Terry Brown (record producer)

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Terry Brown
Birth nameTerence David Brown
Genres
Occupation(s)Producer, mixing engineer
Years active1967–present
Website terrybrown.net

Terry Brown is a British record producer involved in a variety of work. He has been noted for his collaboration with the Canadian rock band Rush. Brown produced every album by the band from Fly by Night (1975) up to Signals (1982). He was also involved with the English pop rock band Cutting Crew and the Canadian progressive rock band Klaatu.

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History

Terry Brown is referred to fondly by the band Rush as "Broon" in the liner notes for their albums. [1] This nickname appears in the title of the instrumental piece "Broon's Bane" from their live album Exit...Stage Left . On this same record, Geddy Lee jokingly introduces the song "Jacob's Ladder" as having been written by "T. C. Broonsie", another reference to Brown and a pun on the name of Big Bill Broonzy. He also appears as the uncredited voice of the hypnotist on the Dream Theater album Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory .

Brown has also engineered, produced or mixed for many other artists, including Silent Running, Sonny and Cher, Kenny Rogers, Traffic, Joe Cocker, The Who, Procol Harum, The Troggs, Manfred Mann, Marianne Faithfull, Spencer Davis Group, Donovan, Barbra Streisand, Blue Rodeo, Moist, Max Webster, Klaatu, Thundermug, Fates Warning, Lizzy Borden, Voivod, Ray Stevens, the Bonzo Dog Band, Motherlode, Dr. Music, April Wine, The Stampeders, Michel Pagliaro, Moe Koffman, Alannah Myles, B.B. Gabor, Cirque du Soleil, Dream Theater, Lawrence Gowan, Rough Trade, The Killjoys, FM, Toronto, Ian Thomas, Warpig, The Mummble Ducks, Run With the Kittens and Christmas. [2]

Albums Brown has been involved with

Brown has been a musician, recording supervisor, engineer, arranger, background harmony singer on Rush albums and a producer since the mid-1960s. [3]

YearArtistRoleAlbum
1967Jimi Hendrix ExperienceEngineer Axis: Bold as Love
1971StampedersEngineerAgainst The Grain
1971 Moe Koffman EngineerMoe Koffman Plays Bach
1972Moe KoffmanEngineerThe Four Seasons
1973 April Wine Engineer Electric Jewels
1973Moe KoffmanEngineerMaster Session
1974Moe KoffmanEngineerSolar Explorations
1975Moe KoffmanEngineerLive at George's
1975 Rush Producer Fly by Night
1975RushProducer Caress of Steel
1976RushProducer 2112
1976 Klaatu Producer 3:47 EST
1976 Max Webster Producer Max Webster
1976Moe KoffmanEngineerJungle Man
1977Max WebsterProducer High Class in Borrowed Shoes
1977KlaatuProducer Hope
1977RushProducer A Farewell to Kings
1978RushProducer Hemispheres
1978KlaatuProducer Sir Army Suit
1978Max WebsterProducer Mutiny Up My Sleeve
1979Max WebsterProducer Live Magnetic Air
1980 B.B. Gabor Producer BB Gabor
1980RushProducer Permanent Waves
1981RushProducer Moving Pictures
1981RushProducer Exit...Stage Left
1981Max WebsterProducer Diamonds Diamonds
1982RushProducer Signals
1982 Lawrence Gowan ProducerGowan [4]
1986 Cutting Crew Producer Broadcast
1987 Blue Rodeo Producer Outskirts
1987 Silent Running Producer Walk on Fire
1989 IQ Producer Are You Sitting Comfortably?
1989 Lizzy Borden ProducerMaster Of Disguise
1989 Fifth Angel ProducerTime Will Tell
1990WatertownProducerNo Singing At The Dinner Table
1991 Fates Warning Producer Parallels
1991 Voivod Producer Angel Rat
1991The KiteProducerThe Kite
1994 Moist Mixing Silver [4]
1997 Fates Warning Producer A Pleasant Shade of Gray
2000Fates WarningProducer Disconnected
2004 Tiles ProducerWindow Dressing [5]
2005Cutting CrewProducerGrinning Souls
2007Puppet ShowProducerTale of Woe
2007Run With the KittensProducerCondos and lofts
2007Run With the KittensProducerBangers and Mash
2008TilesProducerFly Paper (2008) [6]
2012TilesMixingOff the Floor 01
2014Blurred VisionProducer"Organized Insanity"
2014TilesMixingOff the Floor 02
2016TilesProducerPretending 2 Run
2021DisciplineProducerUnfolded Like Staircase

References

  1. "Broon's Bane by Rush Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  2. "Discography". Terry Brown. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  3. "Terry Brown | Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Music Producer". Terry Brown. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)