David Lord (born 1944) is an English

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and

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, known for his work with

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and

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Career

Lord was born in 1944 in

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, England and educated at the

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, under Richard Rodney Bennett. He worked as a producer for

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early in his career. He worked as a composer; his song‐cycle, '' The Wife of Winter'', was written in 1968, for Janet Baker while ''The History of the Flood'' (1969) has a libretto by

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. His 'cantata for children', "The Sea Journey", with a libretto by Michael Dennis Browne, is known to exist in two private pressings: one from the 1969 Farnham Festival, for which it was commissioned; the other recorded in 1982 by children from St. Catherine's British Embassy School, Athens, Greece. He also wrote a piece for

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and a test piece for a

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conductors' competition. He is responsible for the string arrangements on the chart hits "

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" by the Korgis, and "

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" by

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. He played a Prophet 5 synthesiser on one track, "Just Good Friends", on the 1983

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album ''

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'', for which he was also recording engineer. Since around 1970, Lord has lived in

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, where he formerly operated Crescent Studios, initially in his top-floor flat in Camden Crescent, and subsequently in a building dating from around 1700, at 144 Walcot Street. He closed the studio when a new road was built next to it. Lord has appeared on ''

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'', discussing his work producing

's fourth, eponymously titled solo album.

Conviction

In 2015, Lord was convicted of keeping a brothel after admitting making bookings and taking money for

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operating from his home. Noting there was no coercion involved, he was given a suspended prison sentence, made subject to a 7pm to 7am curfew for four months, and made to wear an

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by Judge Geoffrey Mercer QC, at

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Discography

Albums produced or co-produced by Lord include: *

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– '' Dumb Waiters '' (1980) * The Korgis – ''

Sticky George ''Sticky George'' is the third studio album by English pop band, The Korgis. It was released on Rialto Records in the UK in 1981. The album includes the singles "That Was My Big Mistake", "All the Love in the World", "Don't Say That It's Ov ...

'' (1981) *

– ''

'' (1982) * Roy Harper – '' Work of Heart'' (1982) *

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– ''

'' (1984) *

– ''

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'' (1984) * Jean Michel Jarre - '' Zoolook'' ( 1984) * M + M – '' The World Is a Ball'' (1986) *

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– ''

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(1986) * Icehouse – '' Man of Colours'' (1987) *

– ''

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'' (1992) * David Ferguson – ''The View from Now'' (1998)

References

External links

* *
Universal Edition
- sheet music for Lord's compositions

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