Stock Aitken Waterman & PWL ‘From The Factory Floor’ - Phil Harding

<p>40th Anniversary Audio Special - Insider's story of ‘The Hit Factory’, Stock Aitken Waterman &amp; their base, PWL Studios - told by their chief mix-engineer, Phil Harding - who talks through their 1984-91 ‘rise &amp; fall’ &amp; plays key audio clips.PWL Studios also worked on many other dance &amp; pop hits (e.g. Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Five Star) beyond the output of Stock Aitken Waterman (e.g. Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley, Dead Or Alive, Bananarama), &amp; was Pete Waterman's vision of a 'British Motown'. Using many pioneering techniques still used now via today's technology, PWL ‘The Hit Factory’ was one of the most fast-paced &amp; successful music studios of all time... This Audio Special ties in with Phil Harding's acclaimed book 'PWL From The Factory Floor' (from <a href="http://www.philhardingmusic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.philhardingmusic.com</a> &amp; Amazon)... 2024 sees the continued success of the recently-launched SAW-Hits Musical (as seen on BBC Children In Need) and the 40th Anniversary of SAW's very first hits in 1984, spotted &amp; championed from the start as stand-out by John Peel of BBC Radio 1...</p><br><p>Phil Harding moved on from PWL to produce a long list of hits for artists such as East 17 (e.g. Xmas No.1 ‘Stay Another Day’), Boyzone (No.1 ‘Words’), Let Loose, 911 and Deuce - all in partnership with long-standing collaborator &amp; former PWL teammate, Ian Curnow...</p><br><p>Programme created by John Paul Palmer | Voice recording by Marc Mason | Special thanks to GEN X Radio. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>