Richard Lush is a British-born Australian recording engineer and producer. He began his career in the mid-1960s as an assistant engineer at the EMI
Abbey Road Studios in London.
Working alongside producer
Sir George Martin and senior engineer
Geoff Emerick
Geoffrey Ernest Emerick (5 December 1945 – 2 October 2018) was an English sound engineer and record producer who worked with the Beatles on their albums '' Revolver'' (1966), ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' (1967) and '' Abbey Roa ...
, Lush participated in nearly one hundred Beatles recording sessions and he is credited as Second Engineer on all tracks on the ''
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released on 26May 1967, ''Sgt. Pepper'' is regarded by musicologists as an early concept album that advanced the roles of sound composi ...
'' album.
Lush moved to Australia in the 1970s. In 1975, he took over from
Richard Batchens
Richard Batchens is an Australian record producer and audio engineer. From 1971 to 1976 he was the main in-house producer for Festival Records' imprint Infinity Records. His work includes most of the early albums and singles for Sherbet, one of ...
as the producer for leading Australian pop band
Sherbet; among his credits with them is the group's Australian Number 1 hit "
Howzat" (1976), which was also a top 10 hit in the UK.
He produced the single "Night People" / "Superstar" for
Herb McQuay
Herb McQuay (died June 29, 2005) was a popular jazz and soul singer from New York who lived and worked in New Zealand during the late 1970s to the mid 1980s. He is remembered for his cover of the Edwin Starr song, " Oh How Happy", which was a mi ...
which was recorded at
Mandrill Studios in Auckland.
Among his more recent credits, Lush engineered and/or mixed numerous tracks for the official CD album of music from the
Sydney 2000 Olympics, released by
Sony Music Australia
Sony Music Entertainment Australia is the predominant record label operated by American parent company Sony Music Entertainment in Australia. SMEA also formerly published and distributed video games in Australia & New Zealand on behalf of Sony ...
.
Awards
King of Pop Awards
The King of Pop Awards were voted by the readers of ''
TV Week
''TV Week'' is a weekly Australian magazine that provides television program listings information and highlights, as well as television-related news.
Content ranges from previews for upcoming storylines of popular television programs, partic ...
''. The King of Pop award started in 1967 and ran through to 1978.
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, 1976
, himself
, Best Australian Record Producer
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References
Living people
English record producers
English audio engineers
English expatriates in Australia
Australian audio engineers
Australian record producers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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