Roger Béchirian

Roger Béchirian [1] is an English engineer and record producer. Béchirian was a key player in the British new wave scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, best known for his work with Nick Lowe, Paul Carrack, Elvis Costello, The Undertones, Dave Edmunds, The Monkees, the Flamin' Groovies, and Squeeze. He was also a member of the pseudonymous new wave group Blanket of Secrecy, which issued one album in 1982. More recently, Béchirian has worked with the Trashcan Sinatras and Bell X1.

Roger Béchirian
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • recording and mixing engineer
Associated acts
WebsiteRoger Béchirian official website

Life and career

Seymour Stein, founder of Sire Records, signed the Undertones, asking Béchirian to take on production duties for the band's first album.[2]

Béchirian went on to build his own recording studio in London and formed Vinyltone Productions with Epic Records in New York, developing and releasing new artists. The next three years he divided his time between London and New York. He later remastered Elvis Costello's first nine albums, and produced The Monkees' 1986 reunion album Pool It![3]

Discography overview

Note: engineered (e), mixed (m), co-produced (cp), produced (p)

Elvis Costello: e-m-cp-p

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singles:

Squeeze: e-m-p

albums:

singles:

The Undertones: e-m-p

albums:

singles:

Nick Lowe: e-m-cp-p

albums:

singles:

Graham Parker: e-m

albums:

Twist: e-m-cp

albums:

  • This Is Your Life

singles:

  • "This Is Your Life"
  • "Ads"

The Rumour: e-m-cp

albums:

  • Frogs Sprouts Clogs and Krauts

singles:

  • "Emotional Traffic"
  • "Frozen Years"
  • "Tired of Waiting"

The Jam: e

Lene Lovich: e-m-p

albums:

singles:

Wang Chung: e-m-p

albums:

singles:

  • "Hold Back the Tears"
  • "China"
  • "Ti Na Na"

Carlene Carter: e-m-p-cp

albums:

singles:

  • "When You Comin' Back"
  • "Too Many Teardrops"
  • "Love Like A Glove"
  • "Meant It for a Minute"

Dave Edmunds: e-m

albums:

singles:

The Trash Can Sinatras: e-m-p

albums:

singles:

Bell X1: m-p

albums:

singles:

  • "Man on Mir"
  • "White Water Song"
  • "Tongue"
  • "Snakes and Snakes"
  • "Alphabet Soup"
  • "Eve, the Apple of My Eye"
  • "Next to You"
  • "Bigger Than Me"
  • "Flame"
  • "Rocky Took a Lover"
  • "The Great Defector"-m
  • "The Ribs of a Broken Umbrella"-m

Tom McRae: cp-m

albums:

singles:

  • "You Cut Her Hair"
  • "Walking to Hawaii" rm

Flamin' Groovies: e-m-cp

  • Jumpin' in the Night

The Attractions: e-m-p

  • Mad About the Wrong Boy

The Shakin' Pyramids: e-m-p

The Monkees: e-m-p

The dB's: e-m-p

  • "Judy" (single)

Tony Koklin: e-m-p

  • Time Chaser

Robert Ellis Orrall: e-m-p

  • Special Pain
  • Walking Thru Landmines

Rockpile: e-m

  • Pile Of Rocks

The Photos: e-m-p

  • The Photos

Siouxsie and the Banshees: e-m

Blanket of Secrecy: e-m-p

  • Ears Have Walls

The Passion Puppets: e-m-p

  • "Like Dust"

Dirty Looks: e-m

  • Dirty Looks

The Pretenders: e-m

Stewart Agnew Band: e-m-p

  • Stewart Agnew

Bear Driver: cp

  • "Wolves" (single)

e and ae:

References
  1. "Elvis Costello & The Attractions 'Oliver's Army'". Soundonsound.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  2. Bradley, Michael (15 February 2016). Teenage Kicks: My Life as an Undertone. Music Sales Limited. ISBN 9781783238521.
  3. "Roger Bechirian: Elvis Costello, Squeeze, Undertones". tapeop.com. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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