John Anthony (record producer)

John Anthony (born 3 December 1944) is an English music producer. He has worked with Van der Graaf Generator, Genesis, Queen, Roxy Music and Peter Hammill.

Career

Anthony was born in North Shields. He started out in 1966 as a DJ in Windsor, where two years later he sang briefly with two bands The Soul Agents and Hogsnort Rupert and The Good Good Band.[1] After moving to London, he worked as a club DJ at The Roundhouse, the UFO Club, and Middle Earth, and then in 1968 at the Speakeasy.[2] After having produced and recorded a demonstration disc for Yes in 1968, he started his years as a music producer,[2] eventually producing all the acts in the 1971 "Six Bob Tour", featuring Genesis, Lindisfarne, and Van der Graaf Generator.[3] He had a saying for producing music: "There's one right way to do an album, and four hundred wrong ones."[4]

In 1969 as A & R man for Mercury Records in London Anthony was asked by Lou Reizner to produce an album by Van der Graaf Generator. Tony Stratton-Smith, the manager of VdGG, was so impressed with the resulting The Aerosol Grey Machine that he hired Anthony as an A&R man and staff producer at the newly formed Charisma Records.[5] In late 1971 Anthony formed Neptune Productions, his own production company with the owners of Trident Studios and signed Queen to Neptune in late 1971.[6] In 1973, Anthony and producer Roy Thomas Baker heard a demo tape by Queen and decided to help them by coproducing their eponymous debut album Queen (1973).[7]

Anthony moved to the USA in 1975 and became head of A & R at A&M Records in New York.[8]

Credits

Release dateArtistAlbum title
September 1969Van der Graaf GeneratorThe Aerosol Grey Machine
late 1969Rare BirdRare Bird
February 1970Van der Graaf GeneratorThe Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other
Spring 1970AffinityAffinity
23 October 1970GenesisTrespass
November 1970LindisfarneNicely Out of Tune
December 1970Van der Graaf GeneratorH to He, Who Am the Only One
1971Colin ScotColin Scot
July 1971Peter HammillFool's Mate
October 1971Van der Graaf GeneratorPawn Hearts
12 November 1971GenesisNursery Cryme
1972HomeHome
1 January 1972Al StewartOrange
1973HomeThe Alchemist
24 March 1973Roxy MusicFor Your Pleasure
May 1973Peter HammillChameleon in the Shadow of the Night
13 July 1973QueenQueen
1974AceFive-A-Side
1974A Foot in ColdwaterAll Around Us[9]
1974Al StewartPast, Present, and Future
1974HeadstoneBad Habit
1975HeadstoneHeadstone
1976PiperPiper[10]
Spring 1976ArroganceRumors
1977The TubesNow
November 1977Roxy MusicGreatest Hits
29 November 2004GenesisPlatinum Collection
2008QueenQueen: The Singles Collection Volume 1
10 November 2008GenesisGenesis 1970–1975

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-anthony-mn0000217011/biography
  2. 1 2 Christopulos & Smart, 30-31
  3. ↑ Thompson, 68
  4. ↑ Frith, 111
  5. ↑ http://www.themarqueeclub.net/?q=charisma
  6. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=VyBp_VEiIVYC&pg=PT101&lpg=PT101&dq=%22John+anthony%22+%22neptune+productions%22&source=bl&ots=ZZICWYJQBM&sig=m2YvVkEh40tDkDmyCaAiJ0s21A8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uO3tU6-BNaSw7AaD94CACw&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22John%20anthony%22%20%22neptune%20productions%22&f=false
  7. ↑ Bronson, 523
  8. ↑ Christopulos & Smart, 178
  9. ↑ "Hot Flashes" (18 May 1974) Billboard Magazine p. 55
  10. ↑ "The Chart" (22 Jan 1977) Billboard Magazine

Bibliography

  • Bronson, Paul (2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, 5th ed. Billboard Books.
  • Christopulos, J., & Smart, P. (2005). Van der Graaf Generator, The Book: A History of the Band Van der Graaf Generator 1967 to 1978. Phil and Jim Publishers.
  • Frith, Simon (1981). Sound Effects: Youth, Leisure, and the Politics of Rock 'n' Roll. Pantheon Books.
  • Thompson, Dave (2004). Turn It On Again: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins & Genesis. Hal Leonard Corporation.
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