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Top music producers in your opinion?

Posted on 12/2/15 at 8:19 am
Posted by Powerman
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 8:19 am
A lot of times the quality of albums vary with particular bands and often times it's a function of who the producer is

Who are some of your favorite producers?
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 8:23 am to
Jeff Lynne and Phil Spector are some of my favorites.
Posted by musick
the internet
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 8:30 am to
Phil Spector
Dr Dre
Ross Robinson
Terry Date
Rick Rubin
RZA
Pharrell Williams
Butch Vig
T Bone Burnett
Trent Reznor
Atticus Ross
Nigel Godrich
This post was edited on 12/2/15 at 8:32 am
Posted by Marciano1
Marksville, LA
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 8:38 am to
Trent Reznor
Jack White
Posted by tigermeat
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 8:45 am to
Martin Birch had a huge effect on rock and heavy metal, producing for Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, and BOC, among others in the 70's and 80's. Also love Mutt Lange.
Posted by Honest Tune
Louisiana
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 8:58 am to
Too bad Phil Spector is conducting the train to crazy town inside prison walls... he had a talented ear and mind.
Posted by slinger1317
Northshore
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:00 am to
Spector is a nut job but the dude was possibly the most revolutionary producer ever to walk into a studio.

ETA: I love this clip with Spector telling the story of his song being used without his permission. Mean Streets
This post was edited on 12/2/15 at 9:02 am
Posted by kizomich
New Orleans
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:03 am to
quote:

Jeff Lynne and Phil Spector are some of my favorites.


Those are the first names that came to mind for me, along with George Martin and Jimmy Page. I've never been super impressed with the live Zeppelin I've heard but the first 6 albums sound amazing.
Posted by Honest Tune
Louisiana
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:04 am to
I watched that clip one time on 3 hits of acid. Did you know that Phil Spector is the devil? I didn't either til that day.
Posted by musick
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:05 am to
Spector's wall of sound technique revolutionized music as we know it.
Posted by Powerman
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:11 am to
quote:


ETA: I love this clip with Spector telling the story of his song being used without his permission. Mean Streets



That was great

Thanks
Posted by slinger1317
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:13 am to
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That was great

Thanks


No prob

For anyone interested Spector, the BBC documentary on him is great. It is on Youtube in its entirety and that clip came from that documentary. The HBO movie a few years ago with Pacino was okay, but that documentary is very captivating. Spector is an interesting little weasel.
Posted by Poodlebrain
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:19 am to
The 3 most important producers I can think of are:

Sam Phillips
George Martin
Berry Gordy
Posted by Honest Tune
Louisiana
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 9:22 am to
How many superstars owe their start to Sam Phillips? He was the man for sure.
Posted by anchoo99
Zachary, LA
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 10:17 am to
Tom Dowd
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 10:47 am to
Other than a nice group of artists who produced their own work, I like:

Mutt Lange

George Martin

Butch Vig

Rick Rubin

Martin Burch

Bob Rock

Dr. Dre

Steven Wilson

Andy Sneap

Quincy Jones

Niles Rodgers
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 11:20 am to
quote:

Jeff Lynne and Phil Spector
and Mitch Easter
Posted by HeadyBrosevelt
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 12:33 pm to
Pretty sad thread has gotten this far with no mention of Brian Wilson
Posted by MountainTiger
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Posted on 12/2/15 at 1:48 pm to
Gary Katz
Ken Scott
Todd Rundgren
Posted by LuckySo-n-So
Member since Jul 2005
22081 posts
Posted on 12/2/15 at 4:15 pm to
quote:

Pretty sad thread has gotten this far with no mention of Prince


Also, Paul Epworth has produced a ton of popular music in the last several years, including, but not limited to the two best selling records in 20 years (21 & 25)

This post was edited on 12/2/15 at 4:22 pm
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