Andy Johns
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Andy Johns, younger brother of famous Olympic Studios engineer Glyn Johns and uncle of Kings of Leon and Ryan Adams producer Ethan Johns (son of Glyn Johns) is a prolific engineer and producer. Before his nineteenth birthday, Andy Johns was working as Eddie Kramer's second engineer on classic recordings by Jimi Hendrix and many others. In a career spanning more than thirty years, he's engineered or produced records by artists ranging from Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones to Van Halen and Rod Stewart, whose sales total in excess of 160 millions copies. His main references are the legendary Led Zeppelin's IV and the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street.
The classic Andy Johns sound is perhaps found on Free's album Highway, which he engineered and produced. He is also responsible for the infamous (and much sampled) drum sound on Led Zeppelin's 'When the Levee Breaks'. Johns attended The King's School, Gloucester, England in the mid to late 1960s.
[edit] Albums produced
- Marquee Moon - Television (1979)
- Night Songs - Cinderella (1986)
- Long Cold Winter - Cinderella (1988)
- For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge - Van Halen (1991)
- The Extremist - Joe Satriani (1992)
- Time Machine - Joe Satriani (1993)
- Waking the Dead - LA Guns (2002)
- Rips the Covers Off - LA Guns (2004)
- Tales from the Strip - LA Guns (2005)
- The Undercover Sessions - Ill Niño (2006)
- RADIO ROMEO - Radio Romeo (2007)
[edit] Albums engineered
- Blind Faith - Blind Faith (1969)
- Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin (1969)
- Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin (1970)
- Highway - Free (1970)
- Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin (1971)
- Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones (1971)
- Exile on Main St. - Rolling Stones (1972)
- Goat's Head Soup - Rolling Stones (1973)
- Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin (1973)
- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll - The Rolling Stones (1974)
- Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin (1975)
- Shadows and Light - Joni Mitchell (1980)
- Coda - Led Zeppelin (1982)
- Raw - Ra (2006)
- Radio Romeo - Radio Romeo (2007)
[edit] Live Concert DVD Audio Producer
- Changes- Godsmack (2004)
- An Evening With Godsmack (2007)
