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or Phono - Plant. NEW YORK Stone engineering, Berman and Jim Sparling assistance from Sparling. Tim Palmer is producing Marilyn assisting. Parente are producing their own The following producers a-e workirg at vari- gram at Utopia. Zees B. Held is remixing a are completing al EP at T -Bone Wolk and Bob Riley are producing The Sheepdogs Then he tracks fol Atlantic. Jeffrey Kawalek is engi- ous studios in London: Phil Thornaley is re- Black Uhuru sinJla at Sarm Wee;. in Wane, N.J. Jim Barg is en- Elly Riley at Greene Street. Rod Hui is engi- Barge Sound mixing a new single at runs to Eastcote, ire-e he's wrapping a Chaz neering, with Issa assisting. Patrick Cowden - Thompson Twins . neering the Domino Productions project with gineering Hyde is working on a debut album, with Ste- RAK. Jimmy Douglas is producing Passion- Janke) album for AiJ4. Gus Dudgeon is pro- help from Erika Klein. And John Cale is pro- and Kawalek producing. And ate Friends for MCA. He's also remixing the ducing Sugar Stria for CBS _t Maison All material Jhr the Studio Track ducing his own album there, with Hui and Klein ven Bra -nberg Long Island act Ruffkutt is laying tracks there. Biz for Magnet and completing an album for Rouge. And Jereny Green is w-írking with column should oe sent to Kim Free- in the same roles ... Fonda Rae is at Song - Berman and Bob Tis are co- producing, with Moochie Jackson on the Hot Waa Mobile. IRS act Crown 3` Thorns at The Power man in Billboard's New York office. shop cutting material for a Geffen album. Freddie Perez is producing with engineer John Palermo. And "Dreamgirls" cast mem- ber Allison Williams is cutting three tracks there. John and Ed Palermo are co- produc- ing, while the former doubles at the board. Peter Wood and Joe Deangelis are pro- Thy MTR -12 1/2 " Two -Channe Recorder ducing tracks for Joeseph Costick at Cele- bration Recordings. Holly Peterson is at the

board, with Maurice Puerto assisting . . . Pep In The Cat is working on a project at Howard Schwartz Studios with producer AFTER YOU HEAR IT, YOU'LL KNOW Jeff Levy. WHY IT'S CALLED "SUPER -ANALOG ". LOS ANGELES Four artists have albums under way at Capi- tol. The Nobodys are recording for Capitol The easy purchase decision for a to 18 kHz. Unweighted): Distortior: ,0.15% mastering recorders. Compare the specifica-

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Epic release, which hits the street July 2 . . . Mare Thompson is at Clover Recording co- producing his Warner Bors. album with Champ Davenport. Catharina Masters - Bunch is at the board with assistant Todd Prepsky.

OTHER CITIES Blues cruiser John Hiatt has a project un- der way at Bennett House, Franklin, Tenn. Norbert Putnam is producing, with Don Cobb at the board. Mark Gray is working there with producer Bob Montgomery and © 1984. Otan Corp Steve Buckingham. Gene Eichelberger is at the board. That team is also working on the soundtrack for Sesame Street's latest record ... The Boogie Hotel in Port Jefferson, N.Y. has the following visitors: Rainbow lead singer Joey Lynn Turner is working on a solo album for Geffen. Don Berman is at the board, with Chris Isca assisting. French singer Stevie is completing an album for CBS International. Jan Mullaney is producing with Rosetta www.americanradiohistory.com