John Porter (musician)

John Porter (born 11 September 1947, in Leeds, England) is an English musician and record producer.

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He attended St Michael’s School, Allerton Grange School, King’s College, London, and Newcastle University.

While at Newcastle, Porter met singer Bryan Ferry, and was part of his fledgling band The Gas Board. Ferry’s later band Roxy Music had achieved success in the early 1970s, but having had some troubles with bass players, Ferry invited Porter on board to record the 1973 album For Your Pleasure. He did not perform on tour for the album; John Gustafson took over the live duties. Porter went on to serve as a record producer for many later albums for Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry. Porter is credited with the production of Liverpool’s Watt 4 album at Matrix Studios in 1979.

He has since produced for The Smiths, Billy Bragg, The Blades, Microdisney, School of Fish, B. B. King, Los Lonely Boys, Buddy Guy, Ryan Adams, Missy Higgins and numerous other bands. Lol Tolhurst, a founding member of The Cure, stated that Porter was the producer for the second album recorded by his another of his bands, Presence.[1]

In 1983, Porter married the British model, Linda Keith.

• 1973 These Foolish Things – Bryan Ferry
• 1975 Sunny Side of the Street – Bryn Haworth
• 1983 Fire Dances – Killing Joke
• 1984 The Smiths – The Smiths
• 1984 Everybody is Fantastic – Microdisney
• 1985 Hatful of Hollow – The Smiths (compilation album, selected tracks only)
• 1985 Meat Is Murder – The Smiths (“How Soon Is Now?” only)
• 1986 The Queen Is Dead – The Smiths (“Frankly Mr Shankly” only)
• 1986 Talking With the Taxman About Poetry – Billy Bragg
• 1987 Eye of the Hurricane – The Alarm
• 1987 Bingo Durango – Bingo Durango
• 1987 Louder Than Bombs – The Smiths (compilation album, selected tracks only)
• 1987 The World Won’t Listen – The Smiths (compilation album, selected tracks only)
• 1989 The Ocean Blue – The Ocean Blue (Drifting, Falling) (The Office of a Busy Man)

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