Terry Brown is a British record producer involved in a variety of work. He has been noted for his collaboration with the Canadian rock band Rush. Brown produced every album by the band from Fly by Night (1975) up to Signals (1982). He was also involved with the English pop rock band Cutting Crew and the Canadian progressive rock band Klaatu.

Career Brown began his career at Olympic Studios in the mid-1960s, working as one of Keith Grant's tape ops. His first engineering credit was on the Who's single "Substitute". He next worked at Lansdowne Studios, where he worked with Adrian Kerridge. At Lansdowne, Brown engineered such songs as Donovan's "Mellow Yellow" and Procol Harum's "Homburg". In 1967, while overseeing the construction of Morgan Studios, Brown again worked at Olympic. Doug Riley came to the studio to record a commercial for Labatt 50, and the two hit it off. Brown later went to Canada to help re-record the commercial, and he and Riley decided to open a recording studio, co-founding Toronto Sound Studios in 1969.

Bruce Wheaton of the group Everyday People wrote the song "You Make Me Wonder" which was recorded as a demo with his band. They took the demo to Toronto Sound Studios owners Brown and Doug Riley. They liked the song and signed the band up straight away. They produced the song plus "Nova Scotia Home Blues" which Wheaton had co-written with Pamela Marsh. The songs were released on single, GRT 1233-01 in November 1970.Nova Scotia Classic Rock - Everyday People45Cat - Everyday People - You Make Me WonderRPM Weekly, Volume 14 No. 14 November 21st 1970 - Page 6 NEW MAPL RELEASES, YOU MAKE ME WONDER Everyday People (GRT) 1233-01 (Wheaton) "You Make Me Wonder" made the RPM 100 chart, peaking at No. 60 for the week of 9 January 1971,RPM Weekly, Volume 14 No 20 & 21 1971 January 9, 1971 - Page 9 JAN 9 1971 HANDY PULL-OUT CHART, RPM 100 SINGLES, This week 60, 1 week ago 64, 2 weeks ago 75, YOU MAKE ME WONDER Everyday People-GRT-1233-01-T, MAPLRPM Weekly, Volume 14 No. 22 January 16, 1971 - Page 9 JAN 16, 1971 HANDY PULL-OUT CHART RPM 100 SINGLES, This week 61, 1 week ago 60, 2 weeks ago 64, YOU MAKE ME WONDER Everyday People-GRT-1233-01-T, MAPL and the B side, "Nova Scotia Home Blues" peaked at No. 20 on the RPM MOR Playlist chart for the week of 19 December, holding its position until 9 January 1971.RPM weekly, Volume 14 No. 18 December 19, 1970 - Page 11 MOR PLAYLIST, NOVA SCOTIA HOME BLUES Everyday People (GRT) 1233-01(T)RPM Weekly, Volume 14 No. 19 December 26, 1970 - Page 7 MOR PLAYLIST, NOVA SCOTIA HOME BLUES Everyday People (GRT) 1233-01(T)RPM Weekly, Volume 14 No 20 & 21 1971 January 9, 1971 - Page 7 MOR PLAYLIST, NOVA SCOTIA HOME BLUES Everyday People (GRT) 1233-01(T)RPM Weekly, Volume 14 No. 22 January 16, 1971 - Page 7 RPM MOR PLAYLIST

In 1973, Rush utilized Toronto Sound Studios to record portions of their first album Rush, with Brown recording "Finding My Way" and mixing the album. The band continued to work with Brown at Toronto Sound for its next three albums, Fly by Night (1975), Caress of Steel (1975), and 2112 (1976). Other albums recorded at the studio included April Wine's Electric Jewels (1973).

Faced with rising competition, Toronto Sound Studios closed in 1978. Brown helped produce the subsequent Rush albums from Hemispheres (1978) to Signals (1982).

Rush refers to Brown as "Broon" in the liner notes for their albums, and the nickname appears in the title of the instrumental piece "Broon's Bane" from their live album Exit...Stage Left. On this same record, Geddy Lee jokingly introduces the song "Jacob's Ladder" as having been written by "T. C. Broonsie", another reference to Brown and a pun on the name of Big Bill Broonzy.

