# Shel Talmy

Sheldon Talmy (Chicago, 11 de agosto de 1937 – Los Angeles, 13 de novembro de 2024) foi um famoso produtor musical. Ele trabalhou com músicos como The Who, The Kinks e David Bowie.

## Carreira

Talmy mudou-se para Londres nos anos 60, retornando aos Estados Unidos em 1980. Passou grande parte desse período (entre o começo dos anos 70 e final dos anos 80) inativo, voltando a produzir somente em 1988 com o The Fuzztones.

## Morte

Talmy morreu devido a complicações de um derrame em 13 de novembro de 2024, aos 87 anos. Sua morte foi anunciada por um representante no dia seguinte.

## Discografia selecionada
### The Kinks
#### Singles

* "Long Tall Sally" b/w "I Took My Baby Home" (1964)
* "You Still Want Me" b/w "You Do Something To Me" (1964)
* "You Really Got Me" b/w "It's Alright", Pye (UK), Reprise (U.S.), (1964)
* "All Day and All of the Night" b/w "I Gotta Move" (1964)
* Kinksize Session (EP) (1964)
* "Tired of Waiting for You" b/w "Come On Now" (1965)
* "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" b/w "Who'll Be the Next In Line" (1965)
* "Set Me Free" b/w "I Need You" (1965)
* "See My Friends" b/w "Never Met a Girl Like You Before" (1965)
* Kwyet Kinks (EP) (1964)
* "Till the End of the Day" b/w "Where Have All the Good Times Gone" (1965)
* "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" b/w "Sitting On My Sofa" (1966)
* "A Well Respected Man" b/w "Milk Cow Blues" (1966)
* "Sunny Afternoon" b/w "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" (1966)
* "Dead End Street" b/w "Big Black Smoke" (1966)
* "Mister Pleasant" b/w "This Is Where I Belong" (European Release) (1967)
* "Waterloo Sunset" b/w "Act Nice & Gentle" (1967)

#### Álbuns

* Kinks, Pye, 1964, as You Really Got Me, Reprise (U.S.), 1964
* Kinks-Size, Reprise, 1965
* Kinda Kinks, Pye (UK) 1965, Reprise (U.S.), 1965
* The Kink Kontroversy, Pye (UK) 1965, Reprise (U.S.), 1966
* Kinkdom, Reprise (U.S.) 1965
* Face to Face, Pye (UK) 1966, Reprise (U.S.) 1967
* Something Else by The Kinks, Pye (UK) 1967, Reprise (U.S.) 1968
Nota: Talmy também produziu várias faixas que apareceriam em álbuns posteriores, singles e coleções de arquivo.

### Dave Davies

* "Death of a Clown" b/w "Love Me Till the Sun Shines" (1967)

### The Who
#### Singles

* "I Can't Explain" b/w "Bald Headed Woman", Brunswick (UK), Decca (U.S.) (1965)
* "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" b/w "Daddy Rolling Stone", Brunswick (UK), 1965, Decca (U.S.) (1965)
* "My Generation" b/w "Shout and Shimmy", Brunswick (UK), 1965, Decca (U.S.) (1965)
* "A Legal Matter" b/w "Instant Party" (1966)
* "The Kids Are Alright" b/w "The Ox" (1966)
* "La La La Lies" b/w "The Good's Gone" (1966)
Álbuns
* My Generation (1965)
Nota: Talmy também produziu várias faixas que apareceriam em coleções de arquivos posteriores.

### David Bowie

Singles
* "I Pity the Fool" b/w "Take My Tip" (como The Manish Boys) (1965)
* "You've Got a Habit of Leaving" b/w "Baby Loves That Way" (como Davy Jones) (1965)
Nota: a coleção Bowie de 1991 Early On apresenta cinco faixas vintage adicionais do arquivo de Talmy.

### The Easybeats
#### Singles

* "Friday On My Mind" b/w "Made My Bed ; Gonna Lie In It" United Artists Records (Reino Unido e EUA), Albert Productions/Parlophone (Australia) (1966)
* "Who'll Be The One" b/w "Saturday Night" United Artists Records (Reino UnidoA), Albert Productions/Parlophone (Australia) (1967)

#### Álbum

* Good Friday, United Artists Records, 1967, as Friday On My Mind, United Artists Records (US) (1967)

### The Creation

Singles
* "Making Time" b/w "Try & Stop Me" (1966)
* "Painter Man" b/w "Biff Bang Pow" (1966)
* "If I Stay Too Long" b/w "Nightmares" (1967)
* "Life Is Just Beginning" b/w "Through My Eyes" (1967)
* "How Does It Feel To Feel" b/w "Tom Tom" (1967)
* "Midway Down" b/w "The Girls Are Naked" (1968)
* "For All That I Am" b/w "Uncle Bert" (Lançamento alemão (1968)
* "Bonney Moroney" [sic] b/w "Mercy Mercy Mercy" (Lançamento alemão) (1968)
Álbum
* We Are Paintermen (German release) (1967)

