Terry Brown (music producer)
Terry Brown | |
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| Born | Terence David Brown |
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| Years active | 1967–present |
| Website | terrybrown |
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).[1] He was also involved with the English pop rock band Cutting Crew and the Canadian progressive rock band Klaatu.[2]
Career
[edit source]Brown began his career at Olympic Studios in the mid-1960s, working as one of Keith Grant's tape ops. His first engineering credit was on the Who's single "Substitute".[2] He next worked at Lansdowne Studios, where he worked with Adrian Kerridge. At Lansdowne, Brown engineered such songs as Donovan's "Mellow Yellow" and Procol Harum's "Homburg".[2] In 1967, while overseeing the construction of Morgan Studios, Brown again worked at Olympic. Doug Riley came to the studio to record a commercial for Labatt 50, and the two hit it off. Brown later went to Canada to help re-record the commercial, and he and Riley decided to open a recording studio, co-founding Toronto Sound Studios in 1969.[2]
Bruce Wheaton of the group Everyday People wrote the song "You Make Me Wonder" which was recorded as a demo with his band. They took the demo to Toronto Sound Studios owners Brown and Doug Riley. They liked the song and signed the band up straight away. They produced the song plus "Nova Scotia Home Blues" which Wheaton had co-written with Pamela Marsh. The songs were released on single, GRT 1233-01 in November 1970.[3][4][5] "You Make Me Wonder" made the RPM 100 chart, peaking at No. 60 for the week of 9 January 1971,[6][7] and the B side, "Nova Scotia Home Blues" peaked at No. 20 on the RPM MOR Playlist chart for the week of 19 December, holding its position until 9 January 1971.[8][9][10][11]
In 1973, Rush utilized Toronto Sound Studios to record portions of their debut studio album, with Brown recording "Finding My Way" and mixing the album. The band continued to work with Brown at Toronto Sound for its next three albums, Fly by Night (1975), Caress of Steel (1975), and 2112 (1976). Other albums recorded at the studio included April Wine's Electric Jewels (1973).
Faced with rising competition, Toronto Sound Studios closed in 1978,[2] but even as Rush recorded subsequent albums at other studios, they continued to work with Brown as co-producer on every album through Signals (1982). Brown's contributions on Rush albums included not only engineering and production, but also as a musician, arranger, and background harmony singer.[12]
Rush refers to Brown fondly as "Broon" in the liner notes for their albums,[13] and the 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.
In the 1990s while working at Metalworks Studios in Toronto, Brown recorded Fates Warning's Parallels and Voivod's Angel Rat, and again worked with Fates Warning on A Pleasant Shade of Gray. He also produced vocals on the Dream Theater album Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, and appears as the uncredited voice of the hypnotherapist on that album.[1]
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, Max Webster, Klaatu, Thundermug, Lizzy Borden, 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, Moist, and Tiles.[1][14]
Albums Brown has been involved with
[edit source]| Year | Artist | Role | Album |
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| 1966 | The Who | Engineer | "Substitute" |
| 1967 | Jimi Hendrix Experience | Engineer | Axis: Bold as Love[1] |
| 1968 | the Bonzo Dog Band | Engineer | The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse |
| 1971 | Stampeders | Engineer | Against The Grain |
| 1971 | Moe Koffman | Engineer | Moe Koffman Plays Bach |
| 1972 | Moe Koffman | Engineer | The Four Seasons |
| 1973 | April Wine | Engineer | Electric Jewels |
| 1973 | Moe Koffman | Engineer | Master Session |
| 1974 | Moe Koffman | Engineer | Solar Explorations |
| 1975 | Moe Koffman | Engineer | Live at George's |
| 1975 | Rush | Producer | Fly by Night |
| 1975 | Rush | Producer | Caress of Steel |
