Richard Lush is a British-born Australian recording engineer and producer. He began his career in the mid-1960s as an assistant engineer at the EMI

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in London. Working alongside producer

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and senior engineer

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, Lush participated in nearly one hundred Beatles recording sessions and he is credited as Second Engineer on all tracks on the ''

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'' album. Lush moved to Australia in the 1970s. In 1975, he took over from Richard Batchens as the producer for leading Australian pop band Sherbet; among his credits with them is the group's Australian Number 1 hit " Howzat" (1976), which was also a top 10 hit in the UK. He produced the single "Night People" / "Superstar" for

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which was recorded at

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in Auckland. Among his more recent credits, Lush engineered and/or mixed numerous tracks for the official CD album of music from the

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, released by

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Awards

King of Pop Awards

The King of Pop Awards were voted by the readers of ''

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''. The King of Pop award started in 1967 and ran through to 1978. , - , 1976 , himself , Best Australian Record Producer , , -

References

Living people English record producers English audio engineers English expatriates in Australia Australian audio engineers Australian record producers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-singer-stub