Hispanopedia WikiMartin Peter Birch (27 de diciembre de 1948 – 9 de agosto de 2020) fue un productor musical e ingeniero de sonido británico . Se hizo famoso por su trabajo de ingeniería de sonido y producción de álbumes grabados principalmente por bandas británicas de rock y metal, como Deep Purple , Rainbow , Fleetwood Mac , Whitesnake , Black Sabbath e Iron Maiden . [ 1 ]
Biografía
Birch nació el 27 de diciembre de 1948 en Woking, Surrey . [ 1 ] Comenzó su carrera musical como ingeniero de audio con Jeff Beck , Fleetwood Mac y Deep Purple , produciendo y masterizando once álbumes para estos últimos. En 1980, proveniente del "campo de Deep Purple", [ 2 ] fue llamado por Black Sabbath para Heaven and Hell . Los álbumes anteriores de la banda habían sido autoproducidos y estaban encantados de que Birch, quien había trabajado anteriormente con Ronnie James Dio , los produjera. [ 3 ] Su "rango medio brillante" en el álbum es especialmente notable. [ 4 ] Comenzó una larga etapa trabajando exclusivamente con Iron Maiden en 1981, produciendo y masterizando Killers y retirándose de trabajar con otras bandas por un tiempo. [ 4 ]
Birch también produjo y grabó álbumes para numerosos artistas. Estos incluyeron proyectos relacionados con Deep Purple ( Rainbow , [ 1 ] Paice Ashton Lord , [ 5 ] Whitesnake , [ 1 ] Roger Glover , [ 5 ] y Jon Lord ), [ 5 ] pero también abarcaron Wayne County & the Electric Chairs . [ 6 ] En el álbum Mystery to Me (1973) de Fleetwood Mac también se le acredita tocando la guitarra acústica . [ 5 ] La canción " Hard Lovin' Man " del álbum Deep Purple in Rock de Deep Purple está dedicada a él: "Para Martin Birch – catalizador". [ 7 ]
Birch retired in 1992, after producing Iron Maiden's Fear of the Dark album.[1] It was the last of the ten records he produced with the group.[8] He appeared in Iron Maiden's music video "Holy Smoke" two years before his retirement.[9] Birch died on 9 August 2020, at age 71.[10] The cause of death was undisclosed.[1][11] Initial tributes were paid by David Coverdale and Geezer Butler.[8] Members of Iron Maiden offered a lengthy tribute to Birch on their official website, with Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson and Rod Smallwood reflecting on his personality and his time working with the band.[12]
Selected discography
Source: AllMusic[5] unless otherwise stated.
Fleetwood Mac
- 1969 – Then Play On (engineer)
- 1970 – Kiln House (engineer)
- 1972 – Bare Trees (engineer)
- 1973 – Penguin (producer, engineer, mixing)
- 1973 – Mystery to Me (producer, engineer, guitar)
Deep Purple
- 1969 – Concerto for Group and Orchestra (engineer)[13]
- 1970 – Deep Purple in Rock (engineer)
- 1971 – Fireball (engineer)
- 1972 – Machine Head (engineer)[14]
- 1972 – Made in Japan (engineer)[15]
- 1973 – Who Do We Think We Are (engineer)
- 1974 – Burn (engineer, mixing)
- 1974 – Stormbringer (co-producer, engineer, mixing)
- 1975 – Come Taste the Band (co-producer, engineer, mixing)
- 1976 – Made In Europe (producer, engineer, mixing) – recorded live in April 1975
- 1977 – Last Concert in Japan (co-producer, engineer) – recorded live in December 1975
Jon Lord
- 1971 – Gemini Suite (engineer)
- 1976 – Sarabande (producer, engineer, remixing)
Bernie Marsden
- 1979 – And About Time Too (producer, engineer)
Wishbone Ash
- 1970 – Wishbone Ash (engineer)
- 1971 – Pilgrimage (engineer)
- 1972 – Argus (engineer)
Rainbow
- 1975 – Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (co-producer, engineer, mixing)
- 1976 – Rising (producer, engineer, mixing)
- 1977 – On Stage (producer, engineer, mixing) – recorded live in 1976
- 1978 – Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (producer, engineer, mixing)
- 1986 – Finyl Vinyl (producer) – collection
Whitesnake
- 1978 – Snakebite (producer)
- 1978 – Trouble (producer)
- 1979 – Lovehunter (producer)
- 1980 – Ready an' Willing (producer, engineer, mixing)
- 1980 – Live... in the Heart of the City (producer, engineer) – recorded live in 1978 and 1980
- 1981 – Come an' Get It (producer, engineer, mixing)
- 1982 – Saints & Sinners (producer, engineer, mixing)
- 1984 – Slide It In (producer)
Black Sabbath
- 1980 – Heaven and Hell (producer, engineer)
- 1981 – Mob Rules (producer, engineer)
Blue Öyster Cult
- 1980 – Cultösaurus Erectus (producer, engineer)
