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Ok, so first off I must iterate the fact that this particular run down is in no particular order, nor is it a definitive list of the best British record labels of all time (as if such a breakdown could ever be truly quantified). It is simply a list of some personal favourites within the British...MORE>>
British musicians have always been widely popular across the globe in many many genres. However, we in the UK also can pride ourselves on the fact that we have some of the best music producers to ever have existed, helping artists from anywhere to everywhere. Those who achieve the sounds we know and love yet rarely are credited outside of their community. Well know we shall begin to pay tribute with my top 10 (that's right, my choices) British music producers both past and present.
10. Jim Abbiss
A household name he is most surely not. World famous, I doubt it. He also doesn't
seem interested in much music outside of mainstream indie. So why's he on the list?
Well having worked with big names (not to mention helping them become the names they
are now) such as Kasabian and The Editors, Abbiss has done great stuff since his
beginnings in the early nineties. Oh and he also co-
9. Dave Eringa
With production credits ranging with artists from Ocean Colour Scene to Kylie Minogue it's clear Dave Eringa knows what he's doing. However, it is his work with the Manic Street Preachers that gets him on this list. With their ever changing sound, he's helped the Welsh rockers achieve various styles including punk, grunge, britpop...even helping when they tried a disco influenced song. Unafraid to help bands move in different directions, Eringa is very much an underrated act in the music scene. Okay so he wasn't involved in their masterpiece The Holy Bible, his achievements with the band include: playing keyboards on their anarchic debut LP; producing and mixing half of their first number one album; producing and mixing their first number one single; producing and mixing the first new number 1 single of the millennium; and producing what was heralded as the bands comeback "Send Away The Tigers". Convinced?
8. Mike Hedges
Pretty much tied with Dave Eringa on the Manic Street Preachers front (Hedges producing
the other half of their first number one album) Mike Hedges edges ahead for the fact
he was involved in their masterful comeback "Everything Must Go". Then when you take
into account that Mr Hedges was also involved as part of the musical team behind
the fourth Harry Potter film and also mastered one of Dizzee Rascal's albums, it
seems he has just a bit more variety than Eringa, and thus places him one up on the
list. He's also worked with The Cure, U2, Travis, Texas, and Siouxsie and the Banshees
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7. Mickie Most
You've heard "House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals, everybody has. It's fame, and the fact that it won Mickie Most a "Producer of the Year" Grammy award, tells you something about his talent. You may also have heard "Hi Ho Silver Lining" by the Jeff Beck Group, which nicely backs up the fact that Most definitely knows how to make a successful sound. Alongside this, Most also set up RAK Records, home to various artists including Suzi Quatro and Mud, thus it's clear that Mickie Most was a powerful force in the music business
6. Jimmy Page
Okay, okay, so being a record producer isn't the first thing that Jimmy Page will
be remembered for, but lets take a look at his catalogue. He acted as producer or
co-
