Rob Aickin

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Rob Aickin was New Zealand's top record producer in the late 70's early 80s. He produced many gold and platinum records for artists like, Patsy Riggir, Hello Sailor, Golden Harvest, Th Dudes With Dave Dobbyn, Toni Williams, Murray Grindlay and many others while working for Stebbing Recording studios.

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Career

1960s

In the early 1960s, he was in a band from an Auckland called Papakura. The band was called Four Quarters. [1] Later he was bass player in a group from Clevedon, just outside of Auckland called The Clevedonaires. Other members were Ron and Graham Brown on guitar and drums and sister Gaye playing keyboards. In 1966, they were signed by Benny Levin to his record label, Impact. After releasing a few singles they were set to go to Vietnam to entertain the troops. As the Vietnam War was escalating their promoter didn't guarantee them return tickets. So they went to Australia instead. They did quite well and eventually became a group called Bitch. Aickin came back to New Zealand in the mid-1970s. [2]

In 2015, he was interviewed for the NZ Musician magazine about his days with The Clevdonaires and Bitch. It was published in the June/July issue. [3]

Producer

Rob Aickin was the "in house" producer at Stebbing Studios in Auckland. [4] [5]

In 1978, he won the Producer of the year award for the Hello Sailor album by Hello Sailor. [6]

Production

EP and mini albums
ArtistTitleRelease infoYearNotes
Gary Havoc & The Hurricanes Havoc! RTC RTS 710121979Co-produced with Gary Havoc
Th'Dudes So You Wanna Be A Rock'n'Roll Star Key L 200411982
Hello Sailor Last Chance To DanceKey L 20042
Festival Records L 20042		1982
Albums
ArtistTitleRelease infoYearNotes
Hello Sailor Hello Sailor Key L 363361977
Murray GrindlayMurray Grindlay Key KK41977
Toni Williams The One I Sing My Love ToInterfusion L-363391977
Golden Harvest Golden Harvest Key L 366811978
Hello SailorPacifica AmourKey L 366821978
Th'DudesRight First TimeKey L 366851979
Patsy RiggirLay down beside me & Are you lonelyEPIC1981Both albums made Gold & Platinum sales
Th'Dudes / Hello Sailor So You Wanna Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star / Last Chance To DanceKey D 305601991CD compilation
Production: Ian Morris (tracks: 1 to 12)
Production: Rob Aicken (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11)
Hello SailorThe Sailor Story 1975-1996Festival Records D 3167219962 x CD compilation
Various artistsGive It A Whirl
(The Soundtrack To The Major Television Series)		Propeller REV504
Universal New Zealand 99632		20032 x CD compilation
Producer on, Hello Sailor - "I'm A Texan"
Th'Dudes - "Right First Time"

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