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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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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Mastering Chris Wardy’s fabulous debut album Eyes Half Closed
Credits / CV, Latest Work, Mastering
New Single! I have mastered Chris Wardy’s fabulous debut album “Eyes Half Closed” and the first single “Split In...
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Primal Scream
Credits / CV, Mixing, Recording
I got drafted in to add some overdubs and mix a few songs for Vanishing Point, including the hit...
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The Making of Clash Of The Twang’s First Album – Hold Me To The Sky
Credits / CV, Latest Work, Mastering, Mixing, Recording
Clash Of The Twang In the Summer of 2021 I happened to see Clash Of The Twang play an...
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The Corrs
Credits / CV, Mixing
I worked with remix team K-Klass in their incredible nuclear bunker studio in Wales engineering the mix for Lifting...
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Remixing Mike Oldfield – and recording and mixing Sally Oldfield
Credits / CV, Mixing, Recording
In Spring 1996 I had been working with britpop band My Life Story producing B-Sides for them at...
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James Brown credits George Shilling with Engineering his hit The Payback Mix!
Credits / CV, Mixing
Yes, you might be surprised to learn that I’m credited on a James Brown record – which I am...
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Carmelo Alfano – Additional Production, Mixing and Mastering – after a 20 year break!
Credits / CV, Latest Work, Mastering, Mixing
Carmelo Alfano I first met and worked with Carmelo over 20 years ago when I had a bedroom studio...