in 2006 in Reading, UK by James Rushent and Dan Coop and soon joined by Rob Bloomfield and Morgan Quaintance....
and Killa Kela
Killa Kela
Killa Kela is an English beatboxer from West Sussex.-Biography:Kela began beatboxing in his teens with the 360 Physicals crew. He was discovered by DJ Vadim when he sent a tape of his beatboxing to Vadim's now defunct label Jazz Fudge...
. In 2005, he produced Hazel O'Connor
Hazel O'Connor
Hazel O'Connor is an English singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of a soldier from Galway who settled in England after World War II to work in a car plant...
's album Hidden Heart. The following year, he was involved with the BBC Electric Proms
BBC Electric Proms
The BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms was an October music festival in London run by the BBC for five years, 2006-2010...
when he recorded Enid Blitz at a 15th-century manor house in Brentford
Brentford
Brentford is a suburban town in west London, England, and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located at the confluence of the River Thames and the River Brent, west-southwest of Charing Cross. Its former ceremonial county was Middlesex.-Toponymy:...
, using a BBC truck as the control room
Control room
A control room is a room serving as an operations centre where a facility or service can be monitored and controlled. Examples include:*in television production, the master control is the technical hub of a broadcast operation common among most over-the-air television stations, television networks...
.
In 2007, Rushent produced the recording Cherry Vanilla by The (Fabulous) Cult of John Harley. The recording was used by the American singer and actress Cherry Vanilla
Cherry Vanilla
Cherry Vanilla is an American singer-songwriter, publicist, and actress. After working as an actress in Andy Warhol's Pork, she worked as a publicist for David Bowie, before finding fame as a rock singer. She subsequently became a publicist for Vangelis.-Career:Kathleen Dorritie was born in...
in the launch of her autobiography Lick Me: How I Became Cherry Vanilla.
At the time of his death, Rushent was working on a 30th anniversary version of Dare, remixed like Love and Dancing but using musical instruments instead of synthesisers.
Personal life
In 1972, Rushent married Linda Trodd, with whom he had three children – sons James and Tim and daughter Joanne. They separated in the 1980s, and Rushent later married Ceri Davis, with whom he had a daughter named Amy. Rushent lived with Ceri and Amy in the BerkshireBerkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
village of Upper Basildon
Upper Basildon
Upper Basildon is a small village in the civil parish of Basildon, near to Pangbourne, in the English county of Berkshire. It has a church, dedicated to St. Stephen, built in 1964 in the shape of the Christian secret symbol of a fish.-External links:*...
. Rushent's son James is the lead singer for the dance punk band Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Does It Offend You, Yeah? are a British electronic rock band from Reading, Berkshire.-History:Does It Offend You, Yeah? were formed in 2006 in Reading, UK by James Rushent and Dan Coop and soon joined by Rob Bloomfield and Morgan Quaintance....
. His eldest son Tim is a media music publisher for The Funky Junkies based in London. Rushent died on 4 June 2011.
