Jon Astley | |
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| Born | 1951 (age 73–74)[1] |
| Genres | Rock |
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Jon Astley (born 1951) is a British record producer and mastering engineer. He is best known for his co-production work with Glyn Johns on the Who's eighth studio album Who Are You (1978), and later remastering supervision for all of the group's back catalogue reissues.[2]
He also has produced albums for Eric Clapton, Barclay James Harvest, Corey Hart, and Deborah Harry[3] and has mastered records for the Who, ABBA, George Harrison, Tori Amos, Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, the Pretty Things, Jools Holland, Tom Jones, Judas Priest, Cloven Hoof, Emmylou Harris, Ella Guru, Damien Dempsey, Tears for Fears, Led Zeppelin, Hothouse Flowers, Level 42, the Boomtown Rats, John Mayall, Marilyn Martin, Toto, Norah Jones, Stereophonics, KT Tunstall, Van Morrison, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Slade, Sting, Bono, Starlite Campbell Band[4] and Anathema.[5]
Astley also recorded and released two studio albums as a singer-songwriter in the late 1980s.[6] His most commercially successful song was "Jane's Getting Serious", later popularized by a Heinz ketchup television commercial starring a pre-Friends Matt LeBlanc.[7]
- ^ "Classic Tracks: The Who 'Who Are You?'".
- ^ Enos, Morgan (23 May 2019). "The Who's 'Tommy': 50 Years Ago, Pete Townshend Turned Childhood Trauma Into a Classic". Billboard.
- ^ "Debravation - Debbie Harry | Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ "Starlite Campbell Band". Musicbrainz.org.
- ^ Probert, Sarah (3 November 2014). "Musician Chris Tye to launch new album at Glee Club gig". Birmingham Mail.
- ^ Eddy, Caryn Ganz,Christopher R. Weingarten,Rob Harvilla,James Montgomery,Charles Aaron,Nick Murray,Al Shipley,Kory Grow,Keith Harris,Reed Fischer,Maura Johnston,Michaelangelo Matos,Chuck (17 September 2014). "100 Best Singles of 1984: Pop's Greatest Year". Rolling Stone.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Is The Who song 'Who Are You' Keith Moon's greatest moment?". Far Out (website). 19 March 2022.