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     Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 387 Registered: 03-2006 |
1) Todd Rundgren - For "Skylarking" - XTC 2) Nick Lowe - Much of Elvis Costello's best stuff. 3) Jack Nitzsche - "Harvest" - Neil Young; "Squeezing Out Sparks" - Graham Parker 4) Phil Spector - the Ronettes, the Righteous Bros., the Crystals, Ben E. King...the architect of the Wall of Sound. 5) George Martin - the vast majority of the Fab Four's catalog. 6) Shel Talmy - the producer behind the Kink's bestest, 60's stuff - the number of great, immortal songs produced by this pairing must number in the hundreds... 7) Brian Eno - "Remain In Light" - Talking Heads..his contribution to this groundbreaking record was so significant that his name was going to be listed "above the marquee" as one of the artists... 8) T-Bone Burnett - my favorite Elvis Costello album, "King of America", and the first two insanely wonderful Los Lobos albums. 9) Mark Wallis - for obvious reasons. 10) Sam Phillips - for Sun Records and all the splendor that unleashed on the world. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 398 Registered: 05-2005 |
Martin Hannet - Joy Division/Magazine etc Lee Scratch Perry - Too many to mention Tony Visconti - T Rex/Bowie/Morrissey Easter/Dixon - REMs Murmer John Cale - Patti Smith/ Modern Lovers/Happy Mondays Grant Showbiz - The Fall Dave Fridmann - Flaming Lips/Low/Mogwai/Sleater Kinney etc Steve Albini - The Pixies/Nirvana/Low | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 322 Registered: 04-2005 |
No particular order: Brian Eno - Mostly for his Talking Heads work, but he even made U2 bearable sometimes (though I know many here disagree) Martin Hannett - Joy Division. Enough said. Chris Thomas - Roxy Music, Pretenders, Sex Pistols, etc. Tony Visconti - Bowie back when Bowie was good. George Martin - Of course. Nick Lowe - Great "feel" producer, but his engineer Roger Bechirian (sp?) deserves a lot of credit too. Roger Moutenot - I've touted him before: Yo La Tengo, Sleater-Kinney, etc. David Briggs - Almost always got the best out of Neil Young because he didn't take crap from the old grouch. Steve Albini - Sorry, he's a "recording engineer," not producer. Does many band I don't ever want to hear (and many I do), but he gets amazing drum and guitar sounds. Guy Stevens - Early Mott the Hoople, but his golden moment is "London Calling." | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 386 Registered: 05-2005 |
I go with kev on most of his, Stephen Street - Smiths Gil Norton Pixies/Blue Aeroplanes Joe Boyd - Nick Drake et al Alex Ferguson - ATV Gram Parsons Nick Cave and Victor Van Vugt Steve Lillywhite for Vauxhall and I - Morrissey | ||
| Todd Slater Member Username: Todd_slater Post Number: 47 Registered: 01-2005 |
Tony Cohen - Man, Myth, Legend Mick Harvey - PJ Harvey Rick Rubin - Johnny Cash T Bone Burnett Flood Sam Phillips - The Sun Sessions Glyn Johns Eno Steve Albini - The Dirty Three/Ocean Songs, a masterpiece Quincy Jones | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 319 Registered: 10-2004 |
-martin hannett -john porter (for his work with the smiths, though not necessarily the debut album, which sounds a bit too thin, but some of those singles.. he also did my fav microdisney LP) -stephen street (for his work with smiths, mainly) -richard preston -brian wilson (back in the beach boys' prime) -john a. rivers -steve nye (esp. for japan's 'tin drum') -easter/dixon tagteam on early REM records -chris thomas (esp. for 1st pretenders album) -john leckie (esp. for work w/ felt and the fall and dukes of stratosphear) -tony visconti (for work on t-rex & bowie albums) -mike hedges (bauhaus, cure, siouxsie) -andy and glyn johns -john brand (at least for BF & SHF) -lee scratch perry | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 389 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yeah Jeff, I think you have just helped me complete my list! Thanx! | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 289 Registered: 08-2004 |
Trying not too repeat any already mentioned Bowie - Raw Power/Transformer Jerry Wexler - Atlantic Records/Slow Train Coming Berry Gordy - Oh you know Brian Wilson - See above Giorgio Moroder - and again Andy Weatherall - Primal Scream/One Dove/Beth Orton/Jah Wobble The Wild Bunch - Massive Attack etc Tricky - Bjork The Dust Brothers - Beck Arthur Baker - New Order & a ridiculous amount of hip hop classics. ...and a bonus The Bomb Squad - Public Enemy's finest works. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 371 Registered: 03-2005 |
strictly as an augmentation to so many of the other wonderful folks listed already: Joe Meek (mad bipolar genius responsible for worldwide smash "Telstar" and lots of other discs ranging from the sappy to the savvy to the oddball) Phil Punch (Ed Kuepper, Cannanes) Andrew Oldham (not just the Stones, but also early Marianne Faithfull, the Poets, Del Shannon, Small Faces) Leonard & Phil Chess Leland Rogers (Esther Phillips, Betty Lavette, 13th Floor Elevators) Martin Clarke (Perth's one-man record company 1965 - 1970) | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 392 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wild bunch good one Jerry, I was going to say producer of Mezzanine, I think that is so wonderfully mixed and produced, everything just sounds right all the way through, a tough job given the sophistication. | ||
| Peter Collins Member Username: Tyroneshoelaces Post Number: 110 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sorry to be a bit 'bah humbug' but this thread is so anal as to be untrue. Are you all wearing anoraks? | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 292 Registered: 08-2004 |
Harsh but true, let's talk about footy. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 404 Registered: 05-2005 |
or nice comfy winter garments | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 82 Registered: 01-2005 |
1.Tom Dowd - Cream, Derek and The Dominoes, Allmans,John Coltrane 2.Rudy Van Gelder - All those great Blue Note jazz albums. 3.Bob Thiele - Buddy Holly and John Coltrane 4.Eno - Talking Heads 5.John Cale - Stooges,Patti Smith/ Modern Lovers/ Happy Mondays 6.Larry Klein -Julia Forham, Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin 7.Mitch Easter/Don Dixon - REM, Let's Active 8.Steve Albini - The Pixies/Nirvana/Low 9.George Martin - Fab 4 10.Jon Brion - Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 294 Registered: 08-2004 |
Vic Coppersmith Heaven - The Jam Mike Chapman - Parallel Lines Mick Ronson - Your Arsenal Scott Litt - R.E.M. | ||
| Todd Slater Member Username: Todd_slater Post Number: 49 Registered: 01-2005 |
Get back on the 'footy' ! | ||
| Erhard Grundl Member Username: Erhardgrundl Post Number: 14 Registered: 09-2005 |
Bob Johnston Terry Melcher David Friedman Tony Visconti Daniel Lanois Robert Forster Jack White Guy Stevens Phil Spector John Cale (a long time ago) | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 296 Registered: 08-2004 |
To my credit, I did mention Arsenal. What about Jerry Harrison Violent Femmes), he's a confident sideman in my group "Jerry Built", too. |