Discography
| Year | Artist | Record | Type | Role | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of... |
chaJesus Christ Superstar Jesus Christ Superstar (album) Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1970 rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. The album musical is a musical dramatisation of the last week of the life of Jesus Christ, beginning with his entry into Jerusalem and ending with the Crucifixion.... |
Studio album | Engineer | |
| 1971 | T-Rex | Electric Warrior Electric Warrior Electric Warrior is the sixth album by British rock group T. Rex, and is widely considered to be one of the quintessential glam rock releases. Electric Warrior reached number thirty-two in the US; it went to number one for several weeks in the UK, becoming the biggest album of 1971... |
Studio album | Engineer | |
| Gentle Giant Gentle Giant Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists... |
Acquiring the Taste Acquiring the Taste Acquiring the Taste was the second album of English progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1971.This was a departure from the blues and soul styles found on their self titled debut. It was more experimental, more discordant, and with more varied instrumentation... |
Studio album | Engineer | ||
| Compost Compost (band) Compost was an American jazz fusion ensemble, that released two albums for Columbia Records.[ Allmusic discography]Its members were Bob Moses, Harold Vick, Jumma Santos, Jack Gregg and Jack DeJohnette... |
Compost Compost (album) Compost is the eponymous debut album from Compost. It features Jack DeJohnette, Bob Moses, Harold Vick, Jack Gregg and Jumma Santos recorded in 1971 and released on Columbia Records.... |
Studio album | Engineer, producer | ||
| Stone the Crows Stone the Crows Stone the Crows were a blues band formed in Glasgow in late 1969.-History:The band were formed after Maggie Bell was introduced to Les Harvey by his elder brother, Alex Harvey... |
Teenage Licks | Studio album | Engineer | ||
| Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood... |
Future Games Future Games Future Games is the fifth studio album by British rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1971. It was their first album with guitarist Bob Welch and the first to feature Christine McVie as a full member... |
Studio album | Engineer | ||
| 1972 | Groundhogs The Groundhogs Groundhogs are a British rock band founded in late 1963, that toured extensively in the 1960s, achieved prominence in the early 1970s and continued sporadically into the 21st century.-Career:... |
Hogwash Hogwash (album) Hogwash is a 1972 blues-rock album recorded by The Groundhogs, originally released by United Artists Records in 1972, catalogue number UAG 29419. The most recent CD reissue is that of 2008 by BGO Records, catalogue number BGOCD787. The album mixes bottleneck blues, hard edged rock power chords,... |
Studio album | Engineer | |
| Gentle Giant Gentle Giant Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists... |
Three Friends Three Friends Three Friends is a concept album by the British progressive rock band Gentle Giant. The group's third album was also their first American release to chart, peaking at #197 on the Billboard 200... |
Studio album | Engineer | ||
| Gentle Giant Gentle Giant Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists... |
Octopus | Studio album | Engineer | ||
| Stone the Crows Stone the Crows Stone the Crows were a blues band formed in Glasgow in late 1969.-History:The band were formed after Maggie Bell was introduced to Les Harvey by his elder brother, Alex Harvey... |
Ontinuous Performance | Studio album | Engineer | ||
| Shirley Bassey Shirley Bassey Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"... |
I Capricorn I Capricorn I Capricorn is a 1972 album by Shirley Bassey.Following on from the success of her previous two albums, I Capricorn saw Bassey still in the midst of her revival in the 1970s. Some months earlier she had released the single "For All We Know", which had become one of the biggest hits of her career,... |
Studio album | Engineer | ||
| 1973 | Curved Air Curved Air Curved Air are a pioneering British progressive rock group formed in 1970 by musicians from mixed artistic backgrounds, including classic, folk, and electronic sound. The resulting sound of the band was a mixture of progressive rock, folk rock, and fusion with classical elements... |
Air Cut Air Cut Air Cut is the fourth studio album by Curved Air and was recorded in 1973, following the departure of three of the band's founder members. Only Sonja Kristina and Mike Wedgwood remained in the band from their previous album and Air Cut took them in a more rock-oriented direction.-Reception:While... |
Studio album | Producer | |
| Chaos | Down At The Club/You Could Be My Girl | Studio single | Composer, producer | ||
| Johnny Harris Johnny Harris (musician) Johnny Harris is a Scottish born composer, producer, arranger, conductor and musical director. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland; and a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music in London. He has lived in the US since 1972... |
