Norman Smith (record producer)

Norman Smith ( born February 22, 1923 in London, England; † March 3, 2008 in East Sussex, England ), called " Normal Smith ", was a British sound engineer, music producer and musician. He is best known as a sound engineer and producer of The Beatles first albums by Pink Floyd.

From 1960 to 1965, Smith was hired as an engineer at EMI and worked at Abbey Road Studios. In this capacity, he worked on all the Beatles albums until 1965. 's Latest album, which he recorded with them, Rubber Soul was. He was succeeded by Geoff Emerick.

Then Smith was "promoted" to the producer and produced - also at Abbey Road Studios - the first three albums by Pink Floyd ( The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, A Saucerful of Secrets and Ummagumma ). During the recording of the song Remember a Day of Pink Floyd drummer ( Nick Mason) did not get along with a portion of the song, after which Smith himself grossed this part.

1971 Smith was the successful under the pseudonym of "Hurricane Smith " as a singer with the song Do not Let It in the UK. In 1972 a number -one hit in the U.S. Cash Box Charts (Oh Babe What Would You Say?). This song was originally intended as a demo for another artist; However, producer Mickie Most liked the demo so much that he published it the way it was. In the 70 years was followed by other minor hits from Smith. In the 80s and 90s, Smith moved largely withdrew from the music business.

Published in 2004, Smith received a CD with the title " From Me to You", containing the admissions of his old hits. The accompanying texts were, inter alia, written by Paul McCartney and members of Pink Floyd.

2007 Smith published memoirs under the title " John Lennon Called Me Normal" - first only as an exclusive version that was only available on a Beatles festival.

Norman Smith died on 3 March 2008 at the age of 85 years.