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, and a new album!
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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Mastering – SHÉPA — «SUPERNOVA» | Нацвідбір 2024 | Eurovision 2024 Ukraine
Credits / CV, Latest Work, Mastering, Mixing
Shépa Arthur Ramazanoff put me in touch with Lev Shurov who produced and mixed this Eurovision banger. Our mutual...
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BBG – Butler, Blake & Grant… Mastering beautiful music for my old pals’ supergroup!
Credits / CV, Latest Work, Mastering
BBG – Butler, Blake and Grant – a supergroup! In 2021 I rekindled my working relationship with Bernard Butler....
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Tony Iommi
Cello / Strings, Credits / CV
My friend the engineer and producer Mike Exeter called me up as he was working with Tony Iommi of...
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Aliens – recording, mixing and mastering 30lbs Of Air, with Tim May, Calum MacColl, Martyn Barker, Leroy Lendor, Helen Turner, Grace Cross, Jo Clarkson, Iain Harvie
Cello / Strings, Credits / CV, Latest Work, Mastering, Mixing, Recording
New Release - Nothing This fantastic new song was recorded at my Devon studio with just Tim and I...
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The Bartells: “1972”… Sprucing up this great song with a bit of additional production, mixing and mastering
Credits / CV, Latest Work, Mastering, Mixing
The Bartells These Shropshire lads got together about 6 years ago. Towards the end of 2020 their main man...
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John Leckie and George Shilling – the cartoon! How I got animated at Abbey Road with RecordProduction.com…
Credits / CV, Video Interview
John Leckie and I have known each for many years. We have worked together a few times. I engineered...
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Mastering Calum MacColl’s beautiful rendition of Colin Vearncombe aka Black’s “In A Heartbeat”
Credits / CV, Latest Work, Mastering
Colin Vearncombe aka Black The late Colin Vearncombe was an incredible musician and songwriter. He had a huge hit...