John Anthony (producer)

John Anthony is a British music producer. He has worked with Van der Graaf Generator, Genesis, Queen and Peter Hammill.

Career

John Anthony started in 1966 as a club DJ in London at The Roundhouse, the UFO Club, and Middle Earth, and then in 1968 at the Speakeasy.^[1] After having produced and recorded a demonstration disc for Yes in 1968, he started his years as a music producer,^[1] eventually producing all the acts in the 1971 "Six Bob Tour", featuring Genesis, Lindisfarne, and Van der Graaf Generator.^[2] He had a saying for producing music: "There's one right way to do an album, and four hundred wrong ones." ^[3] In 1973, Anthony and producer Roy Thomas Baker heard a demo tape by Queen and decided to help them with their first album.^[4] He moved to the USA in the mid-1970s, and became head of A & R at A&M Records in New York.^[5]

Credits

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Christopulos & Smart, 30-31.
2. ^ Thompson, 68.
3. ^ Frith, 111.
4. ^ Bronson, #523.
5. ^ Christopulos & Smart, 178
6. ^ "Hot Flashes." (18 May 1974). Billboard Magazine p. 55
7. ^ "The Chart". (22 Jan 1977) Billboard Magazine

Bibliography

• Bronson, Paul. (2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, 5th ed. Billboard Books.
• Christopulos, J., & Smart, P. (2005). Van der Graaf Generator, The Book: A History of the Band Van der Graaf Generator 1967 to 1978. Phil and Jim Publishers.
• Frith, Simon. (1981). Sound Effects: Youth, Leisure, and the Politics of Rock 'n' Roll. Pantheon Books.
• Thompson, Dave. (2004). Turn It On Again: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins & Genesis. Hal Leonard Corporation.