Peter Vince (born Peter Robert Vince) was an
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sound engineer
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,
producer and
operations manager at
Abbey Road Studios.
Biography
Vince was born in
Fulham, London in July 1942 and was educated at Munster School and
St Clement Danes Grammar School.
Career
In April 1962 Vince became an engineer at Abbey Road Studios, then known as EMI Studios.
[ ] During his career he also achieved the role of
producer and author of the book, ''Abbey Road: The Story of the World's Most Famous Recording Studios'', which he researched and wrote with colleagues Allan Rouse and Brian Southall. As an engineer he worked with a wide variety of artists including
The Seekers
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,
Olivia Newton-John
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,
Cliff Richard & The Shadows,
The Beatles
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,
The Hollies
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The Zombies
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The Spinners,
Benny Hill
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,
,
Beverly Sills
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Nino Rota
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and
Joe Loss
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Life
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.
He was also responsible for a number of London
cast musical recordings including ''
The Good Companions'', ''
Singin' in the Rain'', ''
The Hunting of the Snark
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
Man of La Mancha'', which received a nomination for a
Grammy Award
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in 1969 as the Best Engineered Recording.
In 1966, Vince was one of the first people to use "
direct injection" for recording electronic bass guitars, to match the output of the guitars to the other instruments.
In the early 80's, along with fellow engineers Mike Gray and
Peter Mew
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, Vince was responsible for setting up EMI's first ever CD department.
Peter took early retirement from EMI in 1997, after 35 years service,
but continued to work as a freelance engineer. This included
location recordings with organist
Phil Kelsall in Blackpool, and the
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
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.
References
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English audio engineers
Living people
1942 births
People from Fulham