Martin Birch

Name Martin Birch
Birth date 27 December 1948
Death date 09 August 2020
Country United-Kingdom
City Cardiff

Martin Birch is a British rock and heavy metal music producer, who became renowned for engineering and producing albums by the British rock bands Deep Purple and Iron Maiden.

Birch has also produced and engineered albums for numerous artists, such as Deep Purple-related projects (Rainbow, Paice, Ashton & Lord, Whitesnake, Roger Glover, Jon Lord), but also Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, Wayne County & the Electric Chairs and Blue Öyster Cult. On Fleetwood Mac's album Mystery to Me (1973) he is also credited playing acoustic guitar.

The song "Hard Lovin' Man" from the Deep Purple album Deep Purple in Rock is dedicated to him : "For Martin Birch - catalyst".[2]

He retired in 1992, after producing Iron Maiden's Fear of the Dark album. Birch appears on Iron Maiden's music video "Holy Smoke".

Source: Wikipedia

Produced albums

  • Blue Öyster Cult : Fire of Unknown Origin
  • Deep Purple : Come Taste the Band
  • Deep Purple : Last Concert in Japan
  • Deep Purple : Made in Europe
  • Deep Purple : Stormbringer
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : 2 Minutes to Midnight
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Be Quick or Be Dead
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter (Promo)
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Can I Play with Madness
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Can I Play with Madness (Japanese Promos)
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Flash of the Blade
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Flight of Icarus
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : From Here to Eternity
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : From Here to Eternity (Promo)
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Holy Smoke
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Holy Smoke (Promo)
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Infinite Dreams
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Live After Death
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Live After Death - World Slavery Tour '85
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Maiden England '88
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : No Prayer for the Dying (Promo)
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Purgatory
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Run to the Hills
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Run to the Hills (Live)
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Running Free (Live)
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Running Free (Promo)
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Stranger in a Strange Land
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Tailgunner
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : The Clairvoyant
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : The Evil That Men Do
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : The Evil That Men Do (Japanese Promo)
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : The Fugitive
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : The Number of the Beast (Single)
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : The Trooper
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Twilight Zone
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Wasted Years
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Wasting Love
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Wasting Love (Promos)
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Where Eagles Dare (EP)
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Where Eagles Dare (Single)
  • Iron Maiden (UK-1) : Wrathchild
  • Rainbow : Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
  • Rainbow : On Stage
  • Rainbow : Rising
  • Rainbow : Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
  • Whitesnake : Come an' Get It
  • Whitesnake : Lovehunter
  • Whitesnake : Saints and Sinners
  • Whitesnake : Slide It in
  • Whitesnake : Snakebite
  • Whitesnake : Trouble