Andy Johns

Andy Johns
Birth name	Jeremy Andrew Johns
Born	(1950-05-20)20 May 1950 Epsom
Died	Los Angeles
Genres	Rock
Occupation(s)	Record producer, sound engineer
Years active	1960s–2013

Jeremy Andrew "Andy" Johns (20 May 1950 – 7 April 2013) was a British sound engineer and record producer, who worked on several well-known rock albums, including the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street (1972), Television's Marquee Moon (1977), and a series of albums by Led Zeppelin during the 1970s. His sound is exemplified by Free's album Highway, which he engineered and produced.

Biography

Johns, the younger brother of Olympic Studios engineer Glyn Johns, attended The King's School, Gloucester, England in the mid to late 1960s. Before his nineteenth birthday, he was working as Eddie Kramer's second engineer on recordings by Jimi Hendrix and many others. In a career spanning more than forty years, he engineered or produced records by artists ranging from Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones to Van Halen and Rod Stewart, whose sales total in excess of 160 million copies.

Johns was the father of Hurt's former drummer, Evan Johns and rock singer/guitarist Will Johns, and uncle of producer Ethan Johns (son of Glyn Johns).

Johns died on 7 April 2013, after a short stay in a Los Angeles hospital being treated for complications from a stomach ulcer. He was 62. Johns is survived by his wife Anet; sons Evan, Jesse and William; grandchildren Lennon, Everly, Charlie and Luca; sister Susan Johns; and brother Glyn Johns.

Discography

Albums produced

• Ahead Rings Out - Blodwyn Pig (1969)
• As Safe As Yesterday Is - Humble Pie (1969)
• Town and Country - Humble Pie (1969)
• Extraction - Gary Wright (1970)
• Highway - Free (1970)
• Free Live! - Free (1971)
• Heartbreaker - Free (1972)
• Bobby Whitlock - Bobby Whitlock (1972)
• Why Dontcha - West, Bruce and Laing (1972)
• Out of the Storm - Jack Bruce (1974)
• Keep Yer Hand On It - String Driven Thing (1975)
• Marquee Moon - Television (1977)
• It's a Circus World - Axis (1978)
• Ghost Town Parade - Les Dudek (1978)
• Foolish Behaviour - Rod Stewart (1980)
• 1234 - Ron Wood (1981)
• Hughes/Thrall - Hughes/Thrall (1982)
• Stone Fury - Burns Like a Star (1983)
• Idéal - Trust (1983)
• Night Songs - Cinderella (1986)
• Perfect Timing - McAuley Schenker Group (1987)
• Loud and Clear - Autograph (1987)
• Long Cold Winter - Cinderella (1988)
• Four Winds - Tangier (1989)

• Sahara - House of Lords (1990)
• Dirty Weapons - Killer Dwarfs (1990)
• Wing and a Prayer - The Broken Homes - Produced by Andy Johns and Michael Doman. Engineered and Mixed by Andy Johns for MCA Records (1990).
• For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge - Van Halen (1991)
• Under the Influence - Wildside (1992)
• The Extremist - Joe Satriani (1992)
• Highcentered - Doug Aldrich (1993)
• Powers of Ten (second release, two tracks) - Shawn Lane (1993)
• Time Machine - Joe Satriani (1993)
• Good Guys Don't Always Wear White - Bon Jovi (soundtrack for The Cowboy Way) (1994)
• Waking the Dead - L.A. Guns (2002)
• 22nd Century Lifestyle - pre)Thing (2004)
• Rips the Covers Off - L.A. Guns (2004)
• Shake The Hand That Shook The World - Pepper's Ghost (2005)
• Stone in the Sand - Euphoraphonic (2005)
• Tales from the Strip - L.A. Guns (2005)
• The Undercover Sessions - Ill Niño (2006)
• Radio Romeo - Radio Romeo (2007)
• Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot (2009)
• Bingo! - Steve Miller Band (2010)
• Willie Basse *“Break Away”, [23][24] Rock’s Cool Music Publishing, New Empire Media, Inc. (2010) Andy Johns Co-Producer, Engineer https://itun.es/us/Yu2xx
• Up Close - Eric Johnson (2010)
• Double Four Time - The Swayback (2012)
• Hollywood Forever - L.A. Guns (2012)
• Laugh Until I Die - Sabyrtooth (2014/TBA)
• Get Your Rock On - X-Drive (2014)

Albums engineered

• Stand Up - Jethro Tull (1969)
• Town and Country -Humble Pie (1969)
• Living in the Past - Jethro Tull (1972)
• Disposable - The Deviants (1968)
• Spooky Two - Spooky Tooth (1969)
• Songs for a Tailor - Jack Bruce (1969)
• Ssssh -Ten Years After (1969)
• The Clouds Scrapbook - Clouds (1969)
• Up Above our Heads - Clouds (1969)
• Blind Faith - Blind Faith (1969)
• Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin (1969)
• Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin (1970)
• Highway - Free (1970)
• Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin (1971)
• Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones (1971)
• Brain Capers - Mott the Hoople (1971)
• Sailor's Delight - Sky (1971)
• Exile on Main St. - Rolling Stones (1972)
• Goats Head Soup - Rolling Stones (1973)
• Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin (1973)

• It's Only Rock 'n' Roll - The Rolling Stones (1974)
• Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin (1975)
• In Another Land - Larry Norman (1976)
• Welcome to Paradise - Randy Stonehill (1976)
• Sky - Sky (1979)
• Ghost Town Parade - Les Dudek (1978)
• DFK - Dudek, Finnigan, & Krueger (1979)
• Shadows and Light - Joni Mitchell (1980)
• Coda - Led Zeppelin (1982)
• Trouble at Home - Silver Condor - Joe Cerisano (1983)
• Immigration - Show-Ya (1987)
• Glamour - Show-Ya (1988)
• CRISTEEN demos Kajem/studios(1988)
• Wing and a Prayer - The Broken Homes - Produced by Andy Johns and Michael Doman. Engineered and Mixed by Andy Johns for MCA Records (1990).
• Highcentered - Doug Aldrich (1993)
• Nightwindows - Stylus Automatic (2002)
• Raw - Ra (2006)
• IV - Godsmack (2006)
• Radio Romeo - Radio Romeo (2007)
• Crossroads - Eric Clapton
• Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton
• Willie Basse *“Break Away”, [23][24] Rock’s Cool Music Publishing, New Empire Media, Inc. (2010) Andy Johns Co-Producer, Engineer https://itun.es/us/Yu2xx
• Ladies and Gentleman The Rolling Stones Movie - The Rolling Stones
• Double Four Time - The Swayback (2012)

External links

• Andy Johns at the Internet Movie Database
• Platinum Samples - Andy Johns "Classic Drums"
• Shure Artist Andy Johns
• Andy Johns - Recording Engineer/Producer October 1975
• Andy Johns discography at Discogs