John Anthony is a British music producer. He has worked with Van der Graaf Generator, Genesis, Queen and Peter Hammill.

Contents 1 Career 2 Credits 3 Notes 4 Bibliography

[edit] Career

John Anthony started in 1966 as a club DJ in London at The Roundhouse, the UFO Club, and Middle Earth, and then in 1968 at the Speakeasy.^[1] After having produced and recorded a demonstration disc for Yes in 1968, he started his years as a music producer^[2], eventually producing all the acts in the 1971 "Six Bob Tour", featuring Genesis, Lindisfarne, and Van der Graaf Generator.^[3] He had a saying for producing music: "There's one right way to do an album, and four hundred wrong ones." ^[4] In 1973, Anthony and producer Roy Thomas Baker heard a demo tape by Queen and decided to help them with their first album.^[5] He moved to the USA in the mid-1970s, and became head of A & R at A&M Records in New York.^[6]

[edit] Credits

Release Date	Artist	Album Title
September 1969	Van der Graaf Generator	The Aerosol Grey Machine
February 1970	Van der Graaf Generator	The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
October 23, 1970	Genesis	Trespass
November 1970	Lindisfarne	Nicely Out of Tune
December 1970	Van der Graaf Generator	H to He, Who Am the Only One
1971	Colin Scot	Colin Scot
July 1971	Peter Hammill	Fool's Mate
October 1971	Van der Graaf Generator	Pawn Hearts
November 12, 1971	Genesis	Nursery Cryme
January 1, 1972	Al Stewart	Orange
March 24, 1973	Roxy Music	For Your Pleasure
May 1973	Peter Hammill	Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night
July 13, 1973	Queen	Queen
1974	A Foot in Coldwater	All Around Us[7]
1976	Piper	Piper[8]
Spring 1976	Arrogance	Rumors
1977	The Tubes	Now
November 1977	Roxy Music	Greatest Hits
November 29, 2004 (UK) September 13, 2005 (US)	Genesis	Platinum Collection
2008	Queen	Queen: The Singles Collection Volume 1
November 10, 2008	Genesis	Genesis 1970–1975

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Christopulos & Smart, 30-31.
2. ^ Christopulos & Smart, 30-31.
3. ^ Thompson, 68.
4. ^ Frith, 111.
5. ^ Bronson, #523.
6. ^ Christopulos & Smart, 178
7. ^ "Hot Flashes." (18 May 1974). Billboard Magazine p. 55
8. ^ "The Chart". (22 Jan 1977) Billboard Magazine

[edit] Bibliography

• Bronson, Paul. (2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, 5th ed. Billboard Books.
• Christopulos, J., & Smart, P. (2005). Van der Graaf Generator, The Book: A History of the Band Van der Graaf Generator 1967 to 1978. Phil and Jim Publishers.
• Frith, Simon. (1981). Sound Effects: Youth, Leisure, and the Politics of Rock 'n' Roll. Pantheon Books.
• Thompson, Dave. (2004). Turn It On Again: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins & Genesis. Hal Leonard Corporation.

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