Geoff Heslop
| Geoff Heslop | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 June 1947 Corbridge, Northumberland, England |
| Occupation(s) | record producer, musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | guitars, etc |
| Years active | 1960s – present |
| Labels | Rubber Records, Black Crow Records, Shipbuilders Label, Shipyard Label |
| Associated acts | Mission Shift, Ribbon Road |
| Website | |
Geoff Heslop (born 3 June 1947 in Northumberland, England) is an English record producer and musician
Career
After training as a recording engineer, Geoff turned to record production, producing albums for the Rubber Records label in Newcastle upon Tyne. He went on to set up the Black Crow Records label, the Coquetdale Music Publishing company (with Kathryn Tickell) and Redesdale Studios (with singer Dick Gaughan. In the 1990s he put together a 2nd publishing company with his songwriter wife Brenda Heslop named Ribbon Road Music and issued 5 albums. He now owns and runs Shipyard Studios with his daughter Jill and produces music by himself and others on their Shipyard label.
Records produced by Geoff Heslop[1]
The 1970s
1972
- Don't Panic (Pete Scott)
- His Round (Tony Capstick and Hedgehog Pie)
1973
- Very Good Time (Derek Brimstone)
1974
- Life of a Man (The Buskers)
- Punch and Judy Man (Tony Capstick)
- There Was This Bloke (Mike Harding, Tony Capstick, Bill Barclay and Derek Brimstone)
1975
- Mrs 'Ardin's Kid[2] (Mike Harding)
1976
- Songs and Buttered Haycocks (Dave Burland)
- The Rochdale Cowboy Rides Again[2] (Mike Harding)
- Shuffleboat River Farewell (Derek Brimstone)
- Broken-down Gentlemen (John Leonard and John Squire)
- Five Hand Reel (Five Hand Reel)
- Jimmy The Moonlight (Pete Scott)
1977
- Alba (Alba)
- Mike Harding's Back (Mike Harding)
- Tony Capstick Does A Turn (Tony Capstick)
- Out of the Brown (Mike Elliott)
1978
- Just Act Normal[3] (Hedgehog Pie)
- The Traveller[4] (Allan Taylor
- Songs of Ewan MacColl (Dick Gaughan, Dave Burland and Tony Capstick)
- Nowt So Good'll Pass (Bob Fox and Stu Luckley)
- On Two Levels (Sean McGuire and Josephine Keegan)
1979
- Kingdom (Dando Shaft)
- You Can't Fool the Fat Man (Dave Burland)
- Up The Town (The Buskers, Sean McGuire and Winter's Armoury)
The 1980s
1980
- Roll on the Day[5] (Allan Taylor)
- Port of Call (Tom McConville and (Kieran Halpin)
1981
- The Champion String Band (The Champion String Band)
1982
- At Last It's (Mike Elliott)
- The Streets of Everywhere (Tom McConville and Kieran Halpin)
- Wish We Never Had Parted (Bob Fox and Stu Luckley)
- Joe Hutton of Coquetdale (Joe Hutton)
1983
- Double Trouble (Maxie and Mitch)
- Circle Round Again (Allan Taylor)
- Harthope Burn (Joe Hutton, Will Atkinson and Willy Taylor)
- On the Other Side (Alan Hull) (with Mickey Sweeney)
1984
- Under the Rain (Rab Noakes)
1985
- Shake Loose the Border (Chuck Fleming and Gerry Kaley)
1986
- Borderlands (Kathryn Tickell)
- From Sewingshields to Glendale (Kathryn Tickell, Alistair Anderson,
Joe Hutton, Willy Taylor, Will Atkinson, Mike Tickell, Allan Wood, The John Dagg Band) 1987
- The Grand Chain (Alistair Anderson)
- Mouthorgan (Will Atkinson) (with Alistair Anderson)
1988
- Leather Launderette (Bert Jansch and Rod Clements)
- Another Little Adventure (Alan Hull)
- Common Ground (Kathryn Tickell)
The 1990s
1990
- Hootz! (Simon Thoumire and Ian Carr)
1991
- Syncopace (Syncopace)
- The Kathryn Tickell Band (The Kathryn Tickell Band)
- Warksburn (Mike Tickell) (with Kathryn Tickell)
- Blue Skies, Dark Nights (Roly Johnson)
- The Border Piper (Joe and Hannah Hutton)
- Jane of Biddlestone (Adrian D. Schofield)
- Frisco Bound (Ray Stubbs)
- Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (Ray Stubbs R and B All Stars)
1992
- Signs ( The Kathryn Tickell Band)
- Welcome to the Dene (Willy Taylor)
- A Difficult Fish (Johnny Handle)
1993
- The Music of My Heart (Ribbon Road)
- Waltzes for Playboys (Simon Thoumire Three)
- The Mortgaged Heart (Ribbon Road)
1994
- Opus Blue (Catriona MacDonald and Ian Lowthian)
- The Moving Cloud (Ribbon Road)
The 2000s
2001
- The Tender Coming (Ribbon Road)
2008
- Golden Bells (Brenda Heslop and Ribbon Road)
2009
- As The Stories Burn (Martin Heslop)
- Speaking Out (Mission Shift)
- It's A Silk Cut World (Mission Shift)
2010
- It Couldn't Last (Ribbon Road)
References
- ↑ "Artist's page on Shipbuilders". theshipbuilders.com. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- 1 2 "Biography by Steven McDonald". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ↑ Porthole Issue 2 Summer 1996
- ↑ Allan Taylor Discography
- ↑ Allan Taylor Discography
Further reading
'Standing on the Shoulders of Giants', article in May/June 2007 issue of Living Tradition Magazine. 'Selling Coals to Newcastle' by Judith Murphy, published by North East England History Institute 2008 'The Mocking Horse' by Alan Hull, illustrated by Geoff Heslop 'Dazzling Stranger, Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues revival' by Colin Harper, published by Bloomsbury Publishing, London 2000
