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Roy Thomas Baker is an English
English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
 music producer, songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
 and arranger who helped create a number of extremely popular pop and rock records from the 1970s
1970s

The 1970s, or the Seventies was the decade that ran from January 1, 1970 to December 31, 1979.In the western world, social progressive values that began in the 1960s, such as increasing political awareness and political and economic liberty of women, continued to grow....
 to the present. Although born in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England, he now splits his time between his homes in L.A., Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, and his recording studio in Arizona
Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
. Baker got his start at Decca Records
Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
 in England at the age of 14. Later he moved to Trident Studios
Trident Studios

Trident Studios was a United Kingdom recording studio, originally located at 17 St. Anne's Court in London's Soho district. It was constructed in 1967 by brothers Barry and Norman Sheffield....
, where he worked with music producers such as Gus Dudgeon
Gus Dudgeon

Gus Dudgeon was an English people record producer....
 , 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 notable performers, including the Moody Blues, as well as T....
, Jagger/Richards and Frank Zappa.

Perhaps one of the best known productions is the enduring hit song "Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody

"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the English Rock music band Queen . It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band's 1975 album A Night at the Opera ....
" by Queen
Queen (band)

Queen were an England rock music band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Meddows-Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year....
.






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Roy Thomas Baker is an English
English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
 music producer, songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
 and arranger who helped create a number of extremely popular pop and rock records from the 1970s
1970s

The 1970s, or the Seventies was the decade that ran from January 1, 1970 to December 31, 1979.In the western world, social progressive values that began in the 1960s, such as increasing political awareness and political and economic liberty of women, continued to grow....
 to the present. Although born in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England, he now splits his time between his homes in L.A., Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, and his recording studio in Arizona
Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
. Baker got his start at Decca Records
Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
 in England at the age of 14. Later he moved to Trident Studios
Trident Studios

Trident Studios was a United Kingdom recording studio, originally located at 17 St. Anne's Court in London's Soho district. It was constructed in 1967 by brothers Barry and Norman Sheffield....
, where he worked with music producers such as Gus Dudgeon
Gus Dudgeon

Gus Dudgeon was an English people record producer....
 , 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 notable performers, including the Moody Blues, as well as T....
, Jagger/Richards and Frank Zappa.

Perhaps one of the best known productions is the enduring hit song "Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody

"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the English Rock music band Queen . It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band's 1975 album A Night at the Opera ....
" by Queen
Queen (band)

Queen were an England rock music band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Meddows-Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year....
. He also produced artists such as Nazareth
Nazareth (band)

Nazareth are a Scottish rock music band that had several hard rock chart-topper in the mid 1970s, including the Felice and Boudleaux Bryant songwriter ballad, "Love Hurts."...
, Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1985. The band, led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through numerous line-up changes and controversies since their formation....
, The Who
The Who

The Who are an England Rock music band formed in 1964. The primary lineup was guitarist Pete Townshend, vocalist Roger Daltrey, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon....
, The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock music band formed in 1962 in London when multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart were joined by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards....
, David Bowie
David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....
, The Cars
The Cars

The Cars were an American Rock music band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s. Members of the band were singer and rhythm guitarist Ric Ocasek, singer and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson ....
, Foreigner
Foreigner (band)

Foreigner is a Rock music band formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran musicians Mick Jones and ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald , along with then-unknown vocalist Lou Gramm ....
, Journey
Journey (band)

Journey is an United States Rock music Musical ensemble formed in San Francisco, California, California in 1973. The band has gone through several phases since its inception by former members of Santana ....
, Pilot
Pilot (band)

Pilot was a pop rock group formed in 1973 in Edinburgh, Scotland by former Bay City Rollers members David Paton and Billy Lyall. This was prior to the Bay City Rollers 'hitting the big time'....
, Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is a Grammy Award winning England singer-songwriter, whose career has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering English heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-RIAA certification solo career which revolutionized the heavy metal genre....
, Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe

M?tley Cr?e are a Grammy Award-nominated American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1981.The band was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drum kit Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead vocalist Vince Neil....
, T. Rex, Devo
Devo

