Iron Maiden -miehistö muistelee lämmöllä edesmennyttä tuottajaansa Martin Birchia: ”Kaikki tulivat hänen kanssaan toimeen”

Uutisoimme eilen, että ansioitunut tuottaja Martin Birch on menehtynyt 71 vuoden iässä. Birch ehti tuottaa uransa aikana useita menestyneitä albumeita muun muassa Black Sabbathilta, Deep Purplelta ja Iron Maidenilta. Iron Maidenin basisti Steve Harris, laulaja Bruce Dickinson ja manageri Ron Smallwood ovat muistelleet edesmennyttä tuottajaa lämpimään sävyyn. Birch tuotti urallaan kaikkiaan kymmenen Iron Maidenin albumia alkaen vuonna 1981 julkaistusta albumista ”Killers”, ja päättyen vuonna 1994 ilmestyneeseen ”Maiden England ’88” -livealbumiin.

Birchin tuottamat albumit Iron Maidenin kanssa:

1981 – ”Killers”
1982 – ”The Number Of The Beast”
1983 – ”Piece Of Mind”
1984 – ”Powerslave”
1985 – ”Live After Death”
1986 – ”Somewhere In Time”
1988 – ”Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son”
1990 – ”No Prayer For The Dying”
1992 – ”Fear Of The Dark”
1994 – ”Maiden England ’88”

Steve Harris kommentoi:

“He was just absolutely brilliant. He wasn’t just a producer, he was a hands-on engineer too, so he knew how to get a great sound. He was also fantastic at motivating people; he just had a knack of getting the best out of you. He was also a really nice man, great fun with a terrific sense of humour and that made him easy to work with. We all got along with him really well and the whole band is very saddened by today’s news.”

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Bruce Dickinson:

”To me, Martin was a mentor who completely transformed my singing: he was a psychotherapist and in his own words a juggler who could mirror exactly what a band was. That was his special talent as a producer. He was not a puppeteer, he did not manipulate the sound of the band, he just reflected it in the best possible way. Apart from all of that he was a wonderful, warm & funny human being. Martin & I shared a passion for martial arts – he for karate and me for fencing which gave us another bond too. I’m so very sad to hear this news, it’s incredible that he has passed away at such a young age for a man who was so full of life.”

Manageri Ron Smallwood:

“He was a fantastic guy who always shared a mutual respect with the band. He never, ever, let us down in the studio. He was a true gentleman and he will be hugely missed by everyone in the Maiden Family.”

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