- Rodger Bain
Rodger Bain was a producer in the 1970s, known for producing heavy metal albums by bands such as
Black Sabbath andJudas Priest .Career
He was the producer of
Black Sabbath 's first three albums, Budgie's first two albums, andJudas Priest 's first album, "Rocka Rolla ". Bain dominated the production of Priest's first album and made decisions that the band did not agree with [ [http://members.firstinter.net/markster/ROCKAROLLA.html Judas Priest Info Pages - Rocka Rolla ] ] Bain chose to leave fan favorites from the band's live performances, such as "Tyrant", "Genocide", and "The Ripper," off the album. As well, he cut the song "Caviar and Meths" from a 10-minute song down to a 2-minute instrumental.He also produced the Judas Priest album "
Hero, Hero ", which contained remixed versions of the tracks on "Rocka Rolla ". Both of theseJudas Priest albums received a lot of negative reviews.He subsequently went on to produce
Barclay James Harvest , producing their first two albums for Polydor,Everyone Is Everybody Else and "Barclay James Harvest Live". Although he reportedly did not get on with the band, the albums are highly regarded. [http://www.bjharvest.co.uk/eiee.htm]In the Last Supper DVD,
Black Sabbath bassistGeezer Butler describes Bain positively and claims that he let them record their album live which was and still is an uncommon method of recording, when other producers had refused. This is also how he is said to have produced the other albums mentioned above.References
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