Colin Thurston, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Colin Thurston

English record producer

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1947

Place of Birth: Singapore

Date of Death: 15-Jan-2007

Profession: composer, record producer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Colin Thurston

  • Colin Thurston (13 July 1947 – 15 January 2007) was an English recording engineer and producer.
  • Born in Brentford, Middlesex, Thurston played in bands in London before he "bluffed his way" into audio engineering.
  • After hooking up with Tony Visconti he co-engineered David Bowie's "Heroes" and Iggy Pop's Lust For Life (both 1977); he is also credited with co-producing the latter album with Bowie and Pop, under the collective pseudonym "Bewlay Bros".Thurston's debut as a solo producer was Magazine's second album Secondhand Daylight (1979).
  • He later recalled, "I think they were a bit nervous and so I didn't tell them it was my first production".
  • The same year, he produced The Human League's first album, Reproduction and their single "I Don't Depend on You" released under the name of The Men.
  • His lesser-known productions around this time included the single "Move in Rhythm" by Airkraft (1980) on the Square record label, now a collector's piece, and the EP Digital Cowboy with the hit-single "Target for Life" by Our Daughter's Wedding, from 1981. He achieved widespread recognition with Duran Duran's debut album (1981) and the follow-up Rio (1982); bassist John Taylor later described Thurston as "a major catalyst for the Eighties sound".
  • After working with Duran Duran he produced Talk Talk's The Party's Over (1982), and Kajagoogoo's White Feathers (1983), the latter with Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes.
  • He also worked with Gary Numan on his 1985 album The Fury.
  • Thurston became an in-house producer for the Canadian independent record label Brouhaha in the late 1980s, working with acts such as Westwon, before the company dissolved.
  • In 1999, he was again associated with Duran Duran for the Strange Behaviour remix compilation.Thurston had been suffering from a long illness and doing occasional production work before he died on 15 January 2007.

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