After joining the informal Tuesday Night Conversation Club (which mainly involved imbibing copious quantities of ale) with Steve and a few mates including Gordon Jackson, Mike Kellie and Bill Hunt of the Ancient Order Of Froth Blowers, Steve asked me to man the recordings for this album. It was a return to form for Steve, with him playing organ, singing and simultaneously doing the bass parts with the organ pedals – amazing skills! I engineered all the recording in his newly built Wincraft Studio, an enormous barn with the control room down some stairs and with no sight lines, but a good selection of microphones. There was no conventional desk, this was an early experience of using outboard preamps and Pro Tools for me, instead of an old fashioned analogue desk and tape machine. We had catering and often after dinner there would be a bit of a jam session – Steve would play mandolin, bass, guitar, anything to hand – such an amazing musician!
Steve Winwood
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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
Credits / CV, Mixing, Recording
Bernard Butler – Good Grief Bernard’s wonderful long awaited third solo album Good Grief is released on 31st May...
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Paul Van Dyk
Credits / CV, Recording
After I had produced a number of tracks with Vega 4 they set about a collaboration with dance music...
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Recording and Mixing sessions with Texas at RAK and Olympic Studios
Credits / CV, Mixing, Recording
Although I was busy carving a path as a producer in 1990, I couldn’t turn down the opportunity to...
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Slade
Credits / CV, Mixing, Recording
Slade descended to my old Bank Cottage studio thanks to a recommendation from Bill Hunt who had co-written some...
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Recording with The Wannadies: having fun in the studio with the lovely Swedish pop geniuses
Credits / CV, Mixing, Recording
I produced, engineered and mixed a bunch of recordings with these lovable Swedes in the 1990s. On about four...
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James Passey – Limited Edition CD E.P. out now featuring my piano, cello and production
Cello / Strings, Credits / CV, Latest Work, Recording
James Passey I have been producing tracks for James Passey for a few years. We recorded this fantastic song...
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Mike Finnigan – the Demolition Man from Manchester with his Gorgeous Songs
Credits / CV, Latest Work, Mastering, Mixing, Recording
Mike Finnigan The lovely Mike Finnigan, a Bank Cottage regular, was recently in touch again to revive a song...
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New recordings by EZ Basic – adding cello, mixing and mastering
Credits / CV, Latest Work, Mastering, Mixing
EZ Basic I have collaborated with indie/psych-pop band EZ Basic for over a decade. Now essentially a solo project...