Iain Burgess Has Died

[warmowski]

If there is a "Chicago sound", its foremost recording engineer died today. Iain Burgess, Weymouth, UK native and proponent of the "huge bigness" live-centered recording approach found on important rock records throughout the 80s and 90s reportedly passed away today in France. He had been recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Iain was a great and generous guy and had a hell of an ear. Raise a glass (or several) for him.

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[danielruder]

That's too bad. Listening to his recordings taught me a lot about sound.

rip

[a. james]

bummed.

[Bill Swansea]

Oh this is very sad news, one of my favourite engineers. RIP Iain.

[RSMurphy]

I remember buying Cunning Stunts, reading his name, and then recognizing it on many other albums I was buying at the time. He helped to informed my aesthetic.

R.I.P.

[Maurice]

Sad news indeed. R.I.P., master engineer.

[gregoire]

Very sad, I never met him but I only heard great things about him and his recording studio.

[patk]

I was surprised he wasn't in that "you weren't there movie."
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Iain+Burgess -not sure how accurate.

[the Classical]

RIP, worked on so many of my favorite records and records that inspired me.

[Jodi S.]

Very sad. My condolences to those of you who called him friend.

[flytox]

Sad.

Recording with him at Black Box is a thing that I will remove from my "Bucket List" with a heavy heart.

Without knowing him I can say that he has done valuable things with his life and that´s what everybody should do.

[jurgis rudkus]

RIP, worked on so many of my favorite records and records that inspired me.

+1. Sad news.

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RIP, worked on so many of my favorite records and records that inspired me.

+1. Sad news.

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Horrible.

[Mazec]

May his work live on to inspire future generations.

[SecondEdition]

oh man.

Burgess was one of the finest engineers ever.

The man could make a record sound like a shotgun going off in your ear and still keep it musical and clean.

An incredible talent.

[BadComrade]

Sad to hear that he's gone.

Burgess was one of the finest engineers ever.

The man could make a record sound like a shotgun going off in your ear and still keep it musical and clean.

An incredible talent.

I always thought his recordings made my stereo sound like my speakers had no woofers...

[Lambeth]

Sleep well Iain. You are missed.

[tommydski]

He worked on so many great records, they all sound amazing. Incredible legacy.

RIP.

[steve]

Iain fell ill after a trip to Florida to visit his family and had to be hospitalized, where his condition worsened and he died Thursday morning. Although he had Pancreatic and Liver cancer, his death was ultimately caused by a pulmonary embolism as a complication of the cancer.

I went to Black Box, the beautiful studio he built in the French countryside in January, and while he was sick, he was in good spirits and essentially the same guy we've always known. From the conversation I had with Dave Odlum, who works and lives at Black Box, the doctors said every indication was that Iain's passing was peaceful.

There will be a funeral service on Friday, February 19.

Iain was a dear friend and mentor, and I consider him responsible for a good many of the best things that have ever happened to me. As is the case when someone important dies, I find it hard to imagine the world without him. Black Box survives as a testament and monument to Iain's imagination and perseverance. It's in the running for the best place on earth to make a record.

Requiescat in pace Iain.

[KrisPoulin]

Sad.

Recording with him at Black Box is a thing that I will remove from my "Bucket List" with a heavy heart.

Seconding this.