Dave Hitchcock
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Dave Hitchcock is former record producer working with Genesis, Caravan, Camel, Curved Air and Renaissance.
Hitchcock later retrained as a chartered accountant with the aim of becoming someone who could provide financial advice for musicians. In 1992 he managed the affairs of Monty Python
before founding his own accountancy business, DBM Ltd, "For artists, producers, writers and other creatives - 85% of what we do is music-related."
Biography
Dave Hitchcock worked in A&R at Decca Records before becoming a record producer. He work with Decca Records and Charisma Records and formed the company Gruggy Wolf.Hitchcock later retrained as a chartered accountant with the aim of becoming someone who could provide financial advice for musicians. In 1992 he managed the affairs of Monty Python
Monty Python
Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...
before founding his own accountancy business, DBM Ltd, "For artists, producers, writers and other creatives - 85% of what we do is music-related."
Some albums produced by Dave Hitchcock
- Albums with GenesisGenesis (band)Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...
- TrespassTrespass (album)Trespass is the second studio album by Genesis and was recorded and released in 1970. Their last with guitarist Anthony Phillips, Trespass had a folk-flavoured progressive rock sound that was a marked departure from their earlier work....
(1970) - FoxtrotFoxtrot (album)Foxtrot is the fourth studio album by English progressive rock band Genesis and the second from the band line-up which included Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, and Steve Hackett.-History:...
(1972)
- Trespass
- Albums with Caravan (band)Caravan (band)Caravan are an English band from the Canterbury area, founded by former Wilde Flowers members David Sinclair, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hastings and Richard Coughlan. Caravan rose to success over a period of several years from 1968 onwards into the 1970s as part of the Canterbury scene, blending...
- Caravan (1968)
- In the Land of Grey and PinkIn the Land of Grey and Pink-Side Two:The following bonus tracks were included on the 2001 remastered edition of CD:* Remastered by Paschal ByrneTrack list and timings from the 1971 London LP :-Side One:-Side Two:-Personnel:* Pye Hastings – guitars and vocals...
(1971) - Waterloo LilyWaterloo LilyThe following bonus tracks were included on the 2001 remastered edition of the CD.- Personnel :*Pye Hastings - guitars & vocals*Steve Miller - electric piano, organ*Richard Sinclair - bass & vocals*Richard Coughlan - drumsOther Players:...
(1972) - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the NightFor Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night-Side two:The following bonus tracks were included on the 2001 remastered edition of the CD.- Musicians :*Pye Hastings – singer, vocals, guitar*Geoff Richardson – viola...
(1973) - Caravan & the New Symphonia (1974)
- Live (1975)
- Cunning StuntsCunning Stunts (Caravan album)Cunning Stunts is the sixth studio album by progressive rock band Caravan, released in 1975. The title of the album is a spoonerism for 'Stunning Cunts', which is typical of their cheeky use of language...
(1975) - Blind Dog at St. Dunstan's (1976)
- Where But for Caravan Would I? [Japan] (2000)
- Live at the Fairfield Halls, 1974 (2002)
- Albums with CamelCamelA camel is an even-toed ungulate within the genus Camelus, bearing distinctive fatty deposits known as humps on its back. There are two species of camels: the dromedary or Arabian camel has a single hump, and the bactrian has two humps. Dromedaries are native to the dry desert areas of West Asia,...
- MirageMirage (Camel album)Mirage is Camel's second album, released in 1974. It features some of their best-known songs, including "Nimrodel" and "Lady Fantasy". It is also a showcase for Andrew Latimer's flute, notably on "Supertwister"....
(1974) - Snow Goose (1975)
- Mirage
- Albums with MarillionMarillionMarillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...
- Script for a Jester's TearScript for a Jester's TearScript for a Jester's Tear is the first album by the neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released in 1983. It reached number seven on the UK album chart and stayed on the chart for 31 weeks, the second longest chart residency of a Marillion album....
(1983)
- Script for a Jester's Tear
- Albums with Curved AirCurved AirCurved Air are a pioneering British progressive rock group formed in 1970 by musicians from mixed artistic backgrounds, including classic, folk, and electronic sound. The resulting sound of the band was a mixture of progressive rock, folk rock, and fusion with classical elements...
- Live (1975)
- Albums with The Pink Fairies
- Kings of OblivionKings of OblivionKings Of Oblivion is a 1973 album by the UK underground group Pink Fairies.Paul Rudolph had quit the group on the release of What a Bunch of Sweeties, his replacement being Mick Wayne. This new three piece recorded one single, "Well, Well, Well"/"Hold On", but Sanderson and Hunter were unhappy with...
(1973) - Pink FairiesPink FairiesPink Fairies were an English rock band active in the London underground and psychedelic scene of the early 1970s. They promoted free music, drug taking and anarchy and often performed impromptu gigs and other agitprop stunts, such as playing for free outside the gates at the Bath and Isle of Wight...
(1991)
- Kings of Oblivion
- Albums with Mellow CandleMellow CandleMellow Candle were a progressive folk rock band. Principally Irish, the members were also unusually young, Clodagh Simonds being only 15 and Alison Bools and Maria White 16, and still at school, at the time of their first single, "Feelin' High", released in 1968 on Simon Napier-Bell's SNB...
- Swaddling SongsSwaddling SongsSwaddling Songs is the only studio album released by Irish progressive folk band Mellow Candle.-Track listing:#"Heaven Heath" – 3:00#"Sheep Season" – 5:01#"Silversong" – 4:26...
(1971)
- Swaddling Songs