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Rob Aickin is an award winning New Zealand record producer and musician who has produced recordings for Patsy Riggir, Golden Harvest, Murray Grindlay, Gary Havoc & The Hurricanes, Hello Sailor, Richard Wilde, Toni Williams and many more.

Career

1960s

In the early 1960s, he was in a band from an Auckland called Papakura. The band was called Four Quarters.[1] Later he was bass player in a group from Clevedon, just outside of Auckland called The Clevedonaires. Other members were Ron and Graham Brown on guitar and drums and sister Gaye playing keyboards. In 1966, they were signed by Benny Levin to his record label, Impact. After releasing a few singles they were set to go to Vietnam to entertain the troops. As the Vietnam War was escalating their promoter didn't guarantee them return tickets. So they went to Australia instead. They did quite well and eventually became a group called Bitch. Aickin came back to New Zealand in the mid-1970s.[2]

In 2015, he was interviewed for the NZ Musician magazine about his days with The Clevdonaires and Bitch. It was published in the June/July issue.[3]

Producer

Rob Aickin was the "in house" producer at Stebbing Studios in Auckland.[4][5]

In 1978, he won the Producer of the year award for the Hello Sailor album by Hello Sailor.[6]

Production

EP and mini albums
Artist Title Release info Year Notes
Gary Havoc & The Hurricanes Havoc! RTC RTS 71012 1979 Co-produced with Gary Havoc
Th'Dudes So You Wanna Be A Rock'n'Roll Star Key L 20041 1982
Hello Sailor Last Chance To Dance Key L 20042
Festival Records L 20042 		1982
Albums
Artist Title Release info Year Notes
Hello Sailor Hello Sailor Key L 36336 1977
Murray Grindlay Murray Grindlay Key KK4 1977
Toni Williams The One I Sing My Love To Interfusion L-36339 1977
Golden Harvest Golden Harvest Key L 36681 1978
Hello Sailor Pacifica Amour Key L 36682 1978
Th'Dudes Right First Time Key L 36685 1979
Patsy Riggir Lay down beside me & Are you lonely EPIC 1981 Both albums made Gold & Platinum sales
Th'Dudes / Hello Sailor So You Wanna Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star / Last Chance To Dance Key D 30560 1991 CD compilation
Production: Ian Morris (tracks: 1 to 12)
Production: Rob Aicken (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11)
Hello Sailor The Sailor Story 1975-1996 Festival Records D 31672 1996 2 x CD compilation
Various artists Give It A Whirl
(The Soundtrack To The Major Television Series) 		Propeller REV504
Universal New Zealand 99632 		2003 2 x CD compilation
Producer on, Hello Sailor - "I'm A Texan"
Th'Dudes - "Right First Time"

References

  1. ^ NZ Musician Magazine June/July 2015 Page 30 - 31 moments like these - Curated by Trevor Reekie
  2. ^ Radio New Zealand 14 May 2011 Sweet Folk to Bitchin Prog Rock
  3. ^ NZ Musician Magazine June/July 2015 Page 30 - 31 moments like these - Curated by Trevor Reekie
  4. ^ witchdoctor.co.nz May 1, 2013 Karl Gordon: Sights Set High - Gary Steel
  5. ^ Audio Culture 13 May 2013 Bitch Profile - Grant Gillanders
  6. ^ NZ Music Awards Producer of the Year 1978, Nominees, Winner: Rob Aickin – ‘Hello Sailor’ (Hello Sailor)
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