Then After A Few Years I Think I'll Be A Producer

making a career of knob twiddling

News from the front

all the news you need to know

The Beatles, Wings, Elvis Costello, Nick Heyward, Big Country... all have at one time or another come under the watchful ear of this producer/engineer.

Chris Thomas & Glyn Johns

producers Chris Thomas and Glyn Johns

Steve Rosen unravels more of the mystery surrounding Beck.

A round-up of the best recording-related books on the market.

'Hymn' music to play — we've linked the music to an exclusive interview with Midge Ure and Billy Currie on E&MM cassette, discussing and playing the instruments for this new Ultravox single

smelly gossip

Shop now for Christmas.

How songwriting collaboration can equal more than 1+1.

Another exclusive in which Beck reveals his true colours

Here is the news

birthday treat: One Two staff lick pencils

for and against the structured approach

Very fair question. A few of the many answers are printed in clear type on page 18. Get down.

Etcetera

Split as they are (these pages) into Studios and Recording, Instruments and Equipment, and Etcetera (for news pieces with no homes to go to).

Eight top pop players and producers discuss the necessity of notation. Richard Walmsley chairs the debate

gossip column

Trevor Horn considered

Roy Wood risked burning the supper to bring us up to date on his career, his current activities and his method of working in the studio.

How it was done in the heyday of Pop - Philip Bashe tracked down the bands your dad snogged along to and found out the history of the '60s hits

Band in a Box Studio

'Band In A Box' who have put their home studio to commercial use, voice their opinions on tea and biscuits.

Chas de Whalley talks to the other John Williams about his recent work with chart-toppers The Housemartins