Mike Paxman (born 19 December 1953) is an English multi-instrumentalist and record producer, best known for his work with

Judie Tzuke Judie Tzuke ( ; born Judie Myers, 3 April 1956) is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 1979 hit "Stay with Me till Dawn", which reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart. Life and career Early life Tzuke's family relocated f ...

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and Status Quo and

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. Paxman grew up in

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, England and went to

Bishop Wordsworth's School Bishop Wordsworth's School is a Church of England boys' grammar school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for boys aged 11 to 18. The school is regularly amongst the top-performing schools in England, and in 2010 was the school with the best results in the ...

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. During the late 1970s, he played drums in the Salisbury-based contemporary jazz quartet Sphere, along with saxophonist

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, pianist Geoff Williams, and double bassist Peter Maxfield (all ex-B.W.S.). He played guitar, in the studio and on tour, and wrote with singer-songwriter

from the late 1970s. He co-wrote Tzuke's single " Stay with Me till Dawn" and her first album ''

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'', then went on to write and produce a further twelve albums with her. Paxman continued working in the studio with Tzuke through to the late 1990s. From the mid-1980s, Paxman mainly focused on production work, founding Big Ocean Studios with Paul Muggleton, Tzuke's partner. They went on to work with various artists, including

(including the hit single " I Promised Myself"), Paul Norton (''Under a Southern Sky''),

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(the album ''Naked'' and single " Independent Love Song"),

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(the album ''Whispers''),

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and

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. Paxman has also worked with Status Quo extensively, producing several albums and DVDs including '' Under The Influence'' (1999), ''

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'' (2002), ''

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...'' (2005), ''

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'' (2011), '' Aquostic'' (2014) and '' Aquostic II'' (2016). He produced and mixed the Status Quo ''Frantic Four'' live reunion DVDs in 2013 and 2014. Paxman produced Quo's John "Rhino" Edwards' solo albums ''Rhino's Revenge'', released in 2000, and ''Rhino's Revenge II'', released in 2015. He produced Quo keyboard player

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's solo album: '' Unfinished Business'', released in September 2011. Paxman has produced four studio albums with

: '' Wake the Sleeper'' (2008), ''

Celebration – Forty Years of Rock ''Celebration – Forty Years of Rock'' is a greatest hits album by British rock band Uriah Heep. It mainly features rerecorded classics – which, said bassist Trevor Bolder, "chose themselves, really. The likes of 'Sunrise', 'Gypsy' and ' Lo ...

'' (2009), '' Into the Wild'' (2011) and '' Outsider'' (2014). He also produced a number of live albums and DVDs for the band. He produced ''

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'' from

with original members John Wetton, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and Geoff Downes in 2010, and produced Asia's 30th anniversary studio album ''

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'', which was released in mid 2012. ''XXX'' was the final Asia album in their history after the departure of

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and later 2017 death of founder and singer,

John Wetton John Kenneth Wetton (12 June 1949 – 31 January 2017) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. Known for his dexterous bass playing and booming baritone voice, Wetton first gained fame in the early 1970s. Wetton was the singer and p ...

References

External links

Uriah Heep biographyMike Paxman at AllMusicAsia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Paxman, Mike 1953 births Living people English record producers English rock guitarists English male guitarists English multi-instrumentalists English songwriters Place of birth missing (living people) People from Wiltshire People educated at Bishop Wordsworth's School British male songwriters