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Alexander William "Sandy" Roberton (7 July 1942 – 25 July 2022) was a British record producer and music business owner, whose 60-year career spanning record production, artist management, record label ownership and producer management made him an influential player in the music industry. Roberton died in London aged 80, on 25 July 2022, from cancer.
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| dbo:abstract | Alexander William "Sandy" Roberton (7 July 1942 – 25 July 2022) was a British record producer and music business owner, whose 60-year career spanning record production, artist management, record label ownership and producer management made him an influential player in the music industry. After a brief early career as a recording artist in the mid-1960s, he moved into music publishing, running Chess Records' London offices and promoting the songs from their music publishing companies, Arc, Regent and Jewel. With record producer Mike Vernon, he helped set up the publishing for the Blue Horizon record label during the British blues boom that saw acts like John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Chicken Shack and Fleetwood Mac achieve success. In 1968 he established his own record production and artist management company, September Productions, and became one of the leading lights of the folk rock era of the 1970s, managing and producing bands such as The Liverpool Scene, Steeleye Span and Plainsong. In 1977, he established his own record label, Rockburgh Records, releasing some 40 albums and singles by various artists, including four solo albums by singer Iain Matthews, formerly of Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort. In 1980 he moved into producer management, establishing his Worlds End Management company in London, claimed as the first of its kind to represent the interests of producers, mixers and sound engineers. He is also credited with establishing the 'points' system whereby his clients would receive royalties for the work they did on producing artists' records. He moved its base to Los Angeles in 1985, becoming a US citizen in 2004, and ran his business there until his death, along the way founding two more record labels in the 2000s, Beverly Martel and IAMSOUND. Over four decades, Worlds End became the leading management company in its field, with over 75 producers on its books during the 1990s and early 2000s. Roberton died in London aged 80, on 25 July 2022, from cancer. (en) |
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| dbp:author | Andy Roberts (en) Tim Palmer (en) Lauren Christy (en) Stephen Lipson (en) Iain Matthews (en) Sandy Roberton (en) |
| dbp:birthDate | 1942-07-07 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:birthName | Alexander William Roberton (en) |
| dbp:birthPlace | Edinburgh, Scotland (en) |
| dbp:deathDate | 2022-07-25 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:deathPlace | London, England (en) |
| dbp:name | Sandy Roberton (en) |
| dbp:occupations | Record producer, music business owner (en) |
| dbp:quote | 70.0 (dbd:second) 1.893456E9 (dbd:second) “Sandy Roberton was the best sounding board, the voice of reason, and above all the most honourable and loyal man I've ever had the honour of working with, never greedy, always fair. His funeral should be at the Royal Albert Hall – it would be standing room only.” (en) "I think I enjoyed managing and producing Liverpool Scene most of all – they were such a good band. They’ve all done very well since in their own fields … Andy Roberts…Adrian Henri…Percy Jones – I love the records he’s making now with Brand X. And then too there’s Mike Evans – he’s now in charge of the Musicians Union!” (en) "I was sitting in Seattle, wondering what to do next. The phone rang and it was Sandy offering me a lifeline. I'd loved working with him in Plainsong, where he'd produced and managed us, and I knew that if he'd formed a label he would do a terrific job, without compromising my vision of who I was" (en) “Sandy changed the landscape for producers and especially mixers. In the same way that Jimmy Hill got soccer players the money they deserved, Sandy pushed for better deals and royalties for his producers and succeeded in getting them, even for mixers which was pretty unknown at that time. He basically created the genre of producer management.” (en) "We were called Les Hombres – God knows why – and that was the time I was finishing off school. It was a really professional band. We actually did gigs and had amps and a PA.” (en) “Graham and I were saddened to learn of his death and shocked, too, because if you knew Sandy, you know he never stopped working. Ill health wasn’t on his schedule! Sandy’s passion for music and his endless hours of working connections and wheeling deals for his clients is unparalleled in the industry. The Matrix owes much of its success to him. He has been a pioneering champion for so many people who have written and produced many of the best songs of the past four decades.” (en) |
| dbp:source | 0001-07-26 (xsd:gMonthDay) 0001-07-27 (xsd:gMonthDay) 0001-07-29 (xsd:gMonthDay) interview with Fred Dellar, Sound International, June 1978 (en) Fred Dellar interview, Sound International, June 1978 (en) Stealin’ Home CD booklet (en) The Art of Music Production interview (en) Variety article by Chris Willman 2022 (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Alexander William "Sandy" Roberton (7 July 1942 – 25 July 2022) was a British record producer and music business owner, whose 60-year career spanning record production, artist management, record label ownership and producer management made him an influential player in the music industry. Roberton died in London aged 80, on 25 July 2022, from cancer. (en) |
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