PROFILE

:: Tony Harris – the story….Tony Harris in Whitfield Street Studios

::In 1975, Tony picked up a HiFi magazine with a feature titled ‘How a Recording Studio works’ on his way home from school -and that’s where it all started…..

Tony Harris working with Ginji Itoh in Tokyo

Tony Harris in Jeans…..He got his first job with Pebble Beach Sound Studios in 1979, moving on from there to Odyssey Studios…

 

Tony Harris working with Mick Ralphs..In 1981, Tony joined Livingston Studios. Over the next 10 years, he recorded just about everything!!!
….Going freelance, in 1991, was now a natural progression, Tony could go where ever music took him, recording artists in Japan, Colombia, Switzerland, USA, Ireland & Portugal….
Tony and Jeff
Bud the cat listening to the Weather Prophets…..His natural ability to instill energy into a recording session is evident in all his work, particularly in his role as producer, for Gallon Drunk(UK), Lovebugs (Switzerland), Glitterbug(UK), Jazz Butcher(UK) and Zubop(UK)…..

Tony Harris with Lenny Kaye 

…..As engineer, Tony has had the pleasure of working with great producers………….
Tony Harris in TokyoPhil Coulter, John Leckie, Tot Taylor, Dave Allen, Alan Shacklock, Richard Manwaring, Joe Boyd, Terry Thomas, Lenny Kaye, Mike Chapman, Grant Showbiz……..
Tony Harris at the village sign in Rockfield….. at a lengthy list of recording studios:
AIR, Abbey Road, Whitfield Street, Elephant, Pathway, The Church, Amberville, Westside, Surrey Sound, Mayfair, Olympic, Ridge Farm, RG Jones, Rockfield, The Manor, Farmyard, Yellow 2, Crescent, Amazon, Basel City Studios, Sweet Georgia Browns, Castle Sound, Westland, Windmill Lane, Powerplay (Zurich), Magnet (Tokyo), Sedic(Tokyo), Master-Rock, Music Inn (Tokyo), Maison Rouge, CTS, Townhouse, Matrix, Sulán, Sonolux (Bogota), Wessex, Protocol, Snap, Reservoir….
Tony Harris working on the Manor Mobile……….. and live venues with the Manor Mobile, recording: The Cure, The Creatures, Lynden David Hall, Eagle Eye Cherry, Halford, Ian Dury tribute concert at Brixton Academy, Pete Townshend Lifehouse(at Sadlers Wells), Gay Dad…Tony Harris and Margueritta Rosa
….Along the way Tony spent some time working on sound design with Yamaha’s R&D team for the SPX990 digital processor…….. The experience lead him on to his pioneering work developing the Flotbö Monitoring system…........... and live venues with the Manor Mobile, recording: The Cure, The Creatures, Lynden David Hall, Eagle Eye Cherry, Halford, Ian Dury tribute concert at Brixton Academy, Pete Townshend Lifehouse(at Sadlers Wells), Gay Dad... Marguerita Rosa, Colombia ....Along the way Tony spent some time working on sound design with Yamaha's R&D team for the SPX990 digital processor........ The experience lead him on to his pioneering workFlotbö Monitoring system
Tony Harris with Ronan Keating in Westland Studios Dublin, Ireland.….. Tony lives in North London with Catherine and their cat Casablanca -cycling everywhere, enjoying gigs, curries, Arsenal and cricket. 
Tony Harris working in Tokyo with Harumi Natsuki