Paul Samwell-Smith
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Born | 8 May 1943 |
Origin | Richmond, Surrey |
Occupation(s) | bassist, record producer |
Years active | 1960s - present |
Associated acts |
The Yardbirds Renaissance Box of Frogs |
Paul Samwell-Smith (born Paul Smith, 8 May 1943, in Richmond, Surrey) was a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band, The Yardbirds.
While in The Yardbirds, he worked with record producers such as Mickie Most, Simon Napier-Bell and Giorgio Gomelsky and co-produced and engineered much of their music. He left The Yardbirds in June1966 to pursue a career as a music producer.
He went on to become a successful producer, with credits including Renaissance, Cat Stevens, Jethro Tull, Carly Simon, Chris De Burgh, Beverley Craven, Illusion and Claire Hamill, as well as producing two of Amazing Blondel's albums for Island Records, and the first and second albums by All About Eve for Mercury.
In the world of film, Paul Samwell-Smith was the music producer for Postcards from the Edge (1990) and for Harold and Maude (1971), and he worked as music recording supervisor.
Samwell-Smith was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Yardbirds) in 1992.
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Studio albums | Roger the Engineer · Little Games · Blue Eyed Blues · Birdland |
Live albums | Five Live Yardbirds · Sonny Boy Williamson and The Yardbirds · Live Yardbirds: Featuring Jimmy Page · Blueswailing '64 · · |
Compilations | For Your Love · Having a Rave Up · · BBC Sessions · Ultimate! |
Songs | "I Wish You Would" · "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" · "Boom Boom" · "For Your Love" · "Heart Full of Soul" · "My Girl Sloopy" · "Evil Hearted You" · "I'm a Man" · "Train Kept A-Rollin'" · "Shapes of Things" · "Over Under Sideways Down" · "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" · "Little Games" · "Ha Ha Said the Clown" · "White Summer" · "Ten Little Indians" · "Goodnight Sweet Josephine" · "Think About It" · "Dazed and Confused" |
Related articles | Box of Frogs · Cream · The Jeff Beck Group · Led Zeppelin · Renaissance |