Roger Béchirian

Roger Béchirian [1] is an English engineer and record producer. Béchirian was a key player in the British new wave scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, best known for his work with Nick Lowe, Paul Carrack, Elvis Costello, The Undertones, Dave Edmunds, The Monkees, the Flamin' Groovies, and Squeeze. He was also a member of the pseudonymous new wave group Blanket of Secrecy, which issued one album in 1982. More recently, Béchirian has worked with the Trashcan Sinatras and Bell X1.

Roger Béchirian
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • recording and mixing engineer
WebsiteRoger Béchirian official website

Life and career

He became renowned for his mixing work for Stiff Records, which paved the way for his first co-produced hit, Lene Lovich’s “Lucky Number”. He is widely credited for moulding the sound of some of that period’s finest hitmakers including Elvis Costello, The Undertones, and Squeeze.

Building on his early successes Béchirian spent his time working between the UK and the USA developing and producing new and established artists for major and independent label releases. By the beginning of the new millennium he added management to his skill set. He discovered and developed Tom McRae signing him to db/BMG/Arista records, whose emergence led to a Q Award and nominations for a Mercury Prize Award, and a Brit Award. At the same time he managed Irish four-piece Bell X1, signing them to Island/Universal in London, garnering four Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year nominations and producing their breakthrough multi-platinum album Flock.

Discography overview

Note: engineered (e), mixed (m), co-produced (cp), produced (p)

Elvis Costello: e-m-cp-p

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singles:

Squeeze: e-m-p

albums:

singles:

The Undertones: e-m-p

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singles:

Nick Lowe: e-m-cp-p

albums:

singles:

Graham Parker: e-m

albums:

Twist: e-m-cp

albums:

  • This Is Your Life

singles:

  • "This Is Your Life"
  • "Ads"

The Rumour: e-m-cp

albums:

  • Frogs Sprouts Clogs and Krauts

singles:

  • "Emotional Traffic"
  • "Frozen Years"
  • "Tired of Waiting"

The Jam: e

Lene Lovich: e-m-p

albums:

singles:

Wang Chung: e-m-p

albums:

singles:

  • "Hold Back the Tears"
  • "China"
  • "Ti Na Na"

Carlene Carter: e-m-p-cp

albums:

singles:

  • "When You Comin' Back"
  • "Too Many Teardrops"
  • "Love Like A Glove"
  • "Meant It for a Minute"

Dave Edmunds: e-m

albums:

singles:

The Trash Can Sinatras: e-m-p

albums:

singles:

Bell X1: m-p

albums:

singles:

  • "Man on Mir"
  • "White Water Song"
  • "Tongue"
  • "Snakes and Snakes"
  • "Alphabet Soup"
  • "Eve, the Apple of My Eye"
  • "Next to You"
  • "Bigger Than Me"
  • "Flame"
  • "Rocky Took a Lover"
  • "The Great Defector"-m
  • "The Ribs of a Broken Umbrella"-m

Tom McRae: cp-m

albums:

singles:

  • "You Cut Her Hair"
  • "Walking to Hawaii" rm

Flamin' Groovies: e-m-cp

  • Jumpin' in the Night

The Attractions: e-m-p

  • Mad About the Wrong Boy

The Shakin' Pyramids: e-m-p

The Monkees: e-m-p

The dB's: e-m-p

  • "Judy" (single)

Tony Koklin: e-m-p

  • Time Chaser

Robert Ellis Orrall: e-m-p

  • Special Pain
  • Walking Thru Landmines

Rockpile: e-m

  • Pile Of Rocks

The Photos: e-m-p

  • The Photos

Siouxsie and the Banshees: e-m

Blanket of Secrecy: e-m-p

  • Ears Have Walls

The Passion Puppets: e-m-p

  • "Like Dust"

Dirty Looks: e-m

  • Dirty Looks

The Pretenders: e-m

Stewart Agnew Band: e-m-p

  • Stewart Agnew

Bear Driver: cp

  • "Wolves" (single)

e and ae:

References
  1. "Elvis Costello & The Attractions 'Oliver's Army'". Soundonsound.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
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