John Leckie

Long among the United kingdom pop scene’s most prolific and acclaimed producers, John Leckie started his career being a tape operator and engineer on the renowned Abbey Street studios, where he done such high-profile tasks as George Harrison’s EVERYTHING Must Move, John Lennon’s Plastic material Ono Music group and Green Floyd’s Dark Aspect from the Moon. His creation career started in 1976 with Be-Bop Deluxe’s Sunburst Finish; Leckie still left Abbey Road to visit freelance 2 yrs later, quickly getting among the best producers from the instant post-punk period with his focus on acclaimed attempts like the Adverts’ Crossing the Crimson Sea using the Adverts, XTC’s White colored Music, Magazine’s TRUE TO LIFE and Public Picture Limited’s debut solitary “Public Picture.” Some recordings with regular collaborators Expenses Nelson and Basic Minds adopted, and in 1984 Leckie also started working with Thought (their full-length debut The Unusual Idols Design and Other Brief Stories) as well as the Fall (THE BEAUTIFUL and Frightening Globe from the Fall). His main contribution towards the period, nevertheless, was the 1989 self-titled debut from the Rock Roses, among the landmark English pop albums of its period; in the 10 years to check out, Leckie also helmed acclaimed produces from your Verve (the amazing A Surprise in Heaven), Radiohead (The Bends) and Kula Shaker (K).