Edward Offord is an English retired record producer and audio engineer who gained prominence in the 1970s for his work on albums by the progressive rock bands Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Yes.[
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Life and career
Offord studied physics at university, and landed a job as a trainee engineer at Advision Studios in London to fill in spare time. Not long into his time at the studio, he started work as an engineer.[ Offord's early projects at Advision included two 1969 albums by Brian Auger and the Trinity, Definitely What!][Liner notes to the North American edition of Definitely What!, Atco Records, catalog no. SD 33-273.] and Streetnoise.[Liner notes to the North American edition of Streetnoise, Atco Records, catalog no. SD 2-701.] The same year, he is also credited as an engineer in the debut album Extrapolation by John McLaughlin.
Offord worked with Emerson, Lake & Palmer on their first four albums, released 1970 through 1972. ELP wrote a tribute to Offord with the song "Are You Ready, Eddy?", featured on their 1971 album Tarkus.
In 1970, Offord began his partnership with Yes. The partnership was fruitful but tumultuous; Offord remarked that producing Yes was like "trying to produce five producers."[
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In the late 1970s, Offord relocated to the United States where he worked in Woodstock, Atlanta, and Los Angeles.[
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Some albums produced and/or engineered by Eddy Offord
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Albums with APOSTLES (produced mixed engineered).
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APOSTLES, (CD) Self titled (1992)
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Albums with Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity (as engineer)
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Albums with Brian Auger and the Trinity (as engineer)
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Albums with Emerson, Lake & Palmer (as engineer)
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)
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Tarkus (1971)
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Pictures at an Exhibition (1971)
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Trilogy (1972)
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Albums with Heads Hands and Feet
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Heads Hands and Feet (1971) (engineer)
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Tracks (1972) (engineer)
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Albums with Taste and Rory Gallagher
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Taste (1969) (engineer)
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On the Boards (1970) (engineer)
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Rory Gallagher (1971) (engineer)
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Albums with Yes (as co-producer and engineer except where noted)
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Time and a Word (1970) (engineer only)
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The Yes Album (1971)
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Fragile (1971)
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Close to the Edge (1972)
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Yessongs (1973)
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Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
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Relayer (1974)
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Drama (1980) (co-producer only)
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Union (1991) (two tracks only)
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Albums with Baker Gurvitz Army
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Album with David Sancious & Tone (as co-producer and engineer)
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True Stories (1978)
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Just As I Thought (1979)
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Album with Rozetta Stone 1979 co-produced Philippe Saisse
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Where's My Hero 1980
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Guitars courtesy Polydor Records *Bruce Kulick (Blackjack)
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Album with Blackjack
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Album with Andy Pratt
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Album with Dixie Dregs (co-producer with Steve Morse)
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Industry Standard (under the name The Dregs) (1982)
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Albums with Pallas
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Album with Art in America
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Art in America (Sony/Pavilion 1983)
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Album with Jay Aaron (as co-engineer & co-producer with Jay Aaron)
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Jay Aaron Inside/Out (Warner Bros. 1990)
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Albums with 311
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Music (1993)
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Grassroots (1994)
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Albums with Opus (as producer)
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Album with National Head Band
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Album with Tinsley Ellis
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Storm Warning (1994)
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Hell or High Water (2002)
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Albums with Utopia (engineer on 2 cuts)
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