In the 1990s while working at Metalworks Studios in Toronto, Brown recorded Fates Warning's Parallels and Voivod's Angel Rat, and again worked with Fates Warning on A Pleasant Shade of Gray. He also produced vocals on the Dream Theater album Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, and appears as the uncredited voice of the hypnotherapist on that album.

Brown has also engineered, produced or mixed for many other artists, including Silent Running, Sonny and Cher, Kenny Rogers, Traffic, Joe Cocker, the Who, Procol Harum, the Troggs, Manfred Mann, Marianne Faithfull, Spencer Davis Group, Donovan, Barbra Streisand, Blue Rodeo, Max Webster, Klaatu, Thundermug, Lizzy Borden, Ray Stevens, the Bonzo Dog Band, Motherlode, Dr. Music, April Wine, the Stampeders, Michel Pagliaro, Moe Koffman, Alannah Myles, B.B. Gabor, Cirque du Soleil, Dream Theater, Lawrence Gowan, Rough Trade, the Killjoys, FM, Toronto, Ian Thomas, Moist, and Tiles.

Albums Brown has been involved with

Year Artist Role Album1966The WhoEngineer"Substitute"1967Jimi Hendrix ExperienceEngineerAxis: Bold as Love1968the Bonzo Dog BandEngineerThe Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse1971StampedersEngineerAgainst the Grain1971Moe KoffmanEngineerMoe Koffman Plays Bach1971Everyday PeopleProducerEveryday People1972Moe KoffmanEngineerThe Four Seasons1973April WineEngineerElectric Jewels1973Moe KoffmanEngineerMaster Session1974Moe KoffmanEngineerSolar Explorations1975Moe KoffmanEngineerLive at George's 1975 Rush Producer Fly by Night 1975 Rush Producer Caress of Steel 1976 Rush Producer 2112 1976 Klaatu Producer 3:47 EST 1976 Max Webster Producer Max Webster1976Moe KoffmanEngineerJungle Man 1977 Max Webster Producer High Class in Borrowed Shoes 1977 Klaatu Producer Hope 1977 Rush Producer A Farewell to Kings 1978 Rush Producer Hemispheres 1978 Klaatu Producer Sir Army Suit 1978 Max Webster Producer Mutiny Up My Sleeve 1979 Max Webster Producer Live Magnetic Air1980B.B. GaborProducerBB Gabor 1980 Rush Producer Permanent Waves 1981 Rush Producer Moving Pictures 1981 Rush Producer Exit...Stage Left 1981 Max Webster Producer Diamonds Diamonds 1982 Rush Producer Signals 1982 Lawrence Gowan Producer Gowan 1986 Cutting Crew Producer Broadcast 1987 Blue Rodeo Producer Outskirts 1987 Silent Running Producer Walk on Fire 1989 IQProducer Are You Sitting Comfortably? 1989 Lizzy Borden Producer Master Of Disguise1989 Fifth AngelProducer Time Will Tell1990 WatertownProducer No Singing at the Dinner Table 1991 Fates Warning Producer Parallels 1991 Voivod Producer Angel Rat 1991 The KiteProducer The Kite 1994 Moist Mixing Silver 1997 Fates Warning Producer A Pleasant Shade of Gray 1999 Dream TheaterSpoken Voice (uncredited) Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory 2000 Fates Warning Producer Disconnected 2004 Tiles Producer Window Dressing 2005 Cutting Crew Producer Grinning Souls 2007 Puppet Show Producer Tale of Woe 2007 Run With the Kittens Producer Condos and lofts 2007 Run With the Kittens Producer Bangers and Mash 2008 Tiles Producer Fly Paper (2008) 2012 Tiles Mixing Off the Floor 01 2013 Crash Karma Producer Engineer Rock Musique Deluxe 2014 Blurred Vision Producer "Organized Insanity" 2014 TilesMixing Off the Floor 02 2016 TilesProducer Pretending 2 Run 2021 DisciplineProducer Unfolded Like Staircase 2026 Brass CamelMixing Ice Cold (Single)

References

External links Terry Brown official website