Rhett Davies

Rhett Davies

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In the collection

9 records
Selling England By The Pound Genesis, 1973 801 Live 801, 1976 A Live Record Camel, 1978 Remain In Light Talking Heads, 1980 The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack “Times Square” Various, 1980 Wild Planet The B-52’s, 1980 Discipline King Crimson, 1981 Avalon Roxy Music, 1982 Beat King Crimson, 1982

Played with

Adrian Belew 3 records together Brian Eno 3 records together King Crimson 2 records together Talking Heads 2 records together Roxy Music 2 records together Tony Levin 2 records together Robert Fripp 2 records together Bill Bruford 2 records together David Byrne 2 records together Bryan Ferry 2 records together Phil Manzanera 2 records together Genesis 1 record together

About

Rhett Davies (born 1949, London, England) is an English record producer and engineer. He’s the son of band leader and trumpeter .

After opening a record shop, Davies became a recording studio intern/engineer at . His first full session was on ‘s 1973 LP, “Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy)”. An appreciative Eno granted Davies a royalty on that album and his subsequent innovative releases with Davies. The two pioneered the “playing the studio like an instrument” concept: tape loops in pop music and using a rhythm box to lay down the beat during basic recording, then adding a live drummer later. Davies also worked with numerous other artists including , , , and many others.

In 1990, Rhett Davies left the music industry to pursue other business interests, while still privately creating music, although he continued to work with Bryan Ferry.