John L Sayers (d. 14 September 2021) was a New Zealand-born Australian recording engineer, producer and studio designer who engineered and/or produced many classic Australian rock and pop albums and singles from 1969 to the present. Sayers is one of a number of producer-engineers who are associated with the Melbourne popular music scene of the 1960s and 1970s and in particular with the renowned Armstrong's Studios, the venue where many of the most successful Australian pop/rock recordings of the period were recorded. He created the leading studio acoustics Forum Recording Studio Design, and designed Enmore Audio in Sydney.
Recording credits
Sayers' recording credits as either engineer or producer or both include:[1]
1960s
- Liv Maessen - "Snowbird", "Knock Knock Who's There?"
- Matt Flinders - "Picking up Pebbles", "Butterfly"
- John Farnham - "One"
- Max Merritt and the Meteors - Western Union Man album :
- John Williamson - "Old Man Emu"
- Russell Morris - "The Real Thing", "Part Three into Paper Walls", "The Girl That I Love", "Sweet, Sweet Love", Bloodstone (album)
- The Masters Apprentices - "Turn up Your Radio", "5:10 Man"
- Ross D. Wyllie - "The Star", "Funny Man"
- Lionel Rose - "I Thank You".
- The Group - "Such a Lovely Way".
- Axiom - "Arkansas Grass", "A Little Ray of Sunshine".
- Robin Jolley - "Marshall's Portable Music Machine".
- Ronnie Burns - "Smiley"
- Spectrum - "I'll Be Gone", Milesago album
- Indelible Murtcepts - Warts up your Nose (album)
- Ted Mulry - "Julia"
- Zoot - Just Zoot (album), "Strange Things", "1 x 2 x 3 x 4"
- Fraternity - "Seasons of Change"
- The Valentines - "Nick Nack Paddy Wack"
1970s
1980s
1990s
- Troy Cassar Daley - Beyond The Dancing (ARIA winner)
- Cam Fletcher - Kickin Up Dirt
- Jimmy Little - Yorta Yorta Man
- Jade Hurley - Life - Wouldn't Be Dead For Quids
- Tracey Fogarty - Playing to Win
- Kerry McInerney - Fools Game
- Spot The Dog - Drunk On The Moon
- Olivia Newton-John - Ghia
- The Spencer Band - This is Now
- Rough Red - Living in Australia
2000s
- Kerry Leigh & Expresso Lane
- Dave Cavanagh & Cavo
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