Stock Aitken Waterman & PWL ‘From The Factory Floor’

Phil Harding

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40th Anniversary Audio Special - Insider's story of ‘The Hit Factory’, Stock Aitken Waterman & their base, PWL Studios - told by their chief mix-engineer, Phil Harding - who talks through their 1984-91 ‘rise & fall’ & plays key audio clips. PWL Studios also worked on many other dance & pop hits (e.g. Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Five Star) beyond the output of Stock Aitken Waterman (e.g. Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley, Dead Or Alive, Bananarama), & was Pete Waterman's vision of a 'British Motown'. Using many pioneering techniques still used now via today's technology, PWL ‘The Hit Factory’ was one of the most fast-paced...

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