Bill Price (record producer)
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Bill Price is a producer
and engineer famed for his work with The Clash
, The Sex Pistols, Guns N' Roses
, The Jesus and Mary Chain
, The Nymphs
and The Waterboys
.
He has remained out of the public eye but has contributed to documentaries about The Clash such as Westway To The World. Bill Price started his engineering career in the mid-60's when he was an engineer at Decca Studios
in West Hampstead
(NW London), recording artists such as Tom Jones
.
One of the final recordings he engineered at Decca before departing to Wessex Studios in November 1969 was the multi million selling "Reflections of My Life
" by The Marmalade.
Bill helped build AIR studios Oxford Street and developed it into arguably the best studio in Europe, if not the world, where he spent many years. During that time he engineered many of the major album hits of the 70's/80's. Its hard to remember 10%, but certainly The Sex Pistols... Never Mind The Bollocks..., and mixed Nillson's Without You.
After he was the chief engineer/manager at Wessex Studios, the London
studio where The Clash and The Sex Pistols recorded a large volume of their work.
More recently he has worked again with Mick Jones
in his band Carbon/Silicon
.
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and engineer famed for his work with The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
, The Sex Pistols, Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...
, The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride, Glasgow in 1983. The band revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid...
, The Nymphs
The Nymphs
The Nymphs were an alternative rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s with lead singer Inger Lorre. The band was signed to Geffen Records, and released their only album in 1991. The Nymphs were known for their wild stage shows and their rebellious attitude towards record companies...
and The Waterboys
The Waterboys
The Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England. Edinburgh, London, Dublin, Spiddal, New York, and Findhorn have all served as homes for the group. The band has played in a...
.
He has remained out of the public eye but has contributed to documentaries about The Clash such as Westway To The World. Bill Price started his engineering career in the mid-60's when he was an engineer at Decca Studios
Decca Studios
Decca Studios was a recording facility in Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North London, England.Famously, The Beatles failed their audition with Decca Records at the location on 1 January 1962, and subsequently signed with Parlophone instead....
in West Hampstead
West Hampstead
West Hampstead is an area in northwest London, England, situated between Childs Hill to the north, Frognal and Hampstead to the north-east, Swiss Cottage to the east, and South Hampstead to the south. Until the late 19th century, the locale was a small village called West End...
(NW London), recording artists such as Tom Jones
Tom Jones (singer)
Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records...
.
One of the final recordings he engineered at Decca before departing to Wessex Studios in November 1969 was the multi million selling "Reflections of My Life
Reflections of My Life
"Reflections of My Life" was a 1969 hit single for the Scottish band, The Marmalade. It was written by their lead guitarist Junior Campbell, and singer Dean Ford . Released in late 1969, it was the band's first release on Decca following an earlier spell at CBS...
" by The Marmalade.
Bill helped build AIR studios Oxford Street and developed it into arguably the best studio in Europe, if not the world, where he spent many years. During that time he engineered many of the major album hits of the 70's/80's. Its hard to remember 10%, but certainly The Sex Pistols... Never Mind The Bollocks..., and mixed Nillson's Without You.
After he was the chief engineer/manager at Wessex Studios, the London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
studio where The Clash and The Sex Pistols recorded a large volume of their work.
More recently he has worked again with Mick Jones
Mick Jones (The Clash)
Michael Geoffrey "Mick" Jones is the former lead guitarist, secondary vocalist and co-founder for the British punk rock band The Clash until his dismissal in 1983. He went on to form the band Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts before line-up changes led to the formation of Big Audio Dynamite II and...
in his band Carbon/Silicon
Carbon/Silicon
Carbon/Silicon is a punk rock duo consisting of two experienced punk rock musicians: Mick Jones formerly of The Clash and former Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik member Tony James. The band formed around 2002.-Career:...
.