Steve Lillywhite produced the Stones, U2, Siouxsie, XTC - ‘the last leg of the relay’
Steve Lillywhite first got a foot in the studio door aged 17 making demos for Ultravox and became a producer with credits on over 500 records. He doesn’t have a copy of any of them but kept his Grammys and his CBE. The job involves being a lightning-rod, cheer-leader, editor, finisher and “as diplomatic as Henry Kissinger”. He looks back here from his ‘Lillypad’ in Bali at the milestones along the way, among them … … “I’d done my 10,000 hours by the age of 22” ... “If it ain’t broke, break it!” … when he screwed up as a tape-op: “you only do it once” … why bands never want to leave the studio…
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