Peter Vince (born Peter Robert Vince) was an English sound engineer,

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and operations manager at

Abbey Road Studios Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Recording Studios) is a recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music c ...

Biography

Vince was born in

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...

, 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

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, Olivia Newton-John,

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, The Beatles, The Hollies, The Zombies, The Spinners, Benny Hill,

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, Beverly Sills, Nino Rota and Joe Loss. He was also responsible for a number of London cast musical recordings including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Hunting of the Snark'', '' Destry Rides Again'', '' Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' and ''

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'', which received a nomination for a Grammy Award 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, 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.

References

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