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Special Edition: Roy Thomas Baker, R.I.P.
With the announcement yesterday of industry legend Roy Thomas Baker's passing, Mix takes a look back across the prolific music man's career, diving into his work as a producer, engineer and musical shaman.
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Roy Thomas Baker: Taking Chances and Making Hits
By Rick Clark. In the April, 1999 issue of Mix, legendary producer Roy Thomas Baker sat down and shared not only a look back at his career but also his insights into what made the acts he produced click.
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Classic Tracks: The Cars' "Just What I Needed"
By Blair Jackson. Baker's production of The Cars' first four albums led to sales of more than 13 million, and it all started with this sparkling, stellar hit.
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Classic Tracks: T. Rex's "Bang a Gong (Get It On)"
By Blair Jackson. Before he became a bona fide hitmaker by producing Queen's first four albums, Roy Thomas Baker captured his share of classics as an engineer, including T. Rex's "Bang A Gong."
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Producer Roy Thomas Baker Lights Up the Darkness
By Paul Tingen. The members of British heavy rock band The Darkness don't take themselves too seriously—just like producer Roy Thomas Baker.
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The Hawkins Sound Ranch shows off its "new" Trident console previously owned by Frank Zappa in this local TV news story.
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Small live venues have been disappearing from the UK music scene at a dangerous clip in recent years, but a new survey shows that music fans of the country still support them.
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Second-hand gear/instrument online retailer Reverb moves to private equity.
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