Tim Palmer
Tim Palmer (born October 4, 1962 in North Shields , Northumberland ) is a British record producer , sound engineer and musician . He was best known for his productions for artists and rock bands such as Texas , The Mission , Tears For Fears , Robert Plant and HIM . The best-known songs he has produced include Wasteland from The Mission, I Don't Want a Lover from Texas and Elemental from Tears For Fears.
life and career
Tim Palmer, born in North Shields in 1962, began his career as a musician, but soon developed his special talent in the early 1980s, first as an assistant in the Utopia Studios in London , and later as an independent sound engineer working on the mixing console for various people international music groups and solo artists in Los Angeles .
Since 1982 he has been responsible as a sound engineer and music producer for numerous successful pop and rock albums that achieved high chart placements. As a gray eminence, he remained active throughout the 1990s and 2000s. During this time, as a sound engineer and producer, he supervised and produced numerous albums by artists and bands such as Kajagoogoo , The Mighty Lemon Drops , Tin Machine , Gene Loves Jezebel , The House of Love , Ozzy Osbourne , Switchfoot , Kane or Blue October .
Tim Palmer now lives and works as an independent producer, sound engineer and musician with his wife Nadine Marsh (married 1995) and their two daughters in the United Kingdom .
Discography (selection)
As a producer
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As a sound engineer or mixer
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literature
- Tim Palmer. In: Richard James Burgess: The Art of Music Production: The Theory and Practice , Oxford University Press, 2013, p. 39. (Review on: books.google.de )
Web links
- Official Tim Palmer website
- Tim Palmer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tim Palmer at Discogs (English)
- Tim Palmer at Allmusic (English)
- Interview with Tim Palmer
- Tim Palmer interview
Individual evidence
- ^ Biographical data of Tim Palmer in: International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002. 4th edition. Europa Publications, 2002, ISBN 1-85743-161-8 , p. 393.
- ^ Biographical data of Tim Palmer in: International Who's who in Music: Popular music , Vol. Two, Volume 1, Melrose Press, 1996, page 435
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| SURNAME | Palmer, Tim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Palmer, Timothy (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British sound engineer and music producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | North Shields , Northumberland , England |