Mickie Most

13 articles
Audio interviews
Interview by Johnny Black, Rock's Backpages audio, May 1997
Purveyor of pap, or pop genius? The Rak man on 'House of the Rising Sun', Herman's Hermits, 'Hi Ho Silver Lining', Donovan and lots more
File format: mp3; file sizes: 45mb, interview length: 46' 50" sound quality: *****
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Newcomer to the Charts: Mickie Most Goes Right Back...
Profile by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 19 July 1963
MICKIE MOST may be a newcomer to the NME Top 30 with 'Mr. Porter', but he's had one of the longest careers in beat music ...
Mickie Most: Do-It-Yourself Mick!
Profile and Interview by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 5 October 1963
AFTER A MINOR record success with his 'Mr. Porter', Mickey Most looks all set for a far bigger success with the follow-up 'The Feminine Look', ...
The decline in power of the record Tsars
Report and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 15 August 1964
ARE THE Record Companies losing their grip? There are eight British records in the Top Ten. Of these eight, only three have been recorded by ...
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, March 1967
IT'S A FACT. Not many artistes give a thought to the guys who produce their records. Listeners seem to be as bad. Do you think ...
Right Then, Who's Backing Britain?
Comment by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 20 January 1968
IF BRITAIN is going to the dogs, it is obvious a large section of the (older) community are convinced that sinful pop stars are prime ...
Mickie Most: Making Hit Records for the Government
Interview by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 18 January 1969
ALAN WALSH TALKS TO MICKIE MOST, THE MAN BEHIND THE HIT MAKERS ...
Call Mickie Most 'The Hitmaker'
Interview by Harold Bronson, Rolling Stone, 21 December 1972
Mickey Mouse? What can I say about him? When making an album with the band laying down a track in the studio, Mickey is always ...
Profile and Interview by Stuart Grundy, John Tobler, The Record Producers, 1982
THERE HAVE been numerous record producers who have started their own label, including Phil Spector, Richard Perry, Tony Visconti and Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. ...
Interview by Mary Harron, The Guardian, 26 March 1982
Mickie Most tells Mary Harron why in the world of pop the producer reigns supreme ...
Profile by Steve Turner, The History of Rock, 1983
Record production made millions for Mickie Most ...
Mickie Most (1997) [transcript]
Audio transcript of interview by Johnny Black, Rock's Backpages transcripts, May 1997
This is a transcript of Johnny's audio interview with Mickie. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...
Retrospective by Alan Clayson, unpublished, 2004
"The only gift I had as a producer was finding the right song. I felt I knew how it should be done and, after that, ...
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