Roy Thomas Baker

Roy Thomas Baker (aka RTB)
ROY THOMAS BAKER AT THE PIANO IN "THE WHITFEILD STREET STUDIOS", LONDON, ENGLAND. Photo by Tere Baker
Background information
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	All Genres Of Music and Motion Picture Soundtracks
Years active	1970's - present
Labels	RTB Audio-Visual Productions
Associated acts	Queen The Smashing Pumpkins The Cars The Darkness
Website	http://www.ROYTHOMASBAKER.com

Roy Thomas Baker (aka RTB) Internationally renowned multi gold, platinum and award winning English music producer, songwriter and arranger whose unique production technique created a number of extremely popular pop and rock records from the 1970s to the present. He now splits his time between his homes in Los Angeles, Europe, and his recording studio in Arizona. Baker is married to Enterainment Executive and former Actress Tere Baker (aka Tere Livrano/Mansfield) Her film credits include the Academy Award winning Francis Ford Coppola helmed Trilogy "The Godfather" opposite Al Pacino and James Caan in the role of Teresa Hagen the wife of Robert Duvall's character Tom Hagen. TV credits include playing opposite Demi Moore and Rick Springfield in the ABC daytime drama "General Hospital". As an Entertainment Executive she has established herself in Production and Management for both Music and Film. Roy Thomas Baker got his start at Decca Records in England at the age of 14. Later he moved to Trident Studios, where he worked with music producers such as Gus Dudgeon, Tony Visconti, Jagger/Richards and Frank Zappa.

After co-founding Neptune/Trident Productions' record company, a chance meeting between Roy Thomas Baker and a band that would eventually be known as Queen, culminated in a successful relationship that lasted for five masterpiece albums and a multitude of award winning hit singles including Grammy and The Guinness World Records Prize for the best single, "Bohemian Rhapsody" and, if nothing else deserves his place in history merely based on that brilliant, pristine, and utterly perfect track. Simply put, Baker made big records. It wasn't until he paired up with the Cars that he scaled down his trademark production sound and the result, with his quirky use of electronics and eighth note rhythms, eventually became known as new wave.

Yet Baker, who made his name with Queen and the Cars, is nowhere near a one trick pony and his flawless production has also helped the likes of Nazareth, Guns N' Roses, The Who, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Foreigner, Journey, Pilot, Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe, T.Rex, Devo, The Stranglers, Dusty Springfield, Starcastle, T'Pau, Yes, Cheap Trick and Gasolin'. Most recently he produced The Darkness album "One Way Ticket To Hell And Back" and he has worked with The Smashing Pumpkins on their 2007 album, Zeitgeist. In 2008 he produced "Again, Again, Again" (The Crux) for The Smashing Pumpkins American Gothic. The Smashing Pumpkins' Jimmy Chamberlin said, the only times Baker complained during the making of Zeitgeist were when he was denied a permit to build a helipad at his California mansion, and when he had to sell a castle he owned back in England.

Apart from the Smashing Pumpkins, in 2008, he also produced the platinum certified CD "Where The Storm Meets The Ground" by artist "The Storm". It was recorded at The RTB Recording Studio on The Colorado River in Arizona.

Selected discography

Productions by Roy Thomas Baker:

• Free: "Fire And Water" (1971)
• Nazareth: "Nazareth" (1971)
• Nazareth: "Exercises" (1972)
• Gasolin': Gasolin' 3 (1973)
• Gasolin': "Gasolin' Stakkels Jim" (in English: "Poor Jim") (1974)
• Queen: Queen (1973)
• Queen: Queen II (1974)
• Queen: Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
• Queen: A Night at the Opera (1975)
• Jet: eponymous debut (1975)
• Be Bop Deluxe: Futurama (1975)
• Gasolin': Gas 5 (1975)
• Pilot: Morin Heights (1976)
• Ian Hunter: Overnight Angels (1976)
• Gasolin': Efter endnu en dag (1976)
• Dusty Springfield It Begins Again (1978)
• The Cars: The Cars (1978)
• Queen: Jazz (1978)
• Journey: Infinity (1978)
• Journey: Evolution (1979)
• Yes: Golden Age Sessions (1979)
• Ron Wood: Gimme Some Neck (1979)
• The Cars: Candy-O (1979)
• Foreigner: "Head Games" (1980)
• The Cars: Panorama (1980)
• Alice Cooper: Flush the Fashion (1980)
• The Cars: Shake It Up (1981)
• Heavy Metal:"Motion Picture Soundtrack"(1982)
• Devo: Oh, No! It's Devo (1982)
• Cheap Trick: One on One (1982)
• Fast Times At Ridgemont High:"Motion Picture Soundtrack"(1983)
• Mötley Crüe: Too Fast for Love (1983)
• Arnold Corns A.K.A. David Bowie "Man In The Middle"(1985)
• Joe Lynn Turner: Rescue You (1985)
• American Anthem:"Motion Picture Soundtrack"(1986)
• T'Pau: Bridge of Spies (titled T'Pau in the USA) (1987)
• Slade: You Boyz Make Big Noize (1987)
• Ozzy Osbourne: No Rest For The Wicked (1986)
• The Stranglers: 10 (1989)
• Chris De Burgh: "Spark To A Flame"(1990)
• Shy: Misspent Youth(1990)
• Dangerous Toys: Hellacious Acres(1991)
• The Stranglers:"All Twelve Inches"(1992)
• Wayne's World: "Motion Picture Soundtrack"(1992)
• Mozart: "Mozart"(1994)
• Mozart: "Eve"(1995)
• Mozart: "Paris Is Dying..."(1996)
• Local H: "Pack Up The Cats" (1998)
• Hawkwind: "Hall Of The Mountain Grill" (2001)
• Split Shift: Tension (2004)
• The Darkness: One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back (2005)
• Elliot Easton (The Cars): "Change No Change" (2006)
• The Smashing Pumpkins: Zeitgeist (2007)
• Robert Calvert: "Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters"(2007)
• Transformers:"Motion Picture Soundtrack"(2007)
• The Storm: Where The Storm Meets The Ground (2008)
• The Smashing Pumpkins: "American Gothic" (2008)
• Guns N' Roses:"Chinese Democracy"(2009)

External links

• roythomasbaker.com--вполне себе официальный сайт=Roy Thomas Baker (Pon Tomac Benkep) Official Website
• An Invitation to the Opera, Sound on Sound, October 1995 - interview with Baker
• Mix interview with Roy Thomas Baker by Rick Clark, April 1, 1999.
• Mix interview with Roy Thomas Baker by Paul Tingen, March 1, 2006.