All to Bring You Morning | Studio album | Engineer, remixing | ||
| Badger Badger (band) -One Live Badger:The band was co-founded by keyboardist Tony Kaye after he left Yes, with David Foster. Foster had been in The Warriors with Jon Anderson before Anderson co-founded Yes. Foster later worked with the band on Time and a Word... |
One Live Badger | Live album | Engineer | ||
| 1974 | Riff Raff Riff Raff (band) Riff Raff was a UK progressive rock band formed by keyboardist Tommy Eyre in 1972.The band was a continuation on the back of drummers Rod Coombes and Joe Czarnecki's aka Joe Peter's project originally called 'Crikey' started in 1969 and completed in 1970 when Rod had to accept growing tour... |
Original Man | Studio album | Engineer | |
| The Sensational Alex Harvey Band | The Impossible Dream The Impossible Dream (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band album) The Impossible Dream was the third album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. It was released in 1974. The album was released separately on CD, but can be hard to find, however, the CD is widely available on a 2 in 1 album, the other album being Tomorrow Belongs to Me.-Track listings:#"Hot City... |
Studio album | Engineer | ||
| Snafu Snafu (band) Snafu was a British rhythm and blues/rock band of the 1970s featuring vocalist Bobby Harrison and the talented slide guitarist Micky Moody.-History:... |
Situation Normal Situation Normal Situation Normal is the second studio album by SNAFU.Pete Solley's fiddle lends this album a curious Country and Western tone in places, unusual for what was essentially an R&B band... |
Studio album | Engineer | ||
| Premiata Forneria Marconi Premiata Forneria Marconi Premiata Forneria Marconi is an Italian progressive rock band. They were the first Italian group to have success abroad, entering both the British and American charts. Between 1973 and 1977 they released five albums with English lyrics... |
The World Became the World | Studio album | Engineer | ||
| 1975 | Danny Kirwan Danny Kirwan Daniel David "Danny" Kirwan is a British musician best known for his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues-rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972.-Early career:... |
Second Chapter Second Chapter Allmusic critic Joe Viglione declared that Second Chapter was a feather in the cap for Kirwan as well as producer Martin Rushent. Drawing comparisons with the music of Lindsey Buckingham, Paul McCartney and America, he highlighted the title track, "Love Can Always Bring You Happiness" and "Silver... |
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| Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Banco del Mutuo Soccorso is an Italian rock band. A popular progressive rock band in the 1970s, they continued making music in the 1980s and 1990s... |
Banco Banco (album) Banco is a 1975 album by Italian progressive rock band Banco del Mutuo Soccorso. The album was originally released on the Manticore Records label launched by Emerson, Lake & Palmer with whom the band shared a firm stylistic similarity. A lively and inventive collection of songs and instrumentals... |
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| Shirley Bassey Shirley Bassey Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"... |
Good, Bad but Beautiful Good, Bad but Beautiful Good, Bad but Beautiful is a 1975 album by Shirley Bassey. In the first half of the decade, Bassey recorded nine albums, with three making the top ten. In March 1975, Bassey released a compilation that became her highest-charting album to date, The Shirley Bassey Singles Album , and reflects the... |
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| Zzebra ZZebra Zzebra were a British fusion and afro prog band active in the UK in the early 1970s.The band was formed when Terry Smith and Dave Quincy , both left the band If, when it broke up, and joined Lasisi "Loughty" Amao ex-Osibisa , Gus Yeadon ex-The Love Affair , Liam Genockey and John McCoy .They... |
Panic | Studio album | Engineer | ||
| 1976 | Roderick Taylor Roderick Taylor Roderick Taylor, also known as Rod Taylor or Roderick Falconer, is an American poet, recording artist, screenwriter, television producer and television director. Taylor is the father of screenwriter and television/film producer Bruce A... |
New Nation | Studio album | Engineer | |
| McKendree Spring McKendree Spring McKendree Spring is a progressive folk-rock band, active mainly in the early 1970s. The band consisted of Fran McKendree , Fred Holman , Dr. Michael Dreyfuss , Martin Slutsky . Christopher Bishop replaced Holman on bass as of the 1973 release Spring Suite... |
Too Young to Feel This Old | Studio album | Engineer | ||
| 1977 | The Stranglers The Stranglers The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s... |
Rattus Norvegicus Rattus Norvegicus (album) Rattus Norvegicus is the first studio album by The Stranglers, released on 17 April 1977. The album was originally to be entitled "Dead on Arrival" but was changed at the last minute... |
