Adrian Barber
{{Short description|English musician (1938–2020)}}
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Adrian Barber (13 November 1938 – 8 August 2020){{Cite web |last=Ellis |first=Graham |date=17 October 2020 |title=The Beatles first sound engineer |url=https://renegadesescapades.com/2020/10/17/adrian-barber/ |access-date=25 May 2022 |website=Renegades Escapades |language=en}} was an English musician and producer most noted for recording the Beatles Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962,Everett, p. 137{{cite book |last=Ingham |first=Chris |title=The rough guide to the Beatles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=htl2U1fPq8QC&pg=PA18 |accessdate=3 May 2010 |year=2003 |publisher=Rough Guides |isbn=978-1-84353-140-1 |page=18 }} producing the Allman Brothers Band's self-titled debut album,{{Cite web |date=11 February 1978 |title=Billboard Newspaper |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1978/Billboard%201978-02-11.pdf |access-date=25 May 2022 |website=World Radio History |page=18}} along with the Velvet Underground's album Loaded.
Musician and electronics
Barber was the lead guitarist in Liverpool's quartet "Cass and the Casanovas" (led by Brian "Cass" Cassar) and its subsequent Big Three.Everett, p. 167Curley, Mallory (2005), Beatle Pete, Time Traveller (Randy Press) Also an electronic wizard, he was responsible for upgrading the group amps (called "coffins") but also upgrading other Liverpudlian's gear. This included Paul McCartney's quad amp.Everett, p. 378Babiuk, Andy, Beatles Gear He left the Big Three in mid-1962, when the band planned to be a quartet. Barber played drums on The Velvet Underground's 1970 song "Who Loves the Sun".
Sound stage manager
In 1962, due to his knowledge in the electronic field, Barber was hired by Horst Fascher to improve the Star-Club's Sound system. In late December 1962, he recorded bands performing and some of his tapes were released as Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962.
Producer and sound engineer
In the late 1960s, Barber became a recording engineer/producer for Atlantic Records, for instance on
- 1969 Cream - Goodbye{{Cite book |last=Power |first=Martin |title=The complete guide to the music of Aerosmith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mbppiCOJ_KoC&pg=PA2 |accessdate=3 May 2010 |year=1997 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-7119-5598-1 |pages=1–2}}
- 1969 The Allman Brothers Band{{Cite magazine |last=Graham |first=Sam |date=December 18, 1999 |title=Tom Dowd: A Producer's Impressions |magazine=Billboard |volume=111 |issue=51 |page=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 |accessdate=3 May 2010}}
- 1967 Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
- 1968 Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now
- 1969 Velvet Underground - Loaded (also drumming on 2 tracks)
- 1969 The Rascals - Freedom Suite
- 1969 The Rascals - See
- 1968 Buffalo Springfield - Last Time Around
- 1969 Bee Gees - Odessa
- 1969 Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
- 1971 Aretha Franklin - Aretha's Greatest Hits
- 1973 Aerosmith - Aerosmith
Death
He died from COVID-19, spending the rest of his life on the island of Hawaii.
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Further reading
- {{Cite book|last=Everett|first=Walter|title=The Beatles as musicians: the Quarry Men through Rubber soul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UmrVa2U7jB0C|accessdate=3 May 2010|year=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press US|isbn=978-0-19-514105-4}}
- {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Beat-Instrumental/Beat-Instrumental-1970-04.pdf|title=The A&R Men: Adrian Barber|magazine=Beat Instrumental and International Recording Studio|date=April 1970|number=84|page=37|location=London|publisher=Beat Publications Ltd.|access-date=13 December 2024|via=World Radio History|issn=0144-5804|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520102009/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Beat-Instrumental/Beat-Instrumental-1970-04.pdf|archive-date=20 May 2024|ref=Beat Instrumental}}
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Category:Musicians from Bradford
Category:English record producers
Category:English male guitarists