John L Sayers is an Australian recording engineer, producer and studio designer who engineered and/or produced many classic Australian rock and pop albums and singles from 1969 to the present. Sayers is one of a number of producer-engineers who are associated with the Melbourne popular music scene of the 1960s and 1970s and in particular with the renowned Armstrong's Studios, the venue where many of the most successful Australian pop/rock recordings of the period were recorded.
Sayers' recording credits as either engineer or producer or both include:
1960s
Liv Maessen - "Snowbird", "Knock Knock Who's There?"Matt Flinders - "Picking up Pebbles", "Butterfly"John Farnham - "One"Max Merritt and the Meteors - Western Union Man album :John Williamson - Old Man Emu album and singleRussell Morris - "The Real Thing", "Part 3 into Paper Walls", "The Girl That I Love", "Sweet Sweet Love", Bloodstone album - - :The Masters Apprentices - "Turn up Your Radio", "5:10 Man"Ross D Wylie - "Here comes the Star", "Funny Man"Lionel Rose - "I Thank You".The Group - "Such a Lovely Way".Axiom - "Arkansas Grass", "A little Ray of Sunshine".Robin Jolley - "Marshall's Portable Music Machine".Ronnie Burns - "Smiley"Spectrum - "I'll Be Gone", Milesago albumIndelible Murtcepts - Warts up your Nose (Album)Ted Mulry - "Julia"Zoot - Just Zoot (Album), "Strange Things", "1 x 2 x 3 x 4"Fraternity - "Seasons of Change"The Valentines - "Nick Nack Paddy Wack"1970s
Brian Cadd - Gingerman (Album)Ted Mulry - MarciaChain - Towards the Blues albumChain - Grab a snatch and hold itChain - JudgementJohn Farnham Sings the Shows, Together (with Alison Durbin)Matt Taylor - Straight as a Die (Album) - I Remember when I was YoungWendy Saddington - Looking Through a WindowRick Springfield - Speak to the SkyKerry Biddell - You've got a Friend (Album)Max Merritt And The Meteors - Stray Cats (Album)Billy Thorpe/Warren Morgan - Thumping Pig And Puffing Billy (Album)Lobby Lloyd and the Coloured Balls - Ball Power (Album)McKenzie Theory - Out of the Blue (Album)Jimmy Little - Baby BlueTed Mulry Gang - Jump in my Car (Album), My Little Girl, Dark Town Strutters BallJackie Orszaczky - Morning in Beramiada (Album)Sherbet - Life (Album) - Child's PlayHush - Boney Moroney, Glad all OverJon English and Renee Geyer - Every Beat Of My HeartMarcia Hines - Marcia Shines (Album) - Fire and Rain/You, From The Inside (Album).Ol' 55 - Take it Greasy albumChariot - (Album)Southern Cross - Southern Cross (Album)Pantha - Dway Do Dway Do (Album)Greg Quill - The Outlaws Reply (Album)Benjamin Hugg - What's Been Happening (Album)Jeff St John - So Far So Good (Album)Australia - Maiden Australia (Album)Ray Burton - Dreamers and Nightflyers (Album)Daley Wilson Big Band (Album)Coolangatta Gold - Film Soundtrack.Radio Birdman - Burn My Eye (EP)Radio Birdman - Radios Appear (Album)Mi-sex - Space Race (Album)Ayres Rock - Big Red Rock (Album)Mark Gillespie - Only Human (Album)1980s
Australian Crawl - Phalanx - Live AlbumGoanna - Oceania (Album) - Common GroundDD Smash - The OptimistThe Motivators - The Motivators (Album)Jim Keays - "Lucifer Street" - Red on the Meter (Album)Mark Gillespie - Sweet Nothing (Album)Mondo Rock - "Come Said The Boy" - The Modern Bop (Album)Mi-sex - Shanghaied (Album) - Falling In And Out, Shanghaied(Side step into TV)
1990s
Troy Cassar Daley - Beyond The Dancing (ARIA winner)Cam Fletcher - Kickin Up DirtJimmy Little - Yorta Yorta ManJade Hurley - Life - Wouldn't Be Dead For QuidsTracey Fogarty - Playing to WinKerry McInerney - Fools GameSpot The Dog - Drunk On The MoonOlivia Newton-John - GhiaThe Spencer Band - This is NowRough Red - Living in Australia2000s
Kerry Leigh & Expresso LaneDave Cavanagh & CavoCreated the leading studio acoustics Forum Recording Studio Design
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