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| The Stranglers The Stranglers The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s... |
No More Heroes | Studio album | Producer | ||
| Téléphone Téléphone Téléphone was a French rock band formed in 1976 by Jean-Louis Aubert , Louis Bertignac , Corine Marienneau and Richard Kolinka .... |
Téléphone | Studio album | Producer | ||
| 1978 | The Stranglers The Stranglers The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s... |
Black and White Black and White (The Stranglers album) Black and White is The Stranglers third studio album and was recorded within 18 months of their debut Rattus Norvegicus. Produced by Martin Rushent and engineered by Alan Winstanley, the album is divided into the Black side and White side, each nominally characterised by the style and mood of the... |
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| The Buzzcocks | Another Music in a Different Kitchen Another Music in a Different Kitchen Another Music in a Different Kitchen was Buzzcocks' first album, released in 1978 and including the hit single "I Don't Mind", which reached #55 in the United Kingdom singles chart in May 1978. The corresponding CD was released in March 1994 on the same record label... |
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| Generation X Generation X (band) Generation X was a British punk rock band, formed on 21 November 1976 by Billy Idol, Tony James and John Towe.-History:... |
Generation X Generation X (album) -Personnel:* Billy Idol − vocals* Tony James − bass* Bob "Derwood" Andrews − guitar* Mark Laff − drums... |
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| The Buzzcocks | Love Bites Love Bites (album) Love Bites was Buzzcocks' second album, which managed to peak at #13 on the United Kingdom albums chart at the time of its release. In March 1994, an EMI CD version of the original album was released with four additional tracks.-Track listing:... |
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| 999 999 (band) 999 are an English rock band who formed in London in 1977. They are often cited as one of the first punk rock bands. Between 1978 and 1981, they had five Top 75 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and one Top 40 single. After extensive touring across the Atlantic Ocean, the band's third and fourth... |
Separates Separates Separates is the second album released by the English punk band 999. Separates was released in America under the title High Energy Plan, with a different cover and slightly altered track listing; on High Energy Plan, "Tulse Hill Night" and "Out of Reach" are replaced by "Waiting" and "Action".-... |
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| Ian Gomm Ian Gomm Ian Robert Gomm is a British singer-songwriter, who was the rhythm guitarist for Brinsley Schwarz from 1970 to 1974. He was named "Best Rhythm Guitarist" by NME in 1971.[]... |
Gomm with the Wind | Studio album | Producer | ||
| Dr Feelgood | Private Practice Private Practice (album) Private Practice was the sixth album by Dr. Feelgood, and was released in October 1978.This was commercially rewarding when the album spawned a Top 10 hit single in "Milk and Alcohol"... |
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| Ian Gomm Ian Gomm Ian Robert Gomm is a British singer-songwriter, who was the rhythm guitarist for Brinsley Schwarz from 1970 to 1974. He was named "Best Rhythm Guitarist" by NME in 1971.[]... |
Summer Holiday | Studio album | Producer | ||
| 1979 | The Stranglers The Stranglers The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s... |
Live (X Cert) Live (X Cert) Live is a live album by The Stranglers released in 1979. It contains tracks recorded at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm in June and November 1977 and at Battersea Park in September 1978.... |
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| Téléphone Téléphone Téléphone was a French rock band formed in 1976 by Jean-Louis Aubert , Louis Bertignac , Corine Marienneau and Richard Kolinka .... |
Crache Ton Venin Crache Ton Venin Crache Ton Venin is the second album by French rock band Téléphone. The title, translating literally as 'Spit your Venom', is also the name for the album's opening track. Released in 1979, it was the album that cemented Téléphone's position as one of the foremost French rock groups of the era, some... |
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| The Buzzcocks | A Different Kind of Tension A Different Kind of Tension -Personnel:*Pete Shelley – guitar, vocals, keyboards*Steve Diggle – guitar, vocals*Steve Garvey – bass*John Maher – drums-Vinyl information:*A blue vinyl version was re-released around 1986.... |
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| Jean-Jacques Burnel Jean-Jacques Burnel J. J. Burnel , is a Franco-English musician producer and songwriter, best known as the bass guitarist with the British rock band The Stranglers.-Life and career:... |
Euroman Cometh Euroman Cometh Euroman Cometh is the 1979 debut solo album by The Stranglers' bassist J. J. Burnel.Guest musicians were Peter Howells of The Drones , track 9 featured Brian James of The Damned , Lew Lewis and Carey Fortune of Chelsea... |
