Surprising credits

Róbbi Skæra · Postby **Róbbi Skæra** » 07 Sep 2006, 18:24

i was watching a Monty Python film with my girlfriend several months ago, and we happened to stroll into the 'special features' of the dvd. we found a minifilm about a chocolate factory that accidentally sold chocolate bars with human meat in them, following an accident on site. people liked human meat, but not cow meat in their chocolate, as was discovered.

anyway. credits roll by, and Chick Anthony is credited for having mastered the sound of it. Chick Anthony's my grandad on my mum's side.

i now remember him telling me about it, following a conversation we were having on why he didn't like monty python.

Muskrat · Postby **Muskrat** » 07 Sep 2006, 18:39

Róbbi Skæra wrote:...anyway. credits roll by, and Chick Anthony is credited for having mastered the sound of it. Chick Anthony's my grandad on my mum's side.

...which makes you the biggest celebrity on the Bone since Elliot Easton stopped signing in. (Actually, I don't think he ever made it over here, so you may be the guv'nor after all).

the masked man · Postby **the masked man** » 07 Sep 2006, 21:55

Plenty of unusual production credits in the early 80s.

Joe Cocker had an album, "Sheffield Steel", produced by premier reggae rhythm section Sly and Robbie. (In an interview, Sly Dunbar later revealed that it was one of their proudest projects - they loved Cocker's voice.)

Joni Mitchell's "Dog Eat Dog" was produced by electro boffin Thomas Dolby.

And David Byrne seemed a very odd choice of producer for the Fun Boy Three's "Waiting" LP.

Davey the Fat Boy · Postby **Davey the Fat Boy** » 07 Sep 2006, 22:04

David Gates producing Captain Beefheart's Legendary A&M Sessions (and writing Moonchild) has to be way up there.

Davey the Fat Boy · Postby **Davey the Fat Boy** » 07 Sep 2006, 22:05

the masked man wrote:Joe Cocker had an album, "Sheffield Steel", produced by premier reggae rhythm section Sly and Robbie. (In an interview, Sly Dunbar later revealed that it was one of their proudest projects - they loved Cocker's voice.)

Good album too. Cocker's version of Brenda Russell's "So Good, So Right" is wonderful.

Phil T · Postby **Phil T** » 07 Sep 2006, 22:07

the masked man wrote:And David Byrne seemed a very odd choice of producer for the Fun Boy Three's "Waiting" LP.

Not half as odd as The Damned's 'Music For Pleasure' being produced by Pink Floyd's Nick Mason, although the band wanted Syd Barrett as producer.

Charlie O. · Postby **Charlie O.** » 07 Sep 2006, 22:23

Ric Ocasek producing Suicide and Bad Brains was an eyebrow-raiser back in the day.

My name is Spaulding · Postby **My name is Spaulding** » 07 Sep 2006, 22:34

the masked man wrote:Joni Mitchell's "Dog Eat Dog" was produced by electro boffin Thomas Dolby.

And what a crap production that is.

king feeb · Postby **king feeb** » 08 Sep 2006, 02:35

Dolby also shows up as guest musician and George Clinton's vocal foil on Some Of My Best Jokes Are Friends. Surprisingly, his dry British delivery works really well with Clinton's slurring funk vocals. In fact the "basic training in the ghetto" chant in the title track is kind of moving in an all-men-are-brothers way. Much more so than that "Ebony and Ivory" weepy shit.

Shagger Dave · Postby **Shagger Dave** » 08 Sep 2006, 03:42

Lou Reed wrote songs with Kiss for their Music From The Elder record. The songs sound exactly like you would think a collaboration between Lou Reed and Kiss would sound.

JQW · Postby **JQW** » 08 Sep 2006, 20:28

Steve Hoffman (yes, THAT one) has a co-writing credit on The Pixies' Bossanova.

Billybob Dylan · Postby **Billybob Dylan** » 08 Sep 2006, 20:32

Shagger Dave wrote:Lou Reed wrote songs with Kiss for their Music From The Elder record. The songs sound exactly like you would think a collaboration between Lou Reed and Kiss would sound.

Shite?

Jimbly · Postby **Jimbly** » 08 Sep 2006, 21:33

I'm on the credits of this, as is my Wife, Son and Mum

Well He is my brother

Charlie O. · Postby **Charlie O.** » 08 Sep 2006, 21:36

Jeemo wrote:

I'm on the credits of this, as is my Wife, Son and Mum

Well He is my brother

Not so surprising, then.

Charlie O. · Postby **Charlie O.** » 08 Sep 2006, 21:54

On his Phil Hartman thread in Nextdoorland, = marios = wrote:Interestingly enough, he was also a graphic artist and did some album covers, like Steely Dan's Aja, Poco's Legend, Firesign Theater's Fighting Clowns and 3 for the band America. He also designed the Crosby, Stills & Nash logo.

Jimbly · Postby **Jimbly** » 08 Sep 2006, 22:21

Charlie O. wrote:
Jeemo wrote:

I'm on the credits of this, as is my Wife, Son and Mum

Well He is my brother

Not so surprising, then.

Well actually it was, as it took till his 4th album before we were thanked by name, on the first it was "family" and then nothing on the next two.

Shagger Dave · Postby **Shagger Dave** » 09 Sep 2006, 20:19

Billybob Dylan wrote:
Shagger Dave wrote:Lou Reed wrote songs with Kiss for their Music From The Elder record. The songs sound exactly like you would think a collaboration between Lou Reed and Kiss would sound.

Shite?

Bingo.

McBastard · Postby **McBastard** » 09 Sep 2006, 20:48

Rare UK Bird - Camera Obscura

This is a very rare Japanese compilation of early Camera Obscura material, the sleevenotes of which thank me, my wife and my dog. I think our credit comes before Stephen Pastel's.

Charlie O. · Postby **Charlie O.** » 05 Aug 2007, 19:09

I just bought this -

- and was surprised to see that it was engineered by Bill Price (Clash, Sex Pistols) and Roy Baker (presumably Roy Thomas Baker)...

And the text for the cover comic was written by John Junkin (Shake from A Hard Day's Night)!

EDIT: On further inspection, it turns out that Junkin wrote or co-wrote a majority of the songs on the disc, as well...

Piggly Wiggly · Postby **Piggly Wiggly** » 05 Aug 2007, 19:13

Thomas Dolby - synthesiser on Foreigner's 4 album.

Black Cat Bone

Surprising credits

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