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Simon Heyworth was the engineer and one of the producers of Mike Oldfield’s groundbreaking album “Tubular Bells”. He is also one of the UK’s top mastering engineers and has performed these duties for artists such as Brian Eno and Depeche Mode.
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Apr 1, 2006 · Simon Heyworth is the man responsible for the remastering of the current Depeche Mode album re-issues. We caught up with him to chat about the work involved. As Depeche Mode continues to tour the world in support of their latest album, 2005’s Playing The Angel, their back catalog has been remastered and is about to be rereleased.
Simon Heyworth is an English record engineer and producer. He rose to prominence as engineer at Richard Branson's The Manor Studio in the 1970s, where he and Tom Newman worked on Tubular Bells (1973) by Mike Oldfield, which achieved significant commercial success in the UK.
These photographs were taken by Simon Heyworth during the creation of the classic album, Tubular Bells, in 1973. Tom Newman and Simon Heyworth were busy building the Manor for Richard Branson and subsequently were the engineers in the studio.
It was being converted by these guys, Tom Newman and Simon Heyworth, who had convinced Richard Branson to build a studio in this old country house. Simon Heyworth: I was 19 years old, looking for a way into the recording industry, and Branson was beginning to build his empire with The Student magazine and his mail order company, Caroline Records.
Simon Heyworth secured his reputation in sound recording at Richard Branson’s Virgin music studio The Manor, most notably as co-producer of Mike Oldfield’s ground-breaking Tubular Bells album.
In the room is the reassuring presence of veteran sound engineer, Simon Heyworth. The room is beautifully laid out with modern and vintage studio equipment, complex computer systems for high res and surround audio and tasteful hanging acoustic panels to focus the sound. Find out more.