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| 1980 | Téléphone Téléphone Téléphone was a French rock band formed in 1976 by Jean-Louis Aubert , Louis Bertignac , Corine Marienneau and Richard Kolinka .... |
Au Cœur De La Nuit Au Cœur De La Nuit Au cœur de la nuit is an album of French rock band Téléphone, released in 1980.- Track listing :All tracks composed by Jean-Louis Aubert; except where indicated# "Au cœur de la nuit" - 3:28# "Ploum ploum" - 1:54# "Pourquoi n'essaies-tu pas ?" - 3:23... |
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| Rachel Sweet Rachel Sweet Rachel Sweet is an American singer, television writer and actress.-Biography:After beginning her singing career at the age of three, when she won an electric garage door opener in a singing contest, she began recording commercials at the age of six, toured with Mickey Rooney, and performed in Las... |
Protect the Innocent Protect the Innocent Protect the Innocent is Rachel Sweet's second album containing tracks by Lou Reed and Graham Parker. The backing musicians are uncredited, but it has been rumoured that they were Fingerprintz.-Track listing:# "Tonight" – 3:10... |
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| 1981 | The Human League The Human League The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant... |
Dare Dare (album) Dare is the third studio album from British synthpop band The Human League.The album was recorded between March and September 1981 and first released in the UK on 20 October 1981, then subsequently in the U.S... |
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| Pete Shelley Pete Shelley Pete Shelley is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of Buzzcocks.-Biography:... |
Homosapien Homosapien (album) Homosapien was Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley's 1981 debut solo album, the title-track of which was released as a UK single the same year. The single was banned by the BBC, but was nevertheless a hit in several countries.... |
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| The Raybeats | Guitar Beat Guitar Beat Guitar Beat is the debut album by neo-surf combo the Raybeats. It was produced by Martin Rushent. The album features ten original instrumentals, plus a Jan and Dean cover.... |
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| Altered Images Altered Images Altered Images were an early 1980s Scottish New Wave / post-punk band. Led by lead singer Clare Grogan, the band branched into mainstream pop music, and had a string of chart hits between 1981 and 1983.-Early career:... |
Happy Birthday | Studio album | Engineer, producer | ||
| Deke Leonard Deke Leonard Roger "Deke" Leonard is a rock musician, "serving a life sentence in the music business." Best known as a member of the progressive rock band Man, which he joined and left several times, and for fronting his own rock and roll band Iceberg, which he formed and disbanded several times, he is also... |
Before Your Very Eyes | Studio album | Engineer, producer | ||
| The dB's The dB's The dB's are a jangle pop/power pop group who came into prominence in the late 1970s and 1980s. The bandmembers were Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey, Will Rigby and Gene Holder, all of whom were from Winston-Salem, North Carolina... |
Stands for Decibels Stands for Decibels Stands for Decibels is the acclaimed 1981 debut album by The dB's. It was initially commercially unsuccessful but has since become recognized as a crucial album in the power pop canon, alongside releases by Big Star and Let's Active... |
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| 1982 | The Human League The Human League The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant... |
Love and Dancing Love and Dancing Love and Dancing is a remix album released by the British synthpop band The Human League in 1982. It was released under the name "The League Unlimited Orchestra" as a nod to Barry White's disco-era Love Unlimited Orchestra... |
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| Altered Images Altered Images Altered Images were an early 1980s Scottish New Wave / post-punk band. Led by lead singer Clare Grogan, the band branched into mainstream pop music, and had a string of chart hits between 1981 and 1983.-Early career:... |
Pinky Blue Pinky Blue Pinky Blue is the second album by British pop group Altered Images. It was released in 1982 and featured the singles "I Could Be Happy", "See Those Eyes" and "Pinky Blue".-Overview:... |
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| The Members The Members The Members are a British punk band that originated in Camberley, England. Their best known recording is "The Sound of the Suburbs" .-Career:... |
Uprhythm, Downbeat Uprhythm, Downbeat Uprhythm, Downbeat is the final album from punk rock band The Members. It includes one of the band's most successful singles in the U.S., "Working Girl", and the single "Radio", which was a major chart hit in Australia... |
