The La's
By 1985 he was undertaking more engineering, including albums by Jeff Beck ("Flash"), The Fabulous Thunderbirds ("Hot Number"), Nick Lowe ("Pinker and Prouder than Previous" and "Party of One") the Stray Cats and Nelson Rangell. Having become known as an engineer, he recorded The La's album "The La's", and worked with The Charlatans where his role changed from initially being the engineer, on "The Charlatans", to becoming the producer on "Tellin' Stories" and numerous Charlatans singles.