Jon Astley

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Jon Astley (born 1951) is a British record producer and mastering engineer. He is best known for his co-production work with Glyn Johns on the Who's eighth studio album Who Are You (1978), and later remastering supervision for all of the group's back catalogue reissues.{{cite magazine |last1=Enos |first1=Morgan |title=The Who's 'Tommy': 50 Years Ago, Pete Townshend Turned Childhood Trauma Into a Classic |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/the-who-tommy-album-8512828/ |magazine=Billboard |date=23 May 2019}}

He also has produced albums for Eric Clapton, Barclay James Harvest, Corey Hart, and Deborah Harry{{cite web |title=Debravation - Debbie Harry {{!}} Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/debravation-mw0000100615/credits |publisher=AllMusic |language=en}} and has mastered records for the Who, ABBA, George Harrison, Tori Amos, Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, the Pretty Things, Jools Holland, Tom Jones, Judas Priest, Cloven Hoof, Emmylou Harris, Ella Guru, Damien Dempsey, Tears for Fears, Led Zeppelin, Hothouse Flowers, Level 42, the Boomtown Rats, John Mayall, Marilyn Martin, Toto, Norah Jones, Stereophonics, KT Tunstall, Van Morrison, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Slade, Sting, Bono, Starlite Campbell Band{{cite web|url=https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eda632ec-ea11-4a4f-9ca4-63acd248f6b8|title=Starlite Campbell Band|website=Musicbrainz.org}} and Anathema.{{cite news |last1=Probert |first1=Sarah |title=Musician Chris Tye to launch new album at Glee Club gig |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/musician-chris-tye-launch-new-8041258 |work=Birmingham Mail |date=3 November 2014 |language=en}}

Astley also recorded and released two studio albums as a singer-songwriter in the late 1980s.{{cite magazine |last1=Eddy |first1=Caryn Ganz,Christopher R. Weingarten,Rob Harvilla,James Montgomery,Charles Aaron,Nick Murray,Al Shipley,Kory Grow,Keith Harris,Reed Fischer,Maura Johnston,Michaelangelo Matos,Chuck |date=17 September 2014 |title=100 Best Singles of 1984: Pop's Greatest Year |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-singles-of-1984-pops-greatest-year-163322/corey-hart-sunglasses-at-night-169256/ |magazine=Rolling Stone}} His most commercially successful song was "Jane's Getting Serious", later popularized by a Heinz ketchup television commercial starring a pre-Friends Matt LeBlanc.

Personal life

Astley is the son of composer Edwin "Ted" Astley. His sister Virginia Astley is a recording artist, and his other sister Karen was formerly married to Who guitarist Pete Townshend.{{cite news |title=Classic Tracks: The Who 'Who Are You?' |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-who-who-are-you |work=Sound on Sound}} He is married to novelist Judy Astley.{{cite web|url=http://www.virginiaastley.com/html/news_02.htm|title=Virginia Astley – News|website=Virginiaastley.com|access-date=22 October 2008|archive-date=5 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305110935/http://www.virginiaastley.com/html/news_02.htm|url-status=dead}} He is not related to singer Rick Astley.

Discography

= Studio albums =

Everyone Loves the Pilot (Except the Crew) (1987){{cite web |title=Jon Astley - Everyone Loves The Pilot (Except The Crew) |website=Discogs |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2704165-Jon-Astley-Everyone-Loves-The-Pilot-Except-The-Crew |language=en |date=1987}}
The Compleat Angler (1988){{cite web |title=The Compleat Angler - Jon Astley {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |website=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-compleat-angler-mw0000201365 |language=en}}

= Singles =

class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" \| Year ! rowspan="2" \| Title ! colspan="4" \| Chart positions ! rowspan="2" \| Album
US Hot 100 ! US Modern Rock ! US Mainstream Rock !NZ Top 50 Singles{{Cite web \|title=charts.org.nz - John Astley - Jane's Getting Serious \|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Astley&titel=Jane's+Getting+Serious&cat=s \|access-date=2024-11-18 \|website=charts.nz}}
1987 \| "Jane's Getting Serious" \| align="center" \|77 \| align="center" \| – \| align="center" \|7 \|35 \| Everyone Loves the Pilot (Except the Crew)
1988 \| "Put This Love to the Test" \| align="center" \|74 \| align="center" \|3 \| align="center" \| – \| - \| The Compleat Angler

class="wikitable"

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Hot 100

! US
Modern Rock

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Mainstream Rock

!NZ Top 50

Singles{{Cite web |title=charts.org.nz - John Astley - Jane's Getting Serious |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Astley&titel=Jane's+Getting+Serious&cat=s |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=charts.nz}}

1987

| "Jane's Getting Serious"

| align="center" |77

| align="center" | –

| align="center" |7

|35

| Everyone Loves the Pilot (Except the Crew)

1988

| "Put This Love to the Test"

| align="center" |74

| align="center" |3

| align="center" | –