David Lord (born 1944[1]) is an English composer and record producer, known for his work with Peter Gabriel,[2] the Korgis and XTC.
David Lord | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) Oxford  |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Record producer, composer |
| Website | http://www.dlord.co.uk/ |
Career
editLord was born in 1944 in Oxford, England[1] and educated at the Royal Academy of Music,[3] under Richard Rodney Bennett.[4] He worked as a producer for BBC Radio early in his career.[3]
He worked as a composer; his song‐cycle, The Wife of Winter, was written in 1968, for Janet Baker[1] while The History of the Flood (1969) has a libretto by John Heath-Stubbs.[1] His 'cantata for children', "The Sea Journey", with a libretto by Michael Dennis Browne, is known to exist in two private pressings: one from the 1969 Farnham Festival,[5] for which it was commissioned; the other recorded in 1982 by children from St. Catherine's British Embassy School, Athens, Greece.[6] He also wrote a piece for Julian Bream and a test piece for a London Symphony Orchestra conductors' competition.[4]
In 1981, Lord produced "Suffer the Children", the first single by Tears for Fears. He is responsible for the string arrangements on the chart hits "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" by the Korgis,[7] and "I'll Stand by You" by the Pretenders. He played a Prophet 5 synthesiser on one track, "Just Good Friends", on the 1983 Peter Hammill album Patience, for which he was also recording engineer.
Since around 1970, Lord has lived in Bath, where he formerly operated Crescent Studios,[3][8][9] initially in his top-floor flat in Camden Crescent, and subsequently in a building dating from around 1700, at 144 Walcot Street.[10] He closed the studio when a new road was built next to it.[11]
Lord has appeared on The South Bank Show, discussing his work producing Peter Gabriel's fourth, eponymously titled solo album.[12]
Conviction
editIn 2015, Lord was convicted of keeping a brothel after admitting making bookings and taking money for sex workers operating from his home. Noting there was no coercion involved, he was given a suspended prison sentence, made subject to a 7pm to 7am curfew for four months, and made to wear an electronic tag by Judge Geoffrey Mercer QC, at Bristol Crown Court.[13]
Discography
editAlbums produced or co-produced by Lord include:
- The Korgis – Dumb Waiters (1980)[14]
- The Korgis – Sticky George (1981)
- Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel (1982)
- Roy Harper – Work of Heart (1982)[15]
- The Icicle Works – The Icicle Works (1984)
- XTC – The Big Express (1984)[16]
- Jean Michel Jarre - Zoolook ( 1984)
- Peter Blegvad - Knights Like This (1985)
- M + M – The World Is a Ball (1986)[17]
- Icehouse – Measure for Measure (1986)[11]
- Icehouse – Man of Colours (1987)[18]
- Andy Davis – Clevedon Pier (1989)
- Peter Hammill – Fireships (1992)[19]
- David Ferguson – The View from Now (1998)[20]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Kennedy, Joyce; Kennedy, Michael; Rutherford-Johnson, Tim, eds. (21 May 2013). "Lord, David Malcolm (b Oxford, 1944)". The Oxford Dictionary of Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-957810-8. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ Bright, Spencer (2000). Peter Gabriel : an authorized biography (Updated and rev. ed.). Pan. ISBN 9780330370448.
- ^ a b c Cameron, Amanda (9 September 2015). "Bath man who ran Belgrave Place brothel was famous music producer who worked with Peter Gabriel". Bath Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2 November 2015.
- ^ a b "David Lord". HiFi Answers: 62–63. February 1989.
- ^ "DAVID LORD THE SEA JOURNEY PRIVATE PRESS FARNHAM FESTIVAL cello in chorus EO 252". Roots Vinyl Guide. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "David Lord - The Sea Journey". Discogs. 3 October 1982. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "How I wrote… 'Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime' by The Korgis". Song writing magazine. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ Harada, Yoichi (October 1987). "Crescent Studios featuring David Lord". Sound Recording Magazine. No. 10.
- ^ Dellar, Fred (24 July 1980). "The Korgis: Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime". Smash Hits.
- ^ "Crescent Studios, Bath". Studio Sound. December 1986. pp. 64, 66, 68.
- ^ a b "David Lord: Enigma Variations". Sound on Sound. November 1996. Archived from the original on 6 June 2015.
- ^ DeRiso, Nick (8 September 2017). "Revisiting Peter Gabriel's Journey Toward Success With 'Security'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Record producer David Lord dodges jail over brothel". Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "The Korgis: About their music and history". www.thekorgis.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "ROY HARPER - The Roy Harper Band: Work Of Heart (1982)". Prog Archives. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ Twomey, Chris (1992). XTC: Chalkhills and Children. Omnibus Press. p. 136. ISBN 9780711927582.
- ^ Richler, Daniel (October 1985). "M+M The World Is a Ball". Canadian Musician: 30–.
- ^ van der Meer, Dan. "It's Been Thirty Years Since Man Of Colours Was Released". Triple M. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ Hammill, Peter. "Peter Hammill Fireships CD". Cargo Records Direct. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
I produced it in conjunction with David Lord and his wonderful orchestral arrangements are well to the fore.
[permanent dead link] - ^ "Chandos Records Classical Music CDs and MP3 Downloads OnLine". Chandos Records. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
External links
edit- Official website
- David Lord at IMDb
- Universal Edition - sheet music for Lord's compositions
- 'The Europeans' interview (2015)