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Rhett Davies

Rhett Davies is credited on 3,467 releases across 354 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1970–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,467

Credits

354

Albums

6

Decades active

1,757

In collections

Biography

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Rhett Davies (born 1949, London, England) is an English record producer and engineer. He's the son of band leader and trumpeter Ray Davies.
After opening a record shop, Davies became a recording studio intern/engineer at. His first full session was on Brian Eno's 1973 LP, "Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy)". An appreciative Eno granted Davies a royalty on that album and his subsequent innovative releases with Davies. The two pioneered the "playing the studio like an instrument" concept: tape loops in pop music and using a rhythm box to lay down the beat during basic recording, then adding a live drummer later. Davies also worked with numerous other artists including Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Dire Straits, The B-52's and many others.
In 1990, Rhett Davies left the music industry to pursue other business interests, while still privately creating music, although he continued to work with Bryan Ferry.

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Credited work

3,467 releases · 354 albums · active 1970–2025

  • Production · 2,304
  • Engineering · 1,851
  • Performance · 457
  • Other credits · 113
  • Mastering · 93

Studios: Basing Street Studios · Island Studios · Air Studios · Apollo Theatre, Glasgow

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