| 1976 | Rush | Producer | 2112 |
| 1976 | Klaatu | Producer | 3:47 EST |
| 1976 | Max Webster | Producer | Max Webster |
| 1976 | Moe Koffman | Engineer | Jungle Man |
| 1977 | Max Webster | Producer | High Class in Borrowed Shoes |
| 1977 | Klaatu | Producer | Hope |
| 1977 | Rush | Producer | A Farewell to Kings |
| 1978 | Rush | Producer | Hemispheres |
| 1978 | Klaatu | Producer | Sir Army Suit |
| 1978 | Max Webster | Producer | Mutiny Up My Sleeve |
| 1979 | Max Webster | Producer | Live Magnetic Air |
| 1980 | B.B. Gabor | Producer | BB Gabor |
| 1980 | Rush | Producer | Permanent Waves |
| 1981 | Rush | Producer | Moving Pictures |
| 1981 | Rush | Producer | Exit...Stage Left |
| 1981 | Max Webster | Producer | Diamonds Diamonds |
| 1982 | Rush | Producer | Signals |
| 1982 | Lawrence Gowan | Producer | Gowan[15] |
| 1986 | Cutting Crew | Producer | Broadcast[1] |
| 1987 | Blue Rodeo | Producer | Outskirts |
| 1987 | Silent Running | Producer | Walk on Fire |
| 1989 | IQ | Producer | Are You Sitting Comfortably? |
| 1989 | Lizzy Borden | Producer | Master Of Disguise |
| 1989 | Fifth Angel | Producer | Time Will Tell |
| 1990 | Watertown | Producer | No Singing At The Dinner Table |
| 1991 | Fates Warning | Producer | Parallels |
| 1991 | Voivod | Producer | Angel Rat |
| 1991 | The Kite | Producer | The Kite |
| 1994 | Moist | Mixing | Silver[15] |
| 1997 | Fates Warning | Producer | A Pleasant Shade of Gray |
| 1999 | Dream Theater | Spoken Voice (uncredited) | Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory |
| 2000 | Fates Warning | Producer | Disconnected |
| 2004 | Tiles | Producer | Window Dressing[16] |
| 2005 | Cutting Crew | Producer | Grinning Souls |
| 2007 | Puppet Show | Producer | Tale of Woe |
| 2007 | Run With the Kittens | Producer | Condos and lofts |
| 2007 | Run With the Kittens | Producer | Bangers and Mash |
| 2008 | Tiles | Producer | Fly Paper (2008)[17] |
| 2012 | Tiles | Mixing | Off the Floor 01 |
| 2013 | Crash Karma | Producer
Engineer |
Rock Musique Deluxe |
| 2014 | Blurred Vision | Producer | "Organized Insanity" |
| 2014 | Tiles | Mixing | Off the Floor 02 |
| 2016 | Tiles | Producer | Pretending 2 Run |
| 2021 | Discipline | Producer | Unfolded Like Staircase |
| 2026 | Brass Camel | Mixing | Ice Cold (Single) |
References
[edit source]- 1 2 3 4 5 Melchior, Al (14 March 2024). "5 Records You Didn't Know Rush Producer Terry Brown Worked On". American Songwriter. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Retzer, Sam (June 2025). "Terry Brown: The Working Man". Tape Op. pp. 36–38.
- ↑ Nova Scotia Classic Rock - Everyday People
- ↑ 45Cat - Everyday People - You Make Me Wonder
- ↑ RPM Weekly, Volume 14 No. 14 November 21st 1970 - Page 6 NEW MAPL RELEASES, YOU MAKE ME WONDER Everyday People (GRT) 1233-01 (Wheaton)
- ↑ RPM Weekly, Volume 14 No 20 & 21 1971 January 9, 1971 - Page 9 JAN 9 1971 HANDY PULL-OUT CHART, RPM 100 SINGLES, This week 60, 1 week ago 64, 2 weeks ago 75, YOU MAKE ME WONDER Everyday People-GRT-1233-01-T, MAPL
- ↑ RPM Weekly, Volume 14 No. 22 January 16, 1971 - Page 9 JAN 16, 1971 HANDY PULL-OUT CHART RPM 100 SINGLES, This week 61, 1 week ago 60, 2 weeks ago 64, YOU MAKE ME WONDER Everyday People-GRT-1233-01-T, MAPL
- ↑ RPM weekly, Volume 14 No. 18 December 19, 1970 - Page 11 MOR PLAYLIST, NOVA SCOTIA HOME BLUES Everyday People (GRT) 1233-01(T)
- ↑ RPM Weekly, Volume 14 No. 19 December 26, 1970 - Page 7 MOR PLAYLIST, NOVA SCOTIA HOME BLUES Everyday People (GRT) 1233-01(T)
- ↑ RPM Weekly, Volume 14 No 20 & 21 1971 January 9, 1971 - Page 7 MOR PLAYLIST, NOVA SCOTIA HOME BLUES Everyday People (GRT) 1233-01(T)
- ↑ RPM Weekly, Volume 14 No. 22 January 16, 1971 - Page 7 RPM MOR PLAYLIST
- ↑ "Terry Brown | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ↑ "Broon's Bane by Rush Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ↑ "Discography". Terry Brown. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- 1 2 "Music Producer". Terry Brown. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
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