Devo , often spelled DEVO or DEV-O, is an American Rock music group formed in Akron, Ohio in 1973. They are best known for their 1980 hit "Whip It", which made it to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart....
, The Stranglers
The Stranglers

The Stranglers are an England Rock and roll group, formed on 11 September 1974 in Guildford, Surrey.Scoring a string of UK top ten hits, including "Golden Brown", "No More Heroes " and "Peaches " and UK top forty hits spanning four decades, the Stranglers originally built a following alongside the mid-'70s pub rock scene....
, Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield

Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, Officer of the Order of the British Empire , known as Dusty Springfield, was a leading pop music singer and entertainer....
, Starcastle
Starcastle

Starcastle is a progressive rock band from St. Louis, Missouri, and Champaign-Urbana, Illinois....
, T'Pau
T'Pau (band)

T'Pau was a late 1980s Pop music musical group led by singer Carol Decker. They had a string of Top 40 chart-topper in the United Kingdom, and several hits in the United States and Europe....
, Yes
Yes (band)

Yes are an England progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968 in music. Their music is marked by sharp dynamic contrasts, extended song lengths, abstract lyrics, and a general showcasing of instrumental prowess....
, Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick is a United States Rock music band formed in the 1970s and consisting of Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E. Carlos ....
, Gasolin'
Gasolin'

Gasolin was a Denmark rock band from Christianshavn in Copenhagen formed by Kim Larsen and Franz Beckerlee and Wili J?nsson in 1969. Their first drummer was the late Bj?rn Uglebjerg....
 and The Darkness
The Darkness

The Darkness were a multi-BRIT Awards-winning United Kingdom hard rock/glam rock band. Their highly retro style of music was influenced by rock music bands like Queen , Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, M?tley Cr?e, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Sparks , Van Halen, T....
. Most recently he has worked with The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. While the group has gone through several lineup changes, The Smashing Pumpkins consisted of Billy Corgan , James Iha , D'arcy Wretzky , and Jimmy Chamberlin for most of the band's recording career....
 on their 2007 album, Zeitgeist. In 2008 he produced at his recording studio in Arizona "The Storm" which has gone gold. In 2008 he produced a track on the Smashing Pumpkins EP American Gothic.

According to Jimmy Chamberlin
Jimmy Chamberlin

Jimmy Chamberlin is an American drummer, songwriter and Record producer. He may be best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins....
, the only times Baker complained during the making of Zeitgeist were when he was denied a permit to build a helipad
Helipad

The word helipad is a portmanteau word meaning helicopter landing pad, a landing area for helicopters. Though helicopters can usually land anywhere flat, a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard surface away from obstacles where a helicopter can land....
 at his California mansion, and when he had to sell a castle he owned back in England.

Selected discography

Productions by Roy Thomas Baker:
  • Nazareth - Nazareth (1971)
  • Nazareth: Exercises (1971)
  • Gasolin': Gasolin' 3
    Gasolin' 3

    Gasolin' 3 was the first Gasolin' album to be produced by Roy Thomas Baker and his importance cannot be overestimated. Not only did he improve the sound quality; Baker would also encourage the band to become better musicians and push the musical boundaries....
     (1973)
  • Gasolin': "Gasolin' Stakkels Jim
    Stakkels Jim

    Stakkels Jim is a studio album by Gasolin' and was released in November 1974. It was the second album to be produced by Roy Thomas Baker....
    " (in English: "Poor Jim") (1974)
  • Queen: Queen
    Queen (album)

    Queen is the self-titled debut album from the England rock music band Queen , released in 1973 in music. It was recorded at Trident Studios and De Lane Lea Music Centre, London, England, with production by Roy Thomas Baker , John Anthony, and Queen....
     (1973)
  • Queen: Queen II
    Queen II

    Queen II is the second album by England Rock music Musical ensemble Queen , originally released in 1974. It was recorded at Trident Studios, London, England in August 1973, and engineered by Mike "Clay" Stone....
     (1974)
  • Queen: Sheer Heart Attack
    Sheer Heart Attack

    Sheer Heart Attack is a Queen album from 1974. It was their third studio album, and was produced by Queen and Roy Thomas Baker for EMI in the UK, and Elektra Records in the US....
     (1974)
  • Queen: A Night at the Opera
    A Night at the Opera (Queen album)

