Roy Thomas Baker
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Roy Thomas Baker is an English record producer who helped create a number of extremely popular pop and rock records in the 1970s and 1980s. Perhaps best known for co-producing the enduring hit song "Bohemian Rhapsody" for Queen, he also worked with numerous, notable artists, including Guns N' Roses, The Who, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Cars, Foreigner, Journey, Ozzy Osbourne, T. Rex, Devo, The Stranglers, Dusty Springfield, Starcastle, Yes, Cheap Trick and Gasolin'. His most recent production work was for The Darkness' 2005 album "One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back".
Although he now spends much of his time at his studio in Arizona, Baker got his start at Decca Records in England at the age of 14. Later he moved to Trident Studios, where he worked with people such as Gus Dudgeon and Tony Visconti.
The Smashing Pumpkins are currently in the recording studio with Baker at work on their first new album since 2000.[1]
[edit] Selected discography
Albums co-produced by Roy Thomas Baker:
- Gasolin': Gasolin' 3 (1973)
- Queen: Queen (1973)
- Queen: Queen II (1974)
- Queen: Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
- Queen: A Night at the Opera (1975)
- Ian Hunter: All-American Alien Boy (1976)
- Dusty Springfield It Begins Again (1978)
- The Cars: The Cars (1978)
- Queen: Jazz (1978)
- The Cars: Candy-O (1979)
- The Cars: Panorama (1980)
- The Cars: Shake It Up (1981)
- Devo: Oh, No! It's Devo (1982)
- The Stranglers: 10 (1989)
- The Darkness: One Way Ticket to Hell...And Back (2005)
- The Smashing Pumpkins (as yet untitled new album, possible 2007 release)
[edit] External links
- An Invitation to the Opera, Sound on Sound, October 1995 - interview with Baker
- Mix interview with Roy Thomas Baker by Rick Clark, April 1, 1999.
- Mix interview with Roy Thomas Baker by Paul Tingen, March 1, 2006.
