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Simon Heyworth is an English record engineer and producer. He rose to prominence as engineer at Richard Branson's The Manor Studio in the 1970s, where he and Tom Newman worked on Tubular Bells (1973) by Mike Oldfield, which achieved significant commercial success in the UK.
In the room is the reassuring presence of veteran sound engineer, Simon Heyworth. The room is beautifully laid out with modern and vintage studio equipment, complex computer systems for high res and surround audio and tasteful hanging acoustic panels to focus the sound.
Simon Heyworth. Super Audio Mastering’s Simon Heyworth established his reputation in recording at Virgin’s Manor Studios, most notably as co-producer of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells.
- The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. “I had a been a Beatles fan since the first singles and had all the albums. When I had friends round to our house we would listen to music on my Dad’s ‘Radiogram’ which had a corner reflex cabinet with one Tannoy speaker in it.
- Neil Young After The Gold Rush. “I was in college in California in the late 60’s and grew up with the whole West Coast Music scene, going to every concert I possibly could from Buffalo Springfield, The Band, Grateful Dead to Jefferson Airplane and many more including all the English acts of the time who toured the States.
- Marvin Gaye What’s Going On. “Gaye had already had success with a number of songs from a career spanning ten years, notably ‘How Sweet It Is’, a Holland-Dozier-Holland song, and ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’ with Tammy Terrell.
- Stevie Wonder Songs in The Key of Life. “I had just left the Manor when this came out and in the previous year had been at Westlake Audio on Wilshire Boulevade in LA, where I was mixing an album and trying out the Westlake Studio acoustic concept.
UK engineer and producer, famous for being instrumental in launching Virgin with Richard Branson. He started his own company Super Audio Mastering in July 2002. The studio is housed in a...
Apr 1, 2006 · Simon Heyworth is the man responsible for the remastering of the current Depeche Mode album re-issues. We caught up with him to chat about the work involved. As Depeche Mode continues to tour the world in support of their latest album, 2005’s Playing The Angel, their back catalog has been remastered and is about to be rereleased.
May 20, 2014 · In the second part of our tête-à-tête – and once again with a little help from Simon’s fellow SAM engineer Andy Miles – Heyworth continues to demystify the complex creative mastering process while also giving you audiophiles some insight into what makes the set-up at his facility, built inside a 19th century granite-walled threshing ...