- 1981 – Fire of Unknown Origin (producer, engineer)
Iron Maiden
- 1981 – Killers (producer, engineer)
- 1982 – The Number of the Beast (producer, engineer)
- 1983 – Piece of Mind (producer, engineer, mixing)
- 1984 – Powerslave (producer, engineer, mixing)
- 1985 – Live After Death (producer, engineer, mixing)[15]
- 1986 – Somewhere in Time (producer, engineer, mixing)
- 1988 – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (producer, engineer, mixing)
- 1989 – Maiden England (producer, engineer, mixing)
- 1990 – No Prayer for the Dying (producer, engineer, mixing)
- 1992 – Fear of the Dark (producer, engineer, mixing)
Other artists
- 1969 – Jeff Beck – Beck-Ola (engineer)
- 1970 – Peter Green – The End of the Game (engineer)
- 1970 – The Groundhogs – Thank Christ for the Bomb (engineer)
- 1971 – Stackridge – Stackridge (engineer)
- 1971 – Canned Heat y John Lee Hooker – Hooker 'N' Heat (Ingeniero de mezcla) – grabado en 1970
- 1971 – Skid Row – 34 horas (ingeniero)
- 1971 – Toad – Toad (ingeniero)
- 1971 – Faces – Long Player (ingeniero)
- 1972 – Silverhead – Silverhead (productor)
- 1972 – Toad – Tomorrow Blue (ingeniero)
- 1972 – Flash – Flash (ingeniero)
- 1972 – Nick Pickett – Silversleeves (ingeniero)
- 1973 – Gary Moore – Grinding Stone (productor, ingeniero)
- 1978 – Wayne County & the Electric Chairs – Storm The Gates Of Heaven (productor) [ 16 ]
- 1978 – Roger Glover – Elements (productor)
- 1979 – Cozy Powell – Over the Top (productor)
- 1982 – Michael Schenker Group – Assault Attack (productor, ingeniero)
Referencias
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (10 de agosto de 2020). "Martin Birch, productor de Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath y otros, muere a los 71 años" . The Guardian . Londres . Consultado el 10 de agosto de 2020 .
- ↑ McIver, Joel (17 de noviembre de 2009). Black Sabbath: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath . Music Sales. pág. 215. ISBN 9780857120281Consultado el 22 de febrero de 2013 .
- ↑ Mudrian, Albert (2009). Precious Metal: Decibel presenta las historias detrás de 25 obras maestras del metal extremo . Da Capo. págs. 8–9 . ISBN 9780786749621Consultado el 22 de febrero de 2013 .
- 1 2 Popoff, Martin (2012). "Los álbumes: asesinos " . En Neil Daniels (ed.). Iron Maiden: La historia definitiva no autorizada de la bestia . Voyageur. págs. 38–. ISBN 9780760342213Consultado el 22 de febrero de 2013 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Martin Birch – Créditos" . AllMusic . Consultado el 10 de agosto de 2020 .
- ^ Smets, Eric (2014). Mouvance Punk 1976-1978: 100 álbumes de los mejores . Camión Blanco. pag. 146.ISBN 9782357796249.
- ↑Popoff, Martin (2014). Deep Purple: De la fumée sur l'eau 1968–1976. Camion Blanc. p. 77. ISBN 9782357795457.
- 12"Martin Birch: Tributes paid to heavy metal music producer". BBC News. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ↑Kaufman, Spencer (9 August 2020). "R.I.P. Martin Birch, Producer for Iron Maiden, Fleetwood Mac, Deep Purple and More Dies at 71". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ↑"Legendary IRON MAIDEN And DEEP PURPLE Producer MARTIN BIRCH Dead At 71". Blabbermouth.net. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ↑Chilton, Louis (10 August 2020). "Martin Birch death: Tributes paid to 'brilliant' Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath producer". The Independent. London. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ↑"R.I.P Martin Birch". ironmaiden.com. 10 August 2020.
- ↑"Concerto for Group and Orchestra". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ↑Deming, Mark (2007). "Classic Albums: Deep Purple – Machine Head (2002)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 November 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- 12Begrand, Adrien (14 June 2005). "Iron Maiden's Live After Death". PopMatters. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ↑Padovani, Henry (2009). Secret Police Man. Pen Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-907172-83-0.
External links
- Martin Birch discography at Discogs
- Martin Birch discography at MusicBrainz
- Martin Birch at IMDb
- 1948 births
- 2020 deaths
- English audio engineers
- English record producers
- People from Woking
- Heavy metal producers
