With my cello playing credentials, I was considered for producing MLS who’d previously worked with Giles Martin. With multitudinous string players, choral parts, ambitious arrangements and a sore-throated Jake Shillingford (with his oddly long surname!) we rocked up at RAK Studios early in 1996 to record 6 or 7 songs, somehow finishing them all in the space of 5 or 6 days, including tracks which would end up on The Golden Mile. During the recordings (including the tracking of Strumpet)the band had a meeting with a producer I considered in a league way above me – Gary Langan. So when Sally Oldfield booked me for a month to do her album I keenly inked it in my diary. However, MLS and Parlophone came back to me, remarkably deciding they’d like me to finish the album! Unfortunately I was now committed to the Oldfield sessions so all I had time to do was a few days in Miloco whacking down the terrific 12 Reasons Why I Love Her (not forgetting the extended version with a few more reasons).
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Mixing and Mastering Epic Songs for US Singer-Songwriter and multi instrumentalist Virgil Deuce
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Virgil Deuce The slightly mysterious baritone singer, musician and songwriter Virgil Deuce has been sending me terrific, quirky tracks...
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Producing, Mixing and Mastering the incredible debut album from Billie Bottle’s Temple Of Shibboleth
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The Mending Tour… New audio/video download and double CD! Following the release of the amazing album (see below) comes...
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Mixing and Mastering with the amazing Frank Turner
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Frank Turner – new album Undefeated out 3rd May 2024 Frank has been in touch regularly with cello recording...
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Working with Bernard Butler from 1997 to 2024 – Mastering new tracks for a reissue of an album I recorded and mixed 24 years ago, and a new album!
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Bernard Butler – Good Grief Bernard’s wonderful long awaited third solo album Good Grief is released on 31st May...
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Lauren Ray Returns for Mastering
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New Single! Lauren Ray was a regular visitor to my old Bank Cottage studio and we recorded some fabulous...
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The Gorstey Lea Street Choir – mixing epic songs by these inventive chaps
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Christmas Single! In The Bleak Midwinter by The Gorstey Lea Street Choir Here's what the chaps have to say...
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The Bartells: “1972”… Sprucing up this great song with a bit of additional production, mixing and mastering
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The Bartells These Shropshire lads got together about 6 years ago. Towards the end of 2020 their main man...
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Sam Lee – mastering the Mercury Prize nominated folk singer, conservationist, song collector, and activist
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Sam Lee Two years ago I was honoured and delighted to be asked to master the extra tracks to...