Geoff Heslop
Encyclopedia
Geoff Heslop is an English
record producer
and musician
He went on to set up the Black Crow Records
label, the Coquetdale Music Publishing company (with Kathryn Tickell
) and Redesdale Studios
(with singer Dick Gaughan
.
In the 1990s he put together a 2nd publishing company with his songwriter wife Brenda Heslop named Ribbon Road Music and issued 5 albums.
He now owns and runs Shipyard Studios with his daughter Jill and produces music by himself and others on their Shipyard label.
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
Joe Hutton, Willy Taylor, Will Atkinson, Mike Tickell, Allan Wood
,
The John Dagg Band)
1987
1988
1991
1992
1993
1994
2008
2009
2010
'Selling Coals to Newcastle' by Judith Murphy, published by North East England History Institute 2008
'The Mocking Horse' by Alan Hull, illustrated by Geoff Heslop
'Dazzling Stranger, Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues revival' by Colin Harper, published by Bloomsbury Publishing, London 2000
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
Career
After training as a recording engineer, Geoff turned to record production, producing albums for the Rubber Records label in Newcastle upon Tyne.He went on to set up the Black Crow Records
Black Crow Records
Black Crow Records was originally an off-shoot of Rubber Records and was the brain child of Producer and Label Manager Geoff Heslop, created to provide a clearer identity. The label was owned by MWM Records in Newcastle upon Tyne, who handled all the production, marketing, sales and promotion. The...
label, the Coquetdale Music Publishing company (with Kathryn Tickell
Kathryn Tickell
Kathryn Tickell is an English player of the Northumbrian smallpipes and fiddle. She has recorded over a dozen albums, and toured widely.-Life and career:...
) and Redesdale Studios
Redesdale Studios
Redesdale Studios was a popular Northumberland recording studio founded in 1996. It was situated in the beautiful and historic village of Elsdon in North Northumberland. It began as a partnership between Rubber and Black Crow Records manager Geoff Heslop, Scottish singer and songwriter Dick...
(with singer Dick Gaughan
Dick Gaughan
Richard Peter Gaughan usually known as Dick Gaughan is a Scottish musician, singer, and songwriter, particularly of folk and social protest songs.-Early years:...
.
In the 1990s he put together a 2nd publishing company with his songwriter wife Brenda Heslop named Ribbon Road Music and issued 5 albums.
He now owns and runs Shipyard Studios with his daughter Jill and produces music by himself and others on their Shipyard label.
The 1970s
1972- Don't PanicDon't panicDon't panic may refer to:* "Don't Panic" , a catchphrase from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams*Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion, a book by Neil Gaiman...
(Pete ScottPete ScottFloyd John "Pete" Scott was an outfielder in Major League Baseball.-External links:...
) - His Round (Tony CapstickTony CapstickJoseph Anthony 'Tony' Capstick was an English comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster.-Life and career:...
and Hedgehog PieHedgehog PieHedgehog Pie were an electric folk group from the north-east of England, formed in 1971. Despite frequent line-up changes, they build up a considerable regional and national following and produced three highly regarded albums...
)
1973
- Very Good Time (Derek Brimstone)
1974
- Life Of A Man (The Buskers)
- Punch and Judy Man (Tony CapstickTony CapstickJoseph Anthony 'Tony' Capstick was an English comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster.-Life and career:...
) - There Was This Bloke (Mike HardingMike HardingMike Harding is an English singer, songwriter, comedian, author, poet and broadcaster. He is known as 'The Rochdale Cowboy' after one of his hit records...
, Tony Capstick, Bill Barclay and Derek Brimstone)
1975
- Mrs 'Ardin's Kid (Mike Harding)
1976
- Songs and Buttered Haycocks (Dave Burland)
- The Rochdale Cowboy Rides Again (Mike Harding)
- Shuffleboat River Farewell (Derek Brimstone)
- Broken-down Gentlemen (John LeonardJohn LeonardJohn Leonard may refer to:* John Leonard , American literary, television, film, and cultural critic* John Leonard , Australian poet* John Leonard , Gaelic footballer...
and John SquireJohn SquireJohn Thomas Squire is an English musician, songwriter and artist.Squire is best known as the guitarist for The Stone Roses, a rock band in which he formed a songwriting partnership with lead singer Ian Brown. After leaving The Stone Roses he went on to found The Seahorses and has since released...
) - Five Hand ReelFive Hand ReelFive Hand Reel was a Scottish/English/Irish Celtic rock band of late 1970s that combined experiences of traditional Scottish and Irish folk music with electric rock arrangements...
