Richard Lush is a British-born Australian recording engineer and producer. He began his career in the mid-1960s as an assistant engineer at the EMIAbbey Road Studios in London.
Working alongside producerSir George Martin and senior engineerGeoff Emerick, Lush participated in nearly one hundred Beatles recording sessions[1] and he is credited as Second Engineer on all tracks of theSgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.[2][3]
Lush moved to Australia in the 1970s. In 1975, he took over fromRichard Batchens as the producer for leading Australian pop bandSherbet; among his credits with them is the group's Australian Number 1 hit "Howzat" (1976), which was also a top 10 hit in the UK.
He produced the single "Night People" / "Superstar" forHerb McQuay which was recorded atMandrill Studios in Auckland.[4]
Among his more recent credits, Lush engineered and/or mixed numerous tracks for the official CD album of music from theSydney 2000 Olympics, released bySony Music Australia.[5]
The King of Pop Awards were voted by the readers ofTV Week. The King of Pop award started in 1967 and ran through to 1978.[6]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | himself | Best Australian Record Producer | Won |
In 2009, Lush was diagnosed with life-threatening spinaldural arteriovenous fistula and experienced loss of function in his limbs. In a 2010 article inThe Australian which was accompanied by a headline describing Lush as a "survivor back at his desk", music journalistIain Shedden wrote of how Lush still continues to work in his wheelchair at recording studios like Sydney'sStudios 301 with recording artists such asMark Isaacs.[7]
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