Mike Vernon (producer)

Mike Vernon (* 20th November 1944 in Harlow , Middlesex , England as Michael Vernon ) is a British producer and founder of the label Blue Horizon Records . He worked with many greats of the British blues scene , such as the Bluesbreakers , Duster Bennett , Savoy Brown , Chicken Shack , Eric Clapton , Fleetwood Mac , Peter Green , Danny Kirwan , John Mayall , Christine McVie , Ten Years After or the Climax Blues Band .

Although Vernon is mainly associated with the blues, he also worked outside this field, for example with David Bowie or in the field of progressive rock with Focus . After a few attempts at music of his own, he moved to Decca Records in 1963 , for which he persuaded John Mayall to record a record with Eric Clapton ( Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton ). He produced this record as well as the only record of the Bluesbreakers with Clapton's successor Peter Green ( A Hard Road ). In the 1970s he turned to soul . Towards the end of the millennium, he revived the Blue Horizon label and also founded several labels for blues music (for example Indigo and Code Blue).

After retiring and living mostly in Spain, he has occasionally produced young British blues musicians such as Oli Brown and Dani Wilde . In 2013 he received the British Blues Awards ' Lifetime Achievement Award .

As a producer and as a participant in sessions

The list is incomplete.

1965 - Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd 1966 - Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton - John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers 1966 - Art Gallery - The Artwoods 1966 - The London Boys - David Bowie 1966 Rubber Band David Bowie 1966 - Sound of Sitar - Chim Kothari 1967 - Champion Jack Dupree and His Blues Band - Champion Jack Dupree featuring Mickey Baker 1967 Love You Till Tuesday David Bowie 1967 Blues Alone John Mayall 1967 A Hard Road John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers 1967 Crusade John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers 1967 - David Bowie - David Bowie 1967 - Eddie Boyd and His Blues Band - Eddie Boyd (Liner notes) 1967 Raw Blues Various Artists 1967 - Shakedown - Savoy Brown 1967 - Ten Years After - Ten Years After 1968 - Memphis Country Blues Festival - Various Artists 1968 - 40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve - Chicken Shack 1968 - 7936 South Rhodes - Eddie Boyd 1968 Bare Wires John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

1968 Blues from Laurel Canyon - John Mayall 1968 Diary of a Band, Vol. 1 - John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers 1968 Diary of a Band, Vol. 2 - John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers 1968 Getting to the Point - Savoy Brown 1968 - Last Night's Dream - Johnny Shines 1968 - Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac 1968 - Mr. Wonderful - Fleetwood Mac 1968 - Undead - Ten Years After (Liner notes) 1969 - 100 Ton Chicken - Chicken Shack 1969 - The Biggest Thing Since Colossus - Otis Spann (Liner notes) 1969 - Blue Matter - Savoy Brown (percussion, arranger) 1969 - Fleetwood Mac in Chicago / Blues Jam in Chicago, Vols. 1-2 - Fleetwood Mac 1969 - English Rose - Fleetwood Mac 1969 - First Slice - Jellybread 1969 Heavy Blues Champion Jack Dupree 1969 - Looking Back - John Mayall (Liner notes) 1969 - Midnight Jump - Sunnyland Slim 1969 - OK Ken? - Chicken Shack 1969 - Fiends And Angels - Martha Velez 1969 - Patent Pending - The Johnny Almond Music Machine

1969 - The Pious Bird of Good Omen - Fleetwood Mac 1969 - A Step Further - Savoy Brown (percussion) 1969 - Stonedhenge - Ten Years After (vocals) 1970 - Grease One for Me - Bacon Fat 1970 - In and Out of Focus - Focus (Liner notes) 1970 - The End of the Game - Peter Green 1971 - Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac 1971 - Bring It Back Home - Mike Vernon (harmonica, percussion, vocals, Rory Gallagher & Paul Kossoff as guest musicians) 1971 - Moving Waves - Focus (Liner notes) 1971 - Rick Hayward - Rick Hayward (Liner notes) 1971 - Thru the Years - John Mayall 1972 - Alvin Lee & Company - Ten Years After 1972 - Discovering the Blues - Robben Ford 1972 - Focus III - Focus (Supervisor) 1973 - Live at the Rainbow - Focus (Supervisor) 1973 - History Of British Blues Vol. 1 (Various Artists) (Production) 1974 - Burglar - Freddie King (percussion) 1974 - Hamburg Concerto - Focus 1975 - Larger Than Life - Freddie King (percussion) 1975 - Love Is a Five Letter Word - Jimmy Witherspoon (percussion)

1975 - Out in Front - The Olympic Runners (percussion) 1975 - Vintage Years - Fleetwood Mac 1976 - Do You Wanna Do a Thing - Bloodstone 1976 Manila Thriller Please 1976 - Gold Plated - Climax Blues Band 1976 Live Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford 1976 - On the Line - Foster Brothers 1977 - Best of Savoy Brown [London] - Savoy Brown 1977 - Edwin Starr - Edwin Starr (tambourine) 1977 - Hot to Trot - The Olympic Runners (percussion, vocals) 1977 - Original Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac 1977 - Ship of Memories - Focus 1977 - Soul Survivors - Diversions 1978 - Focus con Proby - Focus (Liner notes) 1979 - Let It Roll - Dr. Feel good 1979 - Out of the Ground - The Olympic Runners (percussion) 1979 - Rama Lama (Replays) - Rocky Sharpe and the Replays (Sound Engineer) 1980 - Shout! Shout! - Rocky Sharpe and the Replays (percussion) 1982 - Pursuit of Accidents - Level 42 1983 - Stop Please Stop - Rocky Sharpe and the Replays (percussion) 1984 - End of the Line - Pete McDonald

1986 - Mad Man Blues - Dr. Feel good 1986 - On the Loose - Steve Gibbons 1987 - Hat Trick - Blues 'N' Trouble (Percussion) 1988 - "Unamerican Activities" - Mick Pini (Production) 1988 - Crossroads - Eric Clapton 1988 - Great British Psychedelic Trip, Vol. 1, 1966-69 - Various Artists 1988 - John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers - John Mayall 1989 - Level Best - Level 42 1989 - Wildman - Mick Pini (Production) 1989 - Singles / The UA Years - Dr. Feel good 1989 - Steel & Fire - The Mick Clarke Band (sound engineer) 1989 Storyteller The Complete Anthology: 1964-1990 Rod Stewart 1990 - Blues It Up - Dana Gillespie (percussion) 1991 - That's What The Blues Can Do - The Innes Sibun Blues Explosion (Production) 1991 - Second Sight - Chris Youlden (Vocals, Engineer) 1992 - 25 Years - The Chain - Fleetwood Mac 1992 - Attack of the Atomic Guitar - UP Wilson (sound engineer, mix) 1992 - Blue Lightning - Lightnin 'Slim (Mixing) 1992 - Blues, the Whole Blues & Nothing But the Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon (percussion, sound engineer, mix, liner notes) 1992 - Chiswick Story - Various Artists 1992 - Delta Bluesman - David Honeyboy Edwards 1993 - Dog Days Are Over - The Scabs

1993 - Delta Hurricane - Larry McCray 1994 Live Dog The Scabs 1994 - Sound Like This - The Hoax 1996 - A Man Amongst Men - Bo Diddley (production, liner notes, percussion) 1999 - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions - Fleetwood Mac (Production) 1999 - Blues gonna Be My way - Mick Pini (Production) 2000 - Blues Here & There - Various Artists 2002 - The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac 2010 - Shine - Dani Wilde (Production)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lifetime Achievement 2013
2. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mike+Vernon