1. John William Leckie was born on 23 October 1949 and is an English record producer and recording engineer.
12 Facts About John Leckie
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John Leckie began work at Abbey Road Studios on 15 February 1970 as a tape operator, later graduating to balance engineer and record producer.
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John Leckie moved up to the desk to be balance engineer for Pink Floyd, for Mott the Hoople's album Mott and Paul McCartney and Wings' Red Rose Speedway and the single "Hi, Hi, Hi".
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In 1977 John Leckie produced the Adverts' Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts, Magazine's Real Life,.
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John Leckie left Abbey Road in 1978 and produced albums for Simple Minds.
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John Leckie recorded the debut single, "Public Image", for Public Image Ltd and produced the Human League's Holiday 80 EP.
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In 1989 John Leckie produced the Stone Roses' debut album, The Stone Roses.
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John Leckie worked on much of the recording the Stone Roses' album Second Coming.
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In 1995, John Leckie produced All Change by the Liverpool band Cast, which became Polydor Records' highest-selling debut album.
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John Leckie produced and engineered Radiohead's second album, The Bends, which drew significant critical attention.
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John Leckie named Leckie as one of the producers who had taught him his craft, whom he had "watched directly and emulated".
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When Muse won UK Single of the Year at the 2010 Music Producers Guild Awards, the songwriter, Matt Bellamy, thanked John Leckie for "teaching us how to produce".