Interview

Phil Harding

Interview at Strongroom Studios

At last. We are delighted to feature the new Phil Harding Record Producer video interview. It's been nearly 10 years since our last producer interview with Phil so this time we once again met up at Strongroom Studios in London to chat about Phil's career and to find out more about the behind the scenes antics at PWL. Of course there is far more to Phil than being one of the top guy's at PWL so we also dug deep in to his recording and production career, right from the early days at Marquee Studios to the present day.

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Phil has just published his self penned book about life on the factory floor at PWL so we urge you to clicky the link to Phil's website to grab your copy now!!!

PHIL HARDING – BIOGRAPHY

KYLE MINOGUE  -  EAST 17  -  RICK ASTLEY  -  CHIC  -  THE JACKSON FIVE  -  THE FOUR TOPS  -  DIANA ROSS  -  PET SHOP BOYS  -  BOYZONE  -  THE CLASH  -  DONNA SUMMER  -  DEPECHE MODE  -  BANANARAMA  -  ERASURE  -  DEAD OR ALIVE  -  CLIFF RICHARD  -  OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN & JOHN TRAVOLTA  -  FIVE STAR  -  THE THREE DEGREES  -  DEBBIE HARRY  -  JIMMY SOMERVILLE  -  SINITTA  -  JIMMY RUFFIN  -  JASON DONOVAN  -  THELMA HOUSTON  -  GARY MOORE  -  T’PAU  -  LET LOOSE  ABC  -  MEL & KIM  -  JESUS JONES  -  LONIE GORDON  -  PETER ANDRE  -  ROXETTE  -  BROTHER BEYOND  -  SAM FOX  -  MATT BIANCO

These are just some of the artists Phil has worked with in a career spanning 30 years.

Phil Harding started in the music industry aged 16 at the Marquee Studios in 1973.  There he worked with some of the top producers in the world as they recorded the great albums of the day.

As Phil’s career progressed, a very hot list of credits soon started to stack up with artists as diverse as The Clash, Killing Joke, Toyah and Matt Bianco, all taking advantage of Phil’s ever-growing reputation as a top engineer.  At the start of the 1980’s, the name of a newly formed production team was added to the list – Stock/Aitken/Waterman.

Phil engineered and mixed their first chart successes (Divine and Hazell Dean) then their breakthrough and first No 1 single, ‘You Spin Me Round’ by Dead or Alive.

The hits came almost faster than you could count them – Mel & Kim, Bananarama, Rick Astley, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys and Kylie Minogue.  Phil has just started writing a book about his escapades at PWL in the 80’s and is making good headway.

By the early 1990’s Phil was regarded as pre-eminent in his field and left PWL to set up his own production facility with Ian Curnow at the Strongroom Studio complex in Shoreditch, London.

A further deluge of hits followed but this time with Phil and Ian as producers for: East 17 (including the Christmas No 1 ‘Stay Another Day’), Deuce, Boyzone, 911, Caught in the Act and Let Loose.

Phil is undertaking a radio interview tour to promote his single, forthcoming album and to talk about his heady days at PWL.

www.philharding.co.uk

Phil is a leading member of the British Music Producer's Guild (MPG).

phil harding, record producer, new albim, the story of beginners

From the heart and mind of legendary Producer Phil Harding, comes this storming debut album. Teamed once again with lyricist Mila Bogen, the songs are an intricate mixture of rocking, uplifting and reflective music.

Recorded at 7 locations both in the U.K. and U.S.A the album includes virtuoso performances by some of the world’s top session musicians. The result is nothing less than you would expect. A beautifully produced and textured collection of infectious melodies and lyrics that you’ll want to hear again and again.

SINGLE; ‘FLAWLESS LAND’ – WBCD004PROMO - 31.03.08 - ALBUM: ‘THE STORY OF BEGINNERS’ - WBCD002 - 28.04.08

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Phil is a leading member of the British Music Producer's Guild (MPG).

Phil's early tape 'op days

Phil takes part in MPG event