Max Norman
{{Short description|British record producer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{for|the Swedish artist|Max Magnus Norman}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2010}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Max Norman
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| alt = Max Norman British Record Producer at The Panic Room Studios in Sweden
| caption = Norman at the console in [http://www.thepanicroom.se/ The Panic Room] Studios in Sweden
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| birth_place = United Kingdom
| genre = {{flatlist|*Heavy metal
| occupation = Record producer, recording engineer
| years_active = 1973–present
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| associated_acts = Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Megadeth, Bad Company, The Tubes
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Max Norman is a British record producer and recording engineer active since 1973.{{cite web |publisher=Music Legends| url= http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/max-norman-interview/| title=Max Norman Interview| accessdate=3 July 2013|date=13 June 2013|last=Saulnier|first=Jason}} He produced many acclaimed heavy metal releases.
While Norman was resident engineer at Ridge Farm Studios in London, Ozzy Osbourne was recording his debut solo album Blizzard of Ozz with producer/engineer Chris Tsangarides. After Osbourne and Tsangarides parted ways, Norman was asked to carry on.{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=75117|title=Producer Max Norman Talks About Working With Ozzy Osbourne, Y&T|date=20 June 2007|publisher=Blabbermouth|accessdate=20 March 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606075345/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=75117|archivedate=6 June 2011}}
Norman appears in the Megadeth home video Evolver, a documentary about the making of Youthanasia.
In early 2017, Norman completed projects with artists Ethan Brosh at Carriage House Studios, Machinage, and Mean Streak.
Discography
=Production=
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- Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz (1980), Diary of a Madman (1981), Speak of the Devil (1982), Bark at the Moon (1983), Tribute (1987)
- Y&T - Black Tiger (1982)
- Vendetta - Vendetta (1982)
- Ian Hunter - All of the Good Ones Are Taken (1983)
- Coney Hatch - Outta Hand (1983), Friction (1985), Best of Three (1992)
- Ian Thomas - Riders on Dark Horses (1984)
- Bronz - Carried by the Storm (1984)
- Savatage - Power of the Night (1985)
- Grim Reaper - Rock You to Hell (1987)
- Trash - Burnin' Rock (1985)
- Loudness - Thunder in the East (1985), Lightning Strikes (1986), Soldier of Fortune (1989)
- Armored Saint - Delirious Nomad (1985)
- Malice - Licence to Kill (1986)
- Lizzy Borden - Visual Lies (1987)
- Dirty Looks - Cool from the Wire (1988), Five Easy Pieces (1992)
- 220 Volt - Eye to Eye (1988)
- Concrete Jungle - Wear and Tear (1988)
- Roughhouse - Roughhouse (1988)
- Dangerous Toys - Dangerous Toys (1989)
- Voodoo X - Vol. 1 The Awakening (1989)
- Death Angel - Act III (1990)
- Lynch Mob - Wicked Sensation (1990)
- Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992), Youthanasia (1994), Hidden Treasures (1995)
- Bangalore Choir - On Target (1992)
- Phantom Blue - Built to Perform (1993)
- Mind Bomb - Mind Bomb (1993)
- Choking Ghost - Leveled (1995)
- Sly - Key (1996)
- Machinage - Machinage (2016)
- Ethan Brosh- Ethan Brosh (2016)
- Mean Streak- Mean Streak (2016)
=Mixing and engineering=
- The Tubes – What Do You Want from Live (1978)
- Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz (1980)
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Organisation (1980)
- Bad Company – Rough Diamonds (1982)
- Craymore Stevens – Faster Than Snakes (1987)
- Fates Warning – No Exit (1988), Perfect Symmetry (1989)
- Megadeth – Rust in Peace (1990)
- Annihilator – Set the World on Fire (engineer) (1993)
- Dirty Looks – Chewing on the Bit (1994)
- Strung Out – Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues (1996)
- The Black Symphony – Breathe (1996)
- Red Dragon Cartel – Patina (2018)
- The Watchers – Black Abyss (2018)
- MD45 – The Craving (1996)
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