Alan Winstanley

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Alan Winstanley
Birth nameAlan Kenneth Winstanley
Born (1952-11-02) 2 November 1952 (age 71)
Fulham, London, England
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Occupations
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
Years activeMid 1970s–present

Alan Kenneth Winstanley (win-STAN-lee; born 2 November 1952) [1] is an English record producer and songwriter, active from the mid-1970s onwards. He usually works with Clive Langer. [2] [3]

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Early life

He was in the 23rd Fulham scout group, and wolf cubs, [4] at Melcombe primary school. [5] He took part in swimming competitions and visited the Black Mountains in June 1965 [6] and walked across the Cotswolds into Wales, then back to Hereford in April 1966, [7] and Dartmoor in May 1967. [8] His brother David was in the associated cub group, [9] and later Alan in the associated Venture scout unit. [10]

Career

His early career during the mid-1970s was as an audio engineer, working on albums by The Stranglers in addition to releases by Joe Jackson and Generation X. [2] He also worked with songwriter Brian Wade producing teen pop singer Nikki Richards' single "Oh Boy!" in 1978.

Notable studio albums produced or co-produced by Winstanley

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