Mike Shipley
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| Birth name | Michael Shipley |
| Born |
6 October 1956 Sydney, Australia |
| Died |
25 July 2013 (aged 56) Studio City, Los Angeles, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1978–2013 |
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Michael "Mike" Shipley (7 October 1956 – 25 July 2013) was an Australian mixing engineer, audio engineer, and record producer.
Shipley's music career spanned more than 30 years. He was awarded two Grammy Awards for his work on the Alison Krauss and Union Station album Paper Airplane.
Musical career
Michael Shipley was born on 6 October 1956, in Sydney, Australia; he first became interested in a recording career while at school in the UK in the early 1970s. He completed high school at Camberwell Grammar School (class of '74) in Melbourne, Australia, but quickly returned to London, where he got his first big break working for Wessex Sound Studios, home to huge acts including Queen and the Sex Pistols. His first engineering sessions were during the punk rock explosion of the late 70s and early 80s and included recordings with the likes of these names and others, including The Damned. His contemporaries at Wessex included producer Roy Thomas Baker, Chris Thomas, and engineers Tim Friese-Greene and Bill Price. He had worked along with his very good friend Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Shipley also produced with Def Leppard the Adrenalize album.
Asked to work with The Cars, Shipley went to Los Angeles in 1984, where he had since been based until his death. Shipley later relocated to Hawaii for a sabbatical, but returned to Los Angeles to work with artists such as Def Leppard, Shania Twain, The Corrs, Anberlin, Aerosmith, Maroon 5, Faith Hill, India.Arie, Kelly Clarkson, Green Day, Nickelback and Alison Krauss.
Death
Shipley died on July 25, 2013.[1] Cause of death as stated August 9, 2013, at the memorial service, was an apparent suicide.[2]
Notable studio albums mixed by Shipley
1980s
| Year | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Thomas Dolby | The Flat Earth |
| 1984 | Devo | Shout |
| 1984 | Berlin | Love Life |
| 1984 | The Cars | Heartbeat City |
| 1985 | Prefab Sprout | Steve McQueen |
| 1985 | Joni Mitchell | Dog Eat Dog |
| 1985 | Kim Carnes | Barking at Airplanes |
| 1986 | Benjamin Orr | The Lace |
| 1986 | Lone Justice | Shelter |
| 1986 | Berlin | Count Three & Pray |
| 1987 | Alison Moyet | Raindancing |
| 1987 | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) |
| 1987 | Def Leppard | Hysteria |
| 1988 | Scorpions | Savage Amusement |
| 1988 | Prefab Sprout | From Langley Park to Memphis |
| 1988 | Joni Mitchell | Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm |
1990s
| Year | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Vixen | Rev It Up |
| 1990 | Ratt | Detonator |
| 1990 | Cheap Trick | Busted |
| 1991 | Yes | Union |
| 1991 | Joni Mitchell | Night Ride Home |
| 1992 | Shawn Colvin | Fat City |
| 1992 | Def Leppard | Adrenalize |
| 1993 | Winger | Pull |
| 1993 | Heart | Desire Walks On |
| 1994 | Richard Marx | Paid Vacation |
| 1995 | Meat Loaf | Welcome to the Neighbourhood |
| 1995 | Rodney Crowell | Jewel of the South |
| 1996 | X Japan | Dahlia |
| 1997 | Down by Law | Last of the Sharpshooters |
| 1997 | Guster | Goldfly |
| 1997 | Shania Twain | Come On Over |
| 1997 | Whitesnake | Restless Heart |
| 1998 | Kevin Sharp | Love Is |
| 1999 | David Mead | The Luxury of Time |
| 1999 | Chris Botti | Slowing Down the World |
| 1999 | Ratt | Ratt |
| 1999 | Blondie | No Exit |
| 1999 | Splender | Halfway Down the Sky |
| 1999 | Enrique Iglesias | Enrique |
| 1999 | Kip Winger | Down Incognito |
| 1999 | Faith Hill | Breathe |
| 1999 | Jimmy Barnes | Love and Fear |
2000s
2010s
| Year | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Maroon 5 | Hands All Over |
| 2010 | Sing It Loud | Everything Collide |
| 2011 | Runner Runner | Runner Runner |
| 2011 | Alison Krauss and Union Station | Paper Airplane |
| 2011 | Thomas Dolby | A Map of the Floating City |
| 2012 | 12 Stones | Beneath the Scars |
| 2013 | Keith Urban | Fuse |
References
- ↑ "Mike Shipley. Music engineer. October 7, 1956 - July 25, 2013. Aged 56.". Daily Express. August 3, 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ↑ Archived November 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
External links
- Mike Shipley discography at Discogs
- Mike Shipley at AllMusic
- Mike Shipley at the Internet Movie Database
- An Evening with Mike Shipley
- LA Grapevine November 2006
- Having Too Much Fun To Stop
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