(Five Hand ReelFive Hand ReelFive Hand Reel was a Scottish/English/Irish Celtic rock band of late 1970s that combined experiences of traditional Scottish and Irish folk music with electric rock arrangements...
) - Jimmy The Moonlight (Pete ScottPete ScottFloyd John "Pete" Scott was an outfielder in Major League Baseball.-External links:...
)
1977
- AlbaAlbaAlba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is cognate to Alba in Irish and Nalbin in Manx, the two other Goidelic Insular Celtic languages, as well as similar words in the Brythonic Insular Celtic languages of Cornish and Welsh also meaning Scotland.- Etymology :The term first appears in...
(AlbaAlbaAlba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is cognate to Alba in Irish and Nalbin in Manx, the two other Goidelic Insular Celtic languages, as well as similar words in the Brythonic Insular Celtic languages of Cornish and Welsh also meaning Scotland.- Etymology :The term first appears in...
) - Mike Harding's Back (Mike Harding)
- Tony Capstick Does A Turn (Tony Capstick)
- Out of the Brown (Mike ElliottMike ElliottMike Elliott is an entertainer: he has been an actor, stand-up comedian, television presenter and radio phone-in host.-Stand up comedy and recording:Elliott taught English at Hartlepool's Dyke House School...
)
1978
- Just Act Normal (Hedgehog PieHedgehog PieHedgehog Pie were an electric folk group from the north-east of England, formed in 1971. Despite frequent line-up changes, they build up a considerable regional and national following and produced three highly regarded albums...
) - The Traveller (Allan Taylor
- Songs of Ewan MacColl (Dick GaughanDick GaughanRichard Peter Gaughan usually known as Dick Gaughan is a Scottish musician, singer, and songwriter, particularly of folk and social protest songs.-Early years:...
, Dave Burland and Tony Capstick) - Nowt So Good'll Pass (Bob Fox and Stu Luckley)
- On Two Levels (Sean McGuire and Josephine Keegan)
1979
- Kingdom (Dando ShaftDando ShaftDando Shaft is the name of a short-lived psych/progressive folk and folk jazz band that was primarily active in the early 1970s. The band has attracted a measure of attention from recent compilation releases and Dando Shaft is today known primarily as one of the major influences on the progressive...
) - You Can't Fool the Fat Man (Dave Burland)
- Up The Town (The Buskers, Sean McGuire and Winter's Armoury)
The 1980s
1980- Roll on the Day (Allan Taylor)
- Port of CallPort of Call-Synopsis:Berit, a young woman living in a working-class port town begins a relationship with Gösta, a sailor newly returned from overseas and intent upon staying on land...
(Tom McConville and (Kieran Halpin)
1981
- The Champion String Band (The Champion String Band)
1982
- At Last It's (Mike Elliott)
- The Streets of Everywhere (Tom McConville and Kieran Halpin)
- Wish We Never Had Parted (Bob Fox and Stu Luckley)
- Joe Hutton of Coquetdale (Joe HuttonJoe Hutton (piper)Joe Hutton was born in Halton Lea Gate, near Haltwhistle in the west of Northumberland. Like his father, Jake, he was a shepherd, and a musician - he started on the fiddle, but took up the Northumbrian smallpipes after hearing P.J. Liddell and G.G. Armstrong playing at a concert in 1936. He...
)
1983
- Double Trouble (Maxie and Mitch)
- Circle Round Again (Allan Taylor)
- Harthope Burn (Joe Hutton, Will AtkinsonWill AtkinsonWilliam Henry "Will" Atkinson is an English football midfielder who plays for League Two club Plymouth Argyle on loan from Hull City....
and Willy Taylor) - On the Other Side (Alan HullAlan HullAlan Hull was an English singer-songwriter and founding member of the Tyneside folk rock band, Lindisfarne.-Career:...
) (with Mickey Sweeney)
1984
- Under the Rain (Rab NoakesRab NoakesRab Noakes is a Scottish singer-songwriter.-Biography:He has performed with Lindisfarne, who recorded his songs "Turn a Deaf Ear" on their first album, Nicely Out of Tune, and "Together Forever" on their second, Fog on the Tyne...
)
1985
- Shake Loose the Border (Chuck Fleming and Gerry Kaley)
1986
- Borderlands (Kathryn TickellKathryn TickellKathryn Tickell is an English player of the Northumbrian smallpipes and fiddle. She has recorded over a dozen albums, and toured widely.-Life and career:...