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| 1983 | The Human League The Human League The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant... |
Fascination! Fascination! Fascination! is an EP released by British synthpop band The Human League in 1983. The EP was issued by Virgin Records as a stop-gap release in between the albums Dare! and Hysteria.... |
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| Pete Shelley Pete Shelley Pete Shelley is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of Buzzcocks.-Biography:... |
XL1 XL1 XL1 was Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley's second solo album. The single "Telephone Operator" charted at #66 in the United Kingdom, making it his biggest single release there... |
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| 1984 | The Human League The Human League The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant... |
Hysteria | Studio album | Programming | |
| Hazel O'Connor Hazel O'Connor Hazel O'Connor is an English singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of a soldier from Galway who settled in England after World War II to work in a car plant... |
Smile | Studio album | Producer | ||
| The Go-Go's The Go-Go's The Go-Go’s are an all-female American rock band formed in 1978. They made history as the first all-female band that both wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts.... |
Talk Show | Studio album | Engineer, producer | ||
| 1985 | Associates | Perhaps | Studio album | Producer | |
| 1988 | Do-Re-Mi Do-Re-Mi (band) Do-Re-Mi aka Do-Ré-Mi were an Australian Rock/Pop band formed in Sydney in 1981 when Deborah Conway and Dorland Bray joined Helen Carter and later recruited Stephen Philip... |
The Happiest Place in Town The Happiest Place in Town (Do-Re-Mi album) The Happiest Place in Town is the second LP album by Australian rock/pop group Do-Re-Mi and was released by Virgin Records in August 1988. The album has twelve tracks, which were written by lead vocalist Deborah Conway, drummer Dorland Bray, bass guitarist Helen Carter and guitarist Stephen Philip... |
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| Associates | Heart of Glass | Single | Producer | ||
| 1997 | Ian Gomm Ian Gomm Ian Robert Gomm is a British singer-songwriter, who was the rhythm guitarist for Brinsley Schwarz from 1970 to 1974. He was named "Best Rhythm Guitarist" by NME in 1971.[]... |
Come On | Single | Producer | |
| 1990 | The Human League The Human League The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant... |
Heart Like a Wheel Heart Like a Wheel (song) "Heart Like a Wheel" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It is taken from the Romantic? album of 1990.-Background:"Heart Like a Wheel" was the first single to be taken from the Human League's Romantic? album of 1990... |
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| 2005 | Hazel O'Connor Hazel O'Connor Hazel O'Connor is an English singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of a soldier from Galway who settled in England after World War II to work in a car plant... |
Hidden Heart | Studio album | Producer | |
| Carl Barat Carl Barât Carl Ashley Raphael Barât is an English musician, actor and author. He was the frontman and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and recently debuted a solo album, but is best known for being the co-frontman with Peter Doherty of the garage rock band The Libertines.-Early life:Carl Barât was... |
Under the Influence | Studio album | Producer | ||
| 2009 | Killa Kela Killa Kela Killa Kela is an English beatboxer from West Sussex.-Biography:Kela began beatboxing in his teens with the 360 Physicals crew. He was discovered by DJ Vadim when he sent a tape of his beatboxing to Vadim's now defunct label Jazz Fudge... |
Amplified | Studio Album | Producer | |
| 2010 | The Pipettes The Pipettes The Pipettes are a British indie pop girl group formed in 2003 in Brighton by "svengali" Robert "Monster Bobby" Barry. The group has released two albums, We Are the Pipettes, and Earth vs... |
Earth vs. The Pipettes Earth vs. The Pipettes Earth vs. The Pipettes is the second album from the British girl group, The Pipettes, and first album as a duo. Our Love was Saved By Spacemen was released as a viral video online, and received generally positive reviews from websites such as PopJustice and PopMatters. "Stop The Music," their... |
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| 2011 | Does It Offend You, Yeah? Does It Offend You, Yeah? Does It Offend You, Yeah? are a British electronic rock band from Reading, Berkshire.-History:Does It Offend You, Yeah? were formed in 2006 in Reading, UK by James Rushent and Dan Coop and soon joined by Rob Bloomfield and Morgan Quaintance.... |
Don't Say We Didn't Warn You | Studio album | Producer | |
| 2011 | The Pipettes The Pipettes The Pipettes are a British indie pop girl group formed in 2003 in Brighton by "svengali" Robert "Monster Bobby" Barry. The group has released two albums, We Are the Pipettes, and Earth vs... |
Boo Shuffle | Single | Producer |