Mike Vernon (producer)

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Mike Vernon is a British record producer. He has produced albums for a leading British blues artists and groups during the late 1960s, working with the Bluesbreakers, David Bowie, Duster Bennett, Savoy Brown, Chicken Shack, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, John Mayall, Christine McVie and Ten Years After among others.

In the early 1970s, Vernon released a solo album, Moment of Madness. He was also a member of the Olympic Runners (1974–1979) and acted as producer for them. He was a producer and member of Rocky Sharpe and the Replays (1979-1983).

[edit] Productions (and other credits)

Vernon's output has included the following:

The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions album by Fleetwood Mac
The End of the Game album by Peter Green
The London Boys song by David Bowie
Love You Till Tuesday song by David Bowie
Rubber Band song by David Bowie

[edit] A nearly complete list 1965–96

1965 — Five Long Years — Eddie Boyd
1966 — Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton — John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
1966 — Sound of Sitar — Chim Kothari
1967 — Blues Alone — John Mayall
1967 — Crusade — John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
1967 — David Bowie — David Bowie
1967 — Eddie Boyd and His Blues Band — Eddie Boyd (Liner notes)
1967 — Raw Blues — Various Artists
1967 — Ten Years After — Ten Years After
1968 — Memphis Country Blues Festival — Various Artists
1968 — 40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve — Chicken Shack
1968 — 7936 South Rhodes — Eddie Boyd
1968 — Bare Wires — John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
1968 — Blues from Laurel Canyon — John Mayall
1968 — Diary of a Band, Vol. 1 — John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
1968 — Diary of a Band, Vol. 2 — John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
1968 — Getting to the Point — Savoy Brown
1968 — Last Night's Dream — Johnny Shines
1968 — Mr. Wonderful — Fleetwood Mac
1968 — Undead — Ten Years After (Liner notes)
1969 — 100 Ton Chicken — Chicken Shack
1969 — The Biggest Thing Since Colossus — Otis Spann (Liner notes)
1969 — Blue Matter — Savoy Brown (Percussion, Arranger,Assistant)
1969 — Fleetwood Mac in Chicago/Blues Jam in Chicago, Vols. 1-2 — Fleetwood Mac
1969 — English Rose — Fleetwood Mac
1969 — First Slice — Jellybread
1969 — Heavy Blues — Champion Jack Dupree
1969 — Looking Back — John Mayall (Liner notes)
1969 — Midnight Jump — Sunnyland Slim
1969 — O.K. Ken? — Chicken Shack
1969 — Patent Pending — The Johnny Almond Music Machine
1969 — The Pious Bird of Good Omen — Fleetwood Mac
1969 — A Step Further — Savoy Brown (Percussion, Bells)
1969 — Stonedhenge — Ten Years After (Vocals)
1970 — Grease One for Me — Bacon Fat
1970 — In and Out of Focus — Focus (Liner notes, Supervisor)
1971 — Black Magic Woman — Fleetwood Mac
1971 — Bring It Back Home — Mike Vernon (Harmonica, Percussion, Vocals)
1971 — Moving Waves — Focus (Liner notes, Supervisor)
1971 — Rick Hayward — Rick Hayward (Liner notes)
1971 — Thru the Years — John Mayall
1972 — Alvin Lee & Company — Ten Years After
1972 — Discovering the Blues — Robben Ford
1972 — Focus III — Focus (Supervisor)
1973 — Live at the Rainbow — Focus (Supervisor)
1974 — Burglar — Freddie King (Percussion,Drums)
1974 — Hamburger Concerto — Focus
1975 — Larger Than Life — Freddie King (Percussion)
1975 — Love Is a Five Letter Word — Jimmy Witherspoon (Percussion)
1975 — Out in Front — Olympic Runners (Percussion)
1975 — Vintage Years — Fleetwood Mac
1976 — Do You Wanna Do a Thing — Bloodstone
1976 — Gold Plated — Climax Blues Band
1976 — Live — Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford (Executive , Editing, Mixing)
1976 — On the Line — Foster Brothers
1977 — Best of Savoy Brown [London] — Savoy Brown
1977 — Edwin Starr — Edwin Starr (Tambourine, Vibraslap)
1977 — Hot to Trot — Olympic Runners (Percussion, Vocals)
1977 — Original Fleetwood Mac — Fleetwood Mac
1977 — Ship of Memories — Focus
1977 — Soul Survivors — Diversions
1978 — Focus con Proby — Focus (Liner notes, supervisor)
1979 — Let It Roll — Dr. Feelgood
1979 — Out of the Ground — Olympic Runners (Percussion)
1979 — Rama Lama (Replays) — Rocky Sharpe & the Replays (Engineer)
1980 — Shout! Shout! — Rocky Sharpe & the Replays (Percussion)
1982 — Pursuit of Accidents — Level 42
1983 — Stop Please Stop — Rocky Sharpe & the Replays (Percussion)
1984 — End of the Line — Pete McDonald
1986 — Mad Man Blues — Dr. Feelgood
1986 — On the Loose — Steve Gibbons
1987 — Hat Trick — Blues 'N' Trouble Percussion,
1988 — Crossroads — Eric Clapton
1988 — Great British Psychedelic Trip, Vol. 1, 1966-69 — Various Artists
1988 — John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers — John Mayall
1989 — Level Best — Level 42
1989 — Singles/ The UA Years — Dr. Feelgood
1989 — Steel & Fire — The Mick Clarke Band (Engineer)
1989 — The Complete Anthology(Storyteller) — Rod Stewart
1990 — Blues It Up — Dana Gillespie (Percussion)
1991 — Second Sight — Chris Youlden (Vocals, Engineer)
1992 — 25 Years - The Chain — Fleetwood Mac
1992 — Attack of the Atomic Guitar — U.P. Wilson (Engineer, Mixing)
1992 — Blue Lightning — Lightnin' Slim (Mixing)
1992 — Blues, the Whole Blues & Nothing But the Blues — Jimmy Witherspoon (Percussion, Engineer, Mixing, Liner notes)
1992 — Chiswick Story — Various Artists
1992 — Delta Bluesman — David "Honeyboy" Edwards
1996 — A Man Amongst Men — Bo Diddley (Production, Liner notes, Percussion)