) - From Sewingshields to Glendale (Kathryn Tickell, Alistair Anderson,
Joe Hutton, Willy Taylor, Will Atkinson, Mike Tickell, Allan Wood
Allan Wood
Allan Wood was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won two bronze medals in the 400 m and 1500 m freestyle events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo...
,
The John Dagg Band)
1987
- The Grand Chain (Alistair Anderson)
- Mouthorgan (Will Atkinson) (with Alistair Anderson)
1988
- Leather LaunderetteLeather LaunderetteLeather Launderette is the sixteenth album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, recorded together with fellow musician Rod Clements. The album was released in March 1989. Reportedly Jansch suffered from health problems during the recording, but in 1987, after being rushed to hospital, he decided...
(Bert JanschBert JanschHerbert "Bert" Jansch was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter...
and Rod ClementsRod ClementsRod Clements is a British guitarist and singer-songwriter.-Career:...
) - Another Little Adventure (Alan HullAlan HullAlan Hull was an English singer-songwriter and founding member of the Tyneside folk rock band, Lindisfarne.-Career:...
) - Common Ground (Kathryn Tickell)
The 1990s
1990- Hootz! (Simon ThoumireSimon ThoumireSimon Thoumire is a Scottish musician and a concertina virtuoso.Thoumire has played all over the world. A winner of the BBC Radio 2 Young Tradition Award in 1989, Thoumire has always been keen to explore different genres of music, releasing many records over the years delving into folk, jazz,...
and Ian CarrIan CarrIan Carr was a Scottish jazz musician, composer, writer, and educator.-Early years:Carr was born in Dumfries, Scotland, the elder brother of Mike Carr...
)
1991
- Syncopace (Syncopace)
- The Kathryn Tickell Band (The Kathryn Tickell Band)
- Warksburn (Mike Tickell) (with Kathryn Tickell)
- Blue Skies, Dark Nights (Roly Johnson)
- The Border Piper (Joe and Hannah Hutton)
- Jane of Biddlestone (Adrian D. Schofield)
- Frisco Bound (Ray StubbsRay StubbsRaymond "Ray" Stubbs is a broadcaster and former footballer. He works for ESPN, presenting live Premier League and Scottish Premier League matches, having joined the satellite sports channel from the BBC in 2009.-Football career:...
) - Put Your Money Where Your Mouth IsPut Your Money Where Your Mouth Is"Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" is a song by Australian rock band Jet, and is the third track on their second album Shine On. It was released 18 September 2006 as the lead single from that album in the UK, peaking at #23 in the UK Singles Chart . The song was released to American radio outlets...
(Ray Stubbs R and B All Stars)
1992
- Signs ( The Kathryn TickellKathryn TickellKathryn Tickell is an English player of the Northumbrian smallpipes and fiddle. She has recorded over a dozen albums, and toured widely.-Life and career:...
Band) - Welcome to the Dene (Willy Taylor)
- A Difficult Fish (Johnny HandleJohnny HandleJohnny Handle is an English folk musician and singer/songwriter. Starting as a skiffle player in 1957 he soon crossed into folk music both as a soloist and as a member of The High Level Ranters. His repertoire is heavily influenced by the traditional music of North East England and, in particular,...
)
1993
- The Music of My Heart (Ribbon Road)
- Waltzes for Playboys (Simon Thoumire Three)
- The Mortgaged Heart (Ribbon Road)
1994
- Opus Blue (Catriona MacDonaldCatriona MacDonaldCatriona McDonald is a musician and teacher from Shetland and is considered to be one of the world's leading traditional fiddle players.- Background :...
and Ian Lowthian) - The Moving Cloud (Ribbon Road)
The 2000s
2001- The Tender Coming (Ribbon Road)
2008
- Golden Bells (Brenda Heslop and Ribbon Road)
2009
- As The Stories Burn (Martin Heslop)
- Speaking Out (Mission Shift)
- It's A Silk Cut World (Mission Shift)
2010
- It Couldn't Last (Ribbon Road)
Further reading
'Standing On The Shoulders of Giants', article in May/June 2007 issue of Living Tradition Magazine.'Selling Coals to Newcastle' by Judith Murphy, published by North East England History Institute 2008
'The Mocking Horse' by Alan Hull, illustrated by Geoff Heslop
'Dazzling Stranger, Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues revival' by Colin Harper, published by Bloomsbury Publishing, London 2000