Andy Johns

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Andy Johns is a prolific engineer and producer.

Johns, the younger brother of famous 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 classic recordings by Jimi Hendrix and many others. In a career spanning more than thirty years, he has 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 millions copies.

Johns' main references are Led Zeppelin's IV and The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street. His classic sound is perhaps found on Free's album Highway, which he engineered and produced.

Johns is the father of HURT drummer Evan Johns and uncle of producer Ethan Johns (son of Glyn Johns).

Albums produced

• Ahead Rings Out - Blodwyn Pig (1969)
• Highway - Free (1970)
• Free Live! - Free (1971)
• Heartbreaker - Free (1972)
• Why Dontcha - West, Bruce and Laing (1972)
• Marquee Moon - Television (1977)
• Ron Wood - 1,2,3,4 (1981)
• Hughes/Thrall - Hughes/Thrall (1982)
• Stone fury - Burns Like a Star (1983)
• Sign In Please (demo) - Autograph (1984)
• 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)
• For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge - Van Halen (1991)
• Under the Influence - Wildside (1992)
• The Extremist - Joe Satriani (1992)
• Powers of Ten (2nd release, 2 tracks only) - Shawn Lane (1993)
• Time Machine - Joe Satriani (1993)
• Bon Jovi - Good Guys Don't Always Wear White (sound track 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)
• 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) [1]

Albums engineered

• Blind Faith - Blind Faith (1969)
• Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin (1969)
• Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin (1970)
• Highway - Free (1970)
• Sky - Sky (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)
• Goat's 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)
• Shadows and Light - Joni Mitchell (1980)
• Coda - Led Zeppelin (1982)
• Raw - Ra (2006)
• IV - Godsmack (2006)
• Radio Romeo - Radio Romeo (2007)
• Crossroads - Eric Clapton
• Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton
• Ladies and Gentleman The Rolling Stones Movie - The Rolling Stones

Live Concert DVD Audio Producer

• The Cult 5.1- The Cult
• Changes- Godsmack (2004)
• An Evening With Godsmack (2007)
• Up coming 5.1- Steve Miller (2008)

External links

• Platinum Samples - Andy Johns "Classic Drums"
• Shure Artist Andy Johns
• Andy Johns Interview - The Mixing Engineers Handbook
• Legendary Engineer Andy Johns Looks Back at His Work with Free
• Andy Johns - Recording Engineer/Producer October 1975