    A Night at the Opera is a 1975 album by United Kingdom Rock music Musical ensemble Queen . It was produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen, and reportedly was, at the time of its release, the most expensive album ever made....
     (1975)
  • Jet
    Jet (UK band)

    Jet from London formed in 1974. Members were Andy Ellison , Martin Gordon , Chris Townson , David O'List and Peter Oxendale . They released one eponymous album in 1975, that was produced by Roy Thomas Baker....
    : eponymous debut (1975)
  • Pilot
    Pilot (band)

    Pilot was a pop rock group formed in 1973 in Edinburgh, Scotland by former Bay City Rollers members David Paton and Billy Lyall. This was prior to the Bay City Rollers 'hitting the big time'....
    : Morin Heights (1976)
  • Ian Hunter
    Ian Hunter (singer)

    Ian Hunter is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974....
    : Overnight Angels
    Overnight Angels

    Overnight Angels is the third solo album of Ian Hunter . After the poor sales of his previous album, he wanted to do fast songs again....
     (1976)
  • Dusty Springfield
    Dusty Springfield

    Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, Officer of the Order of the British Empire , known as Dusty Springfield, was a leading pop music singer and entertainer....
         It Begins Again
    It Begins Again

    It Begins Again is the eleventh studio album by Dusty Springfield, but only the ninth released. Recorded during the middle of 1977 and released in early 1978, It Begins Again was her first completed and released album since Cameo , some five years earlier, and found Springfield back on track - both personally and professionally....
     (1978)
  • The Cars: The Cars
    The Cars (album)

    The Cars is the debut album by the Boston, Massachusetts-based United States New Wave music band The Cars, released in 1978. With the popular tracks "Just What I Needed" and "My Best Friend's Girl" getting heavy airplay on album-oriented rock radio stations, the album sold one million copies by the end the year and steadily climbed the c...
     (1978)
  • Queen: Jazz
    Jazz (album)

    Jazz is a 1978 album by England rock and roll band Queen . It was the band's seventh studio album, and comprises a number of different Music genre, including disco-funk , vaudeville , hard rock and a country music-flavoured stomp ....
     (1978)
  • Yes
    Yes (band)

    Yes are an England progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968 in music. Their music is marked by sharp dynamic contrasts, extended song lengths, abstract lyrics, and a general showcasing of instrumental prowess....
    :     Golden Age Sessions (1979)
  • Journey - Infinity
    Infinity (album)

    Journey 's fourth album, Infinity, was released in May 1978 on the Columbia Records label.Looking for a stronger lead vocalist, Journey briefly enlisted front man Robert Fleischman and even recorded one track, "For You", which would later appear on the Time 3 collection, and Fleischman's solo album, Perfect Stranger....
  • The Cars: Candy-O
    Candy-O

    Candy-O is the second studio album by United States New Wave music band The Cars, released in 1979 . The cover was painted by Alberto Vargas based on a design by Johnny Lee, the art director at Elektra Records, and Ron Coro....
     (1979)
  • Foreigner:"Head Games"(1980)
  • The Cars: Panorama (1980)
  • Alice Cooper: Flush the Fashion
    Flush the Fashion

    Flush the Fashion is an album by Alice Cooper, released in 1980 in music. Musically the album was a drastic change of style for Alice Cooper tending towards New Wave music influences such as Gary Numan....
     (1980)
  • The Cars: Shake It Up
    Shake It Up

    Shake It Up is the fourth studio album by United States New Wave music band The Cars, released in 1981."Since You're Gone" also appears on The Last American Virgin soundtrack album....
     (1981)
  • Heavy Metal:"Motion Picture Soundtrack"(1982)
  • Devo: Oh, No! It's Devo
    Oh, No! It's Devo

    Oh, No! It's Devo is the fifth studio album by Devo. By the time of its 1982 release, Devo were a fully-fledged synth-pop act. Most of the music on Oh, No! was created by electronic means which gave it a much different sound to, for example, their 1978 debut Question: Are We Not Men? Answer: We Are Devo!, which relied more on guit...
     (1982)
  • Cheap Trick: One on One
    One on One (album)

