RICHARD BATCHENS
Producer, engineer, 1970s

Richard Batchens came to prominence as a house producer at Festival Records in the early 1970s. Former Blackfeather lead guitarist John Robinson has recalled:

"Richard was a good engineer, and later in his career recorded the first Cold Chisel album. His background was in radio and he specialised in live recording."

Richard was regarded as one of the top Australian producers of this period. He produced many singles and albums released on Festival's progressive subsidiary Infinity, inlcuding nearly all of the pre-1976 releases by both Sherbet and Richard Clapton. 

He also produced some of the early Cold Chisel material -- he was consultant producer for the EP You're 13, You're Beautiful and You're Mine and produced the single "Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)" and the band's acclaimed second LP Breakfast At Sweethearts.

Production / engineering credits (1970s)

1971 
Heart'n'Soul
Hot Boogie Band (Infinty)
Produced by Graeme Willington; engineered by Richard Batchens

1971
The Cleves
Cleves (Infinity SINL-934031) LP
- producer

1971
Blackfeather
At The Mountain Of Madness (Infinity L34159) LP
Co-producer with John Robinson

1971
Greg Quill & Country Radio
"Radio Rag" (single B-side)
- producer

1971
Russell Morris - single
"Wings of an eagle"
- string arrangement

1971
Peter Hiscock 
"A Certain Mr Brown" / "The Battle of Daffodil Hill" (Festival FK-4286) single
- producer

1972
Sherbet
Time Change: A Natural Progression (Infinity) LP
- producer

1972
Sherbet
On With The Show (Infinity) LP
- producer

Feb. 1973
Sharon Sims (ex Flake) - "To Be The One You Love" - single
Recorded at ATA Studios, Sydney; co-produced by Martin Erdman and Richard Batchens

1973
Richard Clapton
Prussian Blue (Infinity Festival L-34956) LP
(producer)

1974
Sherbet
Slipstream (Infinity) LP
co-producer with Sherbet

1974
Sherbet
In Concert (Infinity) LP
- producer

1975
Sherbet
Life Is For Living (Infinty) LP
- producer

1975
Richard Clapton
Girls On The Avenue (Infinity/Festival L-35508) LP
- producer

1975
Split Enz
Mental Notes (Festival) LP
- engineer

1976
Richard Clapton
Main Street Jive (Infinity-Festival L 35963) LP
- producer 

1977
Richard Clapton
Goodbye Tiger (Infinity-Festival L-36352) LP
- producer

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