### Manfred Mann

Singles
* "Just Like a Woman" b/w "I Wanna Be Rich" (1966)
* "Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James" b/w "Morning After The Party" (1966)
* Instrumental Assassination EP (1966)
* "Ha! Ha! Said the Clown" b/w "Feeling So Good" (1967)
Álbum
* As Is (1966)

### Roy Harper

Singles
* "Midspring Dithering" b/w "Zengem" (1967)
* "Life Goes By" b/w "Nobody's Got Any Money In The Summer" (1967)
Álbuns
* Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith (1967)
* Folkjokeopus (1968)

### The Bachelors

Singles e EPs
* "Charmaine" b/w "Old Bill" (1963)
* The Bachelors EP (1963)
* "Faraway Places" b/w "Is There A Chance" (1963)
* "Whispering" b/w "No Light In The Window" (1963)
Álbum
* Presenting The Bachelors (1963)

### Chad & Jeremy

Singles
* "A Summer Song" b/w "No Tears For Johnnie" (1964)
* "Willow Weep for Me" b/w "If She Was Mine" (1964)
Álbum
* Sing For You (1965)

### Amen Corner

Singles
* "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice" b/w "Hey Hey Girl" (1969)
* "Hello Susie" b/w "Evil Man's Gonna Win" (1969)
Álbum
* The National Welsh Coast Live Explosion Company (1969)

### Pentangle

Singles
* "Travelin' Song" b/w "Mirage" (1968)
* "Way Behind The Sun" b/w "Let No Man Steal Your Thyme" (lançamento nos EUA) (1968)
* "Once I Had A Sweetheart" b/w "I Saw An Angel" (1968)
* "Light Flight" (theme from Take Three Girls) b/w "Cold Mountain" (1969)
Álbum
* The Pentangle (1968)
* Sweet Child (1968)
* Basket Of Light (1969)

### Produções de singles selecionados

* Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs – "It Hurts Me When I Cry" b/w "Everybody Knows" (1965)
* Ben Carruthers & The Deep – "Jack O' Diamonds" b/w "Right Behind You" (1965)
* Tony Christie & The Trackers – "Life's Too Good To Waste" b/w "Just The Two Of Us" (1966)
* Colette & The Bandits – "A Ladies Man" b/w "Lost Love" (1965)
* The Corduroys – "Tick Tock" b/w "Too Much Of A Woman" (1966)
* The Damned – "Stretcher Case Baby" b/w "Sick Of Being Sick" (1977)
* The Dennisons – "Lucy (You Sure Did It This Time)" b/w "Nobody Like My Babe" (1964)
* Blair Emry – "Annabelle" b/w "Driving On The Wrong Side" (1970)
* Faint Heart And Fair Lady Band – "So Long Susie" b/w "Sing A Little Sunshine Song" (US release) (1970)
* The Firing Squad – "A Little Bit More" b/w "Bull Moose" (1964)
* The First Gear – "A Certain Girl" b/w "Leave My Kitten Alone" (1964)
* Follow The Buffalo – "September Song" b/w "Long Gone Stayed At Home" (1971)
* The Fortunes – "Caroline" b/w "If You Don't Want Me Now" (1964)
* Ray Gates – "It's Such A Shame" b/w "Have You Ever Had The Blues" (1966)
* Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds – "Kelly" b/w "See You Later Alligator" (1964)
* Goldie and the Gingerbreads – "That's Why I Love You" b/w "The Skip" (1965)
* Johnny B Great – "Acapulco 1922" b/w "You'll Never Leave Him" (1964)
* The Hearts – "Young Woman" b/w "Black Eyes" (1964)
* Dave Helling – "Christine" b/w "The Bells" (1965)
* Hidden Charms – "Dreaming Of Another Girl" b/w "Long Way Down" (2015)
* Jon Mark – "Baby I Got A Long Way To Go" b/w "Night Comes Down" (1965)
* Kenny & The Wranglers – "Somebody Help Me" b/w "Who Do You Think I Am" (1965)
* Steven Lancaster – "San Francisco Street" b/w "Miguel Fernando Stan Sebastian Brown" (1967)
* The Lancastrians – "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" b/w "Was She Tall" (1964)
* Perpetual Langley – "Surrender" b/w "Two By Two" (1966)
* Van Lenton – "Gotta Get Away" b/w "You Don't Care" (1965)
* The Liberators – "It Hurts So Much" b/w "You Look So Fine" (1965)
* Houston Wells – "Blue Of The Night" b/w "Coming Home" (1965)
* Lindsay Muir's Untamed – "Daddy Long Legs" b/w "Trust Yourself A Little Bit" (1966)
* Tony Lord – "World's Champion" b/w "It Makes Me Sad" (1965)
* Magic Alley – "Set Yourself Free" b/w "The Answer Lies In Love" (US release) (1970)
* Margo & The Marvettes – "Say You Will" b/w "Cherry Pie" (1964)
* Ralph McTell – "Heroes And Villains" b/w "Sweet Girl On My Mind" (1978)
* The Mickey Finn – "The Sporting Life" b/w "Night Comes Down" (1965)
* Kenny Miller – "Restless" b/w "Take My Tip" (1965)
* The Nashville Teens – "I'm Coming Home" b/w "Searching" (1967)
* Shel Naylor – "One Fine Day" b/w "It's Gonna Happen Soon" (1964)
* Oliver Norman – "Drowning In My Own Despair" b/w "Down In The Basement" (1967)
* The Orchids – "Gonna Make Him Mine" b/w "Stay At Home" (1963)
* Eddie Phillips – "City Woman" b/w "Duckin' & Weavin'" (1977)
* Platinum – "Without You" b/w "If You Saw Johnny Now" (1970)
* Porky – "I'm An Artist" b/w "Flag" (1971)
* The Pros & Cons – "Whirlybird – Part I" b/w "Whirlybird − Part II" (US release) (1965)
* The Rising Sons – "Talk To Me Baby" b/w "Try To Be A Man" (1965)
* The Rockin' Vickers – "Dandy" b/w "I Don't Need Your Kind" (1966)
* Clodagh Rodgers – "Believe Me I'm No Fool" b/w "End Of The Line" (1963)
* The Sallyangie – "Two Ships" b/w "Colours Of The World" (1969)
* Debbie Sharron – "Falling Star" b/w "Cruel Way To Be" (US release) (1962)
* Liz Shelley – "No More Love" b/w "I Can't Find You" (1966)
* Dani Sheridan – "Guess I'm Dumb" b/w "Songs Of Love" (1966)
* Small Faces – "Lookin' For A Love" b/w "Kayoed (By Luv)" (1977)
* The Sneekers – "Bald Headed Woman" b/w "I Just Can't Go To Sleep" (1964)
* The Sundowners – "Where Am I" b/w "Gotta Make Their Future Bright" (1965)
* The Talismen – "Castin' My Spell" b/w "Masters Of War" (1965)
* The Thoughts – "All Night Stand" b/w "Memory Of Your Love" (1966)
* The Untamed – "I'll Go Crazy" b/w "My Baby Is Gone" (1965)
* Wild Silk – "(Vision In A) Plaster Sky" b/w "Toymaker" (1969)
* The Zephyrs – "She's Lost You" b/w "There's Something About You" (1965)