    One on One was Cheap Trick's sixth studio album and seventh release in general. Produced by Roy Thomas Baker, it was released in 1982 and was the first Cheap Trick album to feature new bassist Jon Brant....
     (1982)
  • Fast Times At Ridgemont High:"Motion Picture Soundtrack"(1983)
  • Mötley Crüe: Too Fast for Love (1983)
  • Arnold Corns A.K.A. David Bowie "Man In The Middle"(1985)
  • American Anthem:"Motion Picture Soundtrack"(1986)
  • T'Pau: Bridge of Spies (titled T'Pau in the USA) (1987)
  • Slade: You Boyz Make Big Noize
    You Boyz Make Big Noize

    You Boyz Make Big Noize was an album by the British glamrock/hardrock group Slade. It was released April 27 1987 and reached number 98 in the UK charts spending just one week in the UK charts....
     (1987)
  • Ozzy Osbourne: No Rest For The Wicked
    No Rest for the Wicked (Ozzy Osbourne album)

    No Rest for the Wicked is the fifth studio album by Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on October 22 1988 and was re-issued / remastered on August 22 1995 and again on June 25 2002....
     (1988)
  • Dangerous Toys: Hellacious Acres
    Dangerous Toys (album)

    Dangerous Toys is the debut album by Texas hard rock band Dangerous Toys, released in 1989. It includes the singles "Teasin' Pleasin'" and "Scared," the former covered by Shadows Fall on Fallout from the War, the latter a tribute to Alice Cooper....
     (1989)
  • The Stranglers: 10
    10 (The Stranglers album)

    The tenth studio album from The Stranglers was called 10 and was the last with Hugh Cornwell. The album was released in 1990. There is a definite "big-band" sound to this album, most likely due to the production work of Roy Thomas Baker and the continued use of a horn section....
     (1989)
  • Chris De Burgh:"Spark To A Flame"(1990)
  • Shy
    Shy (band)

    Shy is a United Kingdom classic rock/Heavy metal music band formed in 1980 under the name Trojan, hailing from Birmingham, England....
    :     Misspent Youth
    Misspent Youth

    Peter F. Hamilton's novel Misspent Youth is set in the near-future, and describes the story of Jeff Baker; an inventor who revolutionizes the world by creating the ultimate method of information storage and instead of selling it, offers it open source....
    (1990)
  • The Stranglers:"All Twelve Inches"(1992)
  • Wayne's World: "Motion Picture Soundtrack"(1992)
  • Mozart: "Mozart"(1994)
  • Mozart: "Eve
    Eve (album)

    Eve is a progressive rock album by The Alan Parsons Project. It was released in 1979 . Along with Pyramid , it is widely regarded as a mediocre album between 1977's I Robot and the Project's successes of the 1980's....
    "(1995)
  • Mozart: "Paris Is Dying..."(1996)
  • Local H: "Pack Up The Cats
    Pack Up the Cats

    Pack Up the Cats is an album by the alternative rock band Local H. It was released on September 1, 1998, on Island Records. The album seemed that it had a chance at being successful, especially with its catchy single "All the Kids Are Right", but this changed when Polygram, the parent label of Island, merged with Universal Music, causing...
    " (1998)
  • Hawkwind: "Hall Of The Mountain Grill" (2001)
  • Split Shift: Tension (2004)
  • The Darkness: One Way Ticket to Hell... And Back (2005)
  • Elliot Easton (The Cars); "Change No Change" (2006)
  • The Smashing Pumpkins: Zeitgeist
    Zeitgeist (The Smashing Pumpkins album)

    Zeitgeist is the seventh studio album by United States alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. Zeitgeist was released on July 6, 2007 in certain countries and on July 10, 2007 in the United States and Canada....
     (2007)
  • Robert Calvert: "Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters"(2007)
  • Transformers:"Motion Picture Soundtrack"(2007)
  • The Storm: Where The Storm Meets The Ground (2008)
  • The Smashing Pumpkins "American Gothic" (2008)
  • Guns N' Roses:"Chinese Democracy"(2009)
  • Currently working on a secret project in Lake Havasu City, AZ; a new Artist whose name has not yet been disclosed (2009)


External links

  • -www.roythomasbaker.com
  • - interview with Baker