Mike Vernon (producteur)

Mike Vernon, né Michael Vernon le  à Harrow, est un producteur musical britannique.

Il a produit les albums de nombreux artistes de blues et de rock britanniques des années 1960 et 1970 notamment les Bluesbreakers, David Bowie, Duster Bennett, Savoy Brown, Chicken Shack, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, John Mayall, Christine McVie et Ten Years After. Il est également fondateur du label Blue Horizon.

Productions (ou participations) 

 1965 — Five Long Years — Eddie Boyd
 1966 — Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton — Bluesbreakers
 1966 — Art Gallery – The Artwoods
 1966 — The London Boys — David Bowie
 1966 — Rubber Band — David Bowie
 1966 — Sound of Sitar — Chim Kothari
 1967 — Champion Jack Dupree and His Blues Band — Champion Jack Dupree avec Mickey Baker
 1967 — Love You till Tuesday — David Bowie
 1967 — Blues Alone — John Mayall
 1967 — A Hard Road — Bluesbreakers
 1967 — Crusade — Bluesbreakers
 1967 — David Bowie — David Bowie
 1967 — Eddie Boyd and His Blues Band — Eddie Boyd (Notes de pochette)
 1967 — Raw Blues — Divers artistes
 1967 — Shake Down — Savoy Brown
 1967 — Ten Years After — Ten Years After
 1968 — Memphis Country Blues Festival — Divers artistes
 1968 — 40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve — Chicken Shack
 1968 — 7936 South Rhodes — Eddie Boyd
 1968 — Bare Wires — John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
 1968 — Blues from Laurel Canyon — John Mayall
 1968 — Diary of a Band, Vol. 1 — John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
 1968 — Diary of a Band, Vol. 2 — John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
 1968 — Getting to the Point — Savoy Brown
 1968 — Last Night's Dream — Johnny Shines
 1968 — Fleetwood Mac — Fleetwood Mac
 1968 — Mr. Wonderful — Fleetwood Mac
 1968 — Undead — Ten Years After (Notes de pochette)
 1969 — 100 Ton Chicken — Chicken Shack
 1969 — The Biggest Thing Since Colossus — Otis Spann (Notes de pochette)
 1969 — Blue Matter — Savoy Brown (Percussions, arrangement, assistant)
 1969 — Fleetwood Mac in Chicago/Blues Jam in Chicago, Vols. 1-2 — Fleetwood Mac
 1969 — English Rose — Fleetwood Mac
 1969 — First Slice — Jellybread
 1969 — Heavy Blues — Champion Jack Dupree
 1969 — Looking Back — John Mayall (Notes de pochette)
 1969 — Midnight Jump — Sunnyland Slim
 1969 — O.K. Ken?  — Chicken Shack
 1969 — Fiends And Angels - Martha Velez
 1969 — Patent Pending — The Johnny Almond Music Machine
 1969 — The Pious Bird of Good Omen — Fleetwood Mac
 1969 — A Step Further — Savoy Brown (Percussions, cloches)
 1969 — Stonedhenge — Ten Years After (Chant)
 1970 — Grease One for Me — Bacon Fat
 1970 — In and Out of Focus — Focus (Notes de pochette, superviseur)
 1970 — The End of the Game — Peter Green
 1971 — Black Magic Woman — Fleetwood Mac
 1971 — Bring It Back Home — Mike Vernon (Harmonica, percussions, chant)
 1971 — Moving Waves — Focus (Notes de pochette, superviseur)
 1971 — Rick Hayward — Rick Hayward (Notes de pochette)
 1971 — Thru the Years — John Mayall
 1972 — Alvin Lee & Company — Ten Years After
 1972 — Discovering the Blues — Robben Ford
 1972 — Focus III — Focus (superviseur)
 1973 — Live at the Rainbow — Focus (superviseur)
 1973 — History Of British Blues Vol.1 (Divers artistes) (Production)
 1974 — Burglar — Freddie King (Percussions)
 1974 — Hamburger Concerto — Focus
 1975 — Larger Than Life — Freddie King (Percussions)
 1975 — Love Is a Five Letter Word — Jimmy Witherspoon (Percussions)
 1975 — Out in Front — The Olympic Runners (Percussions)
 1975 — Vintage Years — Fleetwood Mac
 1976 — Do You Wanna Do a Thing — Bloodstone
 1976 — Gold Plated — Climax Blues Band
 1976 — Live — Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford (Production exécutive, édition, mixage)
 1976 — On the Line — Foster Brothers
 1977 — Best of Savoy Brown [London] — Savoy Brown
 1977 — Edwin Starr — Edwin Starr (Tambourine, vibraslap)
 1977 — Hot to Trot — The Olympic Runners (Percussions, chant)
 1977 — Original Fleetwood Mac — Fleetwood Mac
 1977 — Ship of Memories — Focus
 1977 — Soul Survivors — Diversions
 1978 — Focus con Proby — Focus (Notes de pochette, superviseur)
 1979 — Let It Roll — Dr. Feelgood
 1979 — Out of the Ground — The Olympic Runners (Percussions)
 1979 — Rama Lama (Replays) — Rocky Sharpe & the Replays (Ingénieur)
 1980 — Shout! Shout! — Rocky Sharpe & the Replays (Percussions)
 1981 — Level 42 — Level 42
 1982 — Pursuit of Accidents — Level 42
 1983 — Stop Please Stop — Rocky Sharpe & the Replays (Percussions)
 1984 — End of the Line — Pete McDonald
 1986 — Mad Man Blues — Dr. Feelgood
 1986 — On the Loose — Steve Gibbons
 1987 — Hat Trick — Blues 'N' Trouble (Percussions)
 1988 — Crossroads — Eric Clapton
 1988 — Great British Psychedelic Trip, Vol. 1, 1966-69 — Divers artistes
 1988 — John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers — John Mayall
 1989 — Level Best — Level 42
 1989 — Singles/ The UA Years — Dr. Feelgood
 1989 — Steel & Fire — The Mick Clarke Band (ingénieur)
 1989 — Storyteller - The Complete Anthology: 1964–1990 — Rod Stewart
 1990 — Blues It Up — Dana Gillespie (Percussions)
 1991 — That's What The Blues Can Do  -   The Innes Sibun Blues Explosion (Production)
 1991 — Second Sight — Chris Youlden (chant, ingénieur)
 1992 — 25 Years - The Chain — Fleetwood Mac
 1992 — Attack of the Atomic Guitar — U.P. Wilson (ingénieur, mixage)
 1992 — Blue Lightning — Lightnin' Slim (mixage)
 1992 — Blues, the Whole Blues & Nothing But the Blues — Jimmy Witherspoon (Percussions, ingénieur, mixage, notes de pochette)
 1992 — Chiswick Story — Divers artistes
 1992 — Delta Bluesman — David Honeyboy Edwards
 1993 — Dog Days Are Over — The Scabs
 1993 — Delta Hurricane — Larry McCray
 1994 — Live Dog — The Scabs
 1994 — Sound Like This — The Hoax
 1996 — A Man Amongst Men — Bo Diddley (Production, notes de pochette, percussions)
 1999 — The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions — Fleetwood Mac (Production)
 2010 — Heads I Win, Tails You Lose - Oli Brown (Producteur)
 2010 — Fun to visit - Mingo & The Blues Intruders (Producteur)

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Naissance en novembre 1944
Producteur britannique de musique
Producteur de blues
Producteur de rock