### Produções de álbuns selecionadas

* Axiom – If Only . . . (1971)
* Band Of Joy – Band Of Joy (1978)
* Blues Project – Lazarus (US release) (1971)
* Vicki Brown – From The Inside (1977)
* Coven – Blood On The Snow (US release) (1974)
* Mick Cox Band – Mick Cox Band (US release) (1973)
* Bill Davies With The David Whitaker Orchestra – . . . And a Touch of Love (1966)
* Foresight – Foresight (1974)
* Fumble – Poetry In Lotion (1974)
* Fuzztones – In Heat (1989)
* Lee Hazlewood – Forty (1969)
* Nicky Hopkins – The Revolutionary Piano Of (1967)
* Bert Jansch – Birthday Blues (1969)
* Jon & Alun – Relax Your Mind (1963)
* Jon and the Nightriders – Charge of the Nightriders (Enigma) (1983)
* Kristine – I'm a Song (1976)
* Nancy Boy – Nancy Boy (US release) (1996)
* Tim Rose – Love − A Kind Of Hate Story (1970)
* Rumplestiltskin – Rumplestiltskin (1970)
* Seanor & Koss – Seanor & Koss (US release) (1972)
* Sorrows – Love Too Late (US release) (1981)
* Spreadeagle – The Piece Of Paper (1972)
* String Driven Thing – The Machine That Cried (1973)
* Velvet Glove – Sweet Was My Rose (1974)
* David Whitaker – Music To Spy By (1966)
* Chris White – Mouth Music (1976)

### Trabalho de trilha sonora de filme selecionado

* Be My Guest (1965)
* Scream And Scream Again (1970)
* Tam-Lin (1970)

### Coleções de arquivos selecionadas

* Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Hot City (unreleased 1974 album produced by Talmy) (2009)
* The Best Of Planet Records (2000)
* Making Time: A Shel Talmy Production (2017)
* Planet Mod (2018)
* Planet Beat (2018)
* Shel's Girls (2019)

## Escritos selecionados

* Whadda We Do Now, Butch?, Pan Books Ltd., 1978
* Hunter Killer, Pan Books Ltd., 1981
* The Web, Dell, 1981