David Bedford and Mike Oldfield rehearse for the Odyssey concert at the RoyalAlbert Hall London 1977.

 The Breakfast Band  with Inoue Takayuki  who recorded  together and separately at Startling Studios, Tittenhurst Park in 1981 with guest guitarist Mick Taylor on the  album ‘Never too Late’ for Epic Sony in Japan.

Here I am with a young Zak Starkey and bassist Kerry Benford of Monopacific mixing in the control room at Startling 1980/81




More from Startling 1981 where WHITESNAKE recorded their hit album COME AN’ GET IT  with Ian Paice drumming in the front hall and a gathering in the control room with Stuart Wicks (Keyboard Tech) Bernie Marsden, myself, Ian Paice, John ‘Magnet’ Ward (Whitesnake Tour Manager) and Micky Moody. 

A lot of fun was had making this album and remains a great memory for me.


With Snowy White and band members Winston Delandro, Richard Bailey, Godfrey Wang, Kuma Harada and myself  taken from an album cover  sometime in 1984.

Mixing at Sound Design Tokyo 1984

Hard at work with producer John Porter and Dark City, Cass Lewis & Amos Pizzey at Matrix Studios 1986

From the recording sessions at Westside Studios early 1987 with Ronnie Wood and Bobby Womack 

With Woody backstage at the Stones concert in Zaragoza 2003

With Ruben Rada in Montevideo 2004

With Andrew Maclear Palma de Mallorca 2009

With Pat and Swami Mahesh in Llubi Mallorca 2010

Filming Cloud Atlas near Soller, Mallorca as Jim Broadbent’s double!!  With Tom Hanks a full on ‘Hollywood’ crew and the Wachowski siblings directing ……that was fun!

With the ‘Fabulous Poodle’ Tony de Meur a.k.a. Ronnie Golden

With Amadeu Pamies & Pedro Calvo 

Estrella Damm shoot Cala Deia , Mallorca 2012

With Dirk Nowitski of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team 

…….and I thought I was tall !

With James Lascelles at Womex 2018 in Las Palmas .

With Paul Cook & Zak Starkey  in Henley 2019