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In Reply to: RE: "(Rives VP) was a lead engineer on Led Zeppelin II, and won a Grammy for producing an Eric Bourdon record." posted by Richard BassNut Greene on October 07, 2007 at 09:38:26
From Wikipedia:
Christopher 'Chris' Huston (b 25 June 1943) is a leading British-born record engineer and guitarist.
Huston arrived in Wallasey, near Liverpool, toward the end of World War II from an orphanage in North Wales. As a teenager he began studies at the Liverpool College of Art, where he became friends with John Lennon and, like Lennon, began copying the American R&B music imported through the city. In 1961 he joined The Undertakers, one of the leading local Merseybeat bands, as lead guitarist, shortly before Jackie Lomax joined as the group’s singer.
The Undertakers released a string of singles in the early 1960s and toured widely, but had little chart success. They split up in the USA in 1965, and Huston stayed behind. Initially he toured as a member of Joey Dee and the Starliters, before linking up with The Young Rascals to start a new career as a producer and engineer.
As engineer, he won a gold disc for the Rascals’ "Groovin’", and in the late 1960s engineered a string of successful and innovative albums with artists including The Who, Led Zeppelin, Todd Rundgren, Patti LaBelle and H.P. Lovecraft. He worked particularly extensively with Eric Burdon and War on their albums through the 1970s and 1980s, winning a Grammy for “The World Is A Ghetto” (1973). He also worked with James Brown, Ben E. King and many others.
Huston has subsequently become a leading consultant and lecturer on acoustics, building design, recording techniques and record production, based near Nashville.
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JM resumes:
Chris was lead guitarist of the Merseyside group The Undertakers; he was a college classmate and pal of John Lennon's. It was Chris who put the first tremolo bar on one of John Lennon's guitars.
Now I will be the first to admit that putting the tremelo bar on John Lennon's guitar in and of itself does not qualify one for designing a room for critical listening to classical music LPs. However, Chris' track record in studio design and House of Worship Design and from-scratch (Rives Level 4) home listening room design puts him in my educated estimation certainly on the level of the top half dozen such resources within the US. Some others being Walters/Storyk, Artec, BBN, and Bob Hodas.
Furthermore, Chris has been involved in the project since before there were any drawings of any sort. He has spent a fair amount of time on campus and understands the project goals as well as anybody does. I know Chris. He is affable and has a great sense of humor and listens to other people. I think it is a great project. Perhaps after it is built, if JA agrees, I can write it up for Stereophile.
Cordially,
JM
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