S2E7: Hugh Padgham
Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt
Rhino UK
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2022
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
This week on Rockonteurs, Gary and Guy chat to one of the UK’s finest record producers, the 4 x Grammy Award-winning Hugh Padgham. Chances are Hugh was involved in the making of your favourite record. From The Police, Genesis, Paul McCartney, XTC, The Human League through to creating that iconic drum sound of the ’80s for Phil Collins – Hugh has an unrivalled CV and some cracking stories to share.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Gary. |
| 0:01.0 | Hey Guy, how are you? |
| 0:02.0 | I'm good, thank you. |
| 0:03.0 | Looking forward to today. |
| 0:05.0 | I've actually been very lazy. |
| 0:06.0 | I haven't really done any research because I've known Hugh for a very, very long time |
| 0:10.0 | and worked with him quite a lot. |
| 0:12.0 | So, although our relationship is actually always more social than work related. |
| 0:15.9 | He tended to use the Welshman. The what? Is that your local pub or something? |
| 0:20.3 | The well, Pino Palladino. Oh, he used the Welshman. He used the Welshman in the studio and then come and hang out with me after. Of course, one of the greatest music producers, record producers of all time |
| 0:35.4 | specifically concentrated in those early 80s periods with Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins |
| 0:41.5 | Genesis Xt C police and Gabriel and I feel this probably contributed to his success greatly he worked on the Spandal |
| 0:50.8 | Ballet album journeys to glory Glory, our first album? |
| 0:53.2 | Well, absolutely. |
| 0:54.4 | I want to get to this because when they did Peter Gabriel's third album, which of course |
| 0:57.6 | where the famous drum sound comes from, it was produced by Steve Lily White, engineered |
| 1:02.1 | by Hugh Padham, and assisted by Howard Gray. |
| 1:05.1 | All three of them, you know. The townhouse back then was insane. |
| 1:08.3 | The townhouse studios. |
| 1:09.5 | Listen, Shepherds Bush, yeah. |
| 1:10.8 | Yeah. But he also four grammys. |
| 1:13.0 | He's won four grammys for his production. |
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