Dave Hitchcock is a former record producer working with

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and

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Biography

David Hitchcock worked in A&R as a staff producer at

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before becoming an independent record producer. He worked with Decca Records and

Charisma Records Charisma Records (also known as The Famous Charisma Label) was a British record label founded in 1969 by former journalist Tony Stratton-Smith. He had previously acted as manager for rock bands such as The Nice, the Bonzo Dog Band and Van der ...

and formed the company ''Gruggy Woof Productions''. Hitchcock later retrained as a chartered accountant with

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with the aim of becoming someone who could provide financial advice for musicians. He then joined

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's ''Entertainment & Media Group''. In 1992 he left to manage the business affairs of

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before founding his own accountancy business, DBM Ltd, "For artists, producers, writers and other creatives - 85% of what we do is music-related."

Production credits

Albums produced by Hitchcock include: *Albums with

** ''

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'' (1974) ** ''

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'' (1975) *Albums with

** '' In the Land of Grey and Pink'' (1971) ** ''

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'' (1972) ** ''

For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night ''For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night'' is the fifth studio album released by the Canterbury scene band Caravan. Richard Sinclair and Steve Miller left the band prior to the recording of this album. They were replaced by John G. Perry and ...

'' (1973) ** '' Caravan & the New Symphonia'' (1974) ** ''

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'' (1975) ** '' Cunning Stunts'' (1975) ** ''

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'' (1976) ** '' Where But for Caravan Would I?'' (2000) ** ''

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'' (2002) *Albums with

** '' Curved Air – Live'' (1975) *Albums with East of Eden ** ''Snafu'' (1970) ** ''East of Eden'' (1971) *Albums with

** ''

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'' (1972) *EP with

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** ''

Market Square Heroes "Market Square Heroes" is the debut single by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released in 1982 with "Three Boats Down from the Candy" as the B-side. The 12-inch single included an additional track, the 17:15-minute-long "Grend ...

'' (1982) *Albums with

Mellow Candle Mellow Candle were a progressive folk rock band. Principally Irish, the members were also young, Clodagh Simonds being only 15 and Alison Bools (later O'Donnell) and Maria White 16, and still at school, at the time of their first single, "F ...

** '' Swaddling Songs'' (1971) *Albums with

The Pink Fairies Pink Fairies are an English rock band initially active in the London (Ladbroke Grove) underground and psychedelic scene of the early 1970s. They promoted free music, drug use, and anarchy, and often performed impromptu gigs and other stunts, ...

** '' Kings of Oblivion'' (1973) ** ''

Pink Fairies Pink Fairies are an English rock band initially active in the London (Ladbroke Grove) underground and psychedelic scene of the early 1970s. They promoted free music, drug use, and anarchy, and often performed impromptu gigs and other stunts, ...

'' (1991)

References

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