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Some samples of recent work:
“Classic Tracks” is an ongoing series of magazine articles
in which record producers and engineers talk about the creation
of… you've guessed it, classic tracks. Published monthly
in Sound on Sound (UK/US) and Sound & Recording
(Japan), this has so far featured the
following interviewees and songs:
Malcolm Addey – Cliff Richard’s “Move It!”
Ron & Howard Albert, Tom Dowd – Derek & the Dominoes'
“Layla”
Jon Astley – The Who's “Who Are You”
Arthur Baker -- Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force's "Planet Rock"
Bruce Botnick – The Doors' “Strange Days”
Bill Bottrell – Michael Jackson's “Black or White”
Lou Bradley -- Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Doors"
Phill Brown – Bob Marley's “I Shot the Sheriff”
Ken Caillat -- Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way"
Mike Chapman -- Blondie's "Hanging on the Telephone"
Steve Churchyard – The Pretenders' “Back on the Chain
Gang”
Bob Clearmountain – Bryan Adams' “Run to You”
Garry Cobain & Brian Dougans – Future Sound of London's
“Papua New Guinea”
Vic Coppersmith-Heaven – The Jam's “The Eton Rifles”
Jason Corsaro -- Madonna's "Like a Virgin"
Chris Dickie -- The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York"
Neil Dorfsman – Dire Straits' “Money For Nothing”
Lamont Dozier -- The Four Tops' "Reach Out (I'll Be There)"
John Fry – Big Star's “September Gurls”
Stephen Hague – New Order's “True Faith”
Roy Halee -- Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al"
Paul Hartnoll – Orbital's “Chime”
Mike Hedges – The Cure's “A Forest”
Peter Henderson – Supertramp's “The Logical Song”
Bones Howe – The 5th Dimension's “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine
In”
John Hudson – Tina Turner's “What's Love Got to Do With
It”
Gareth Jones – Depeche Mode's “People Are People”
Jon Kelly – Kate Bush's “Wuthering Heights”
Chris Kimsey – The Rolling Stones' “Start Me Up”
Fernando Kral -- The Ramones' "Pet Sematary"
Eddie Kramer – Jimi Hendrix's “All Along the
Watchtower”
Langer & Winstanley – Madness's “Our House”
Laurie Latham -- Ian Dury's "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"
John Leckie – The Stone Roses' “Fool's Gold”
Larry Levine – The Ronettes' “Be My Baby”
Steve Lipson -- Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax"
Ian Little – Duran Duran's “The Reflex”
James Lock -- Luciano Pavarotti's "Nessun Dorma"
Alan Mair & John Burns -- The Only Ones' "Another Girl, Another
Planet"
Terry Manning – The Staple Singers' “I'll Take You
There”
Robert Margouleff -- Devo's "Whip It!"
Rodney Mills -- Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama"
Gil Norton – The Pixies' “Monkey Gone to Heaven”
Gary Olazabal & John Fischbach -- Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise"
Hugh Padgham – The Police's “Every Breath You Take”
Alan Parsons – The Hollies' “The Air That I Breathe”
Les Paul – Les Paul & Mary Ford's “How High The
Moon”
Mike Pela – Sade's “The Sweetest Taboo”
Bill Price – The Sex Pistols' “God Save the Queen”
Karl Richardson – The Bee Gees' “Stayin' Alive”
Nile Rodgers – Chic's “Le Freak”
Mark Saunders -- Tricky's "Black Steel"
Al Schmitt – Natalie & Nat 'King' Cole's
“Unforgettable”
John Simon – The Band's “The Night They Drove Old Dixie
Down”
Eric Stewart – 10cc's “I'm Not in Love”
Stephen Street – The Smiths' “The Queen is Dead”
Billy Swan & Chip Young -- Billy Swan's "I Can Help"
David Tickle – The Knack's “My Sharona”
Tony Visconti – David Bowie's “Heroes”
Here's the interview with the legendary Les Paul…
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