Producers are an often overlooked but always integral part of the recording process. We highlight and celebrate the 50 most influential producers ever. Edited and compiled by Tim Chester.
Produced: The Rolling Stones, Traffic, Primal Scream
US producer Jimmy Miller struck up a fruitful mid-60s relationship with Steve Winwood and never looked back, working on records by the Spencer Davis Group and other Winwood projects Traffic and Blind Faith, before etching his name in louche rock’n’roll folklore with his production on peerless Rolling Stones albums ‘Let It Bleed’, ‘Sticky Fingers’, ‘Exile On Main Street’ and more. It was this intimate acquaintance with the more addled end of rock that led Primal Scream to bring Miller in to help out on 1991’s ‘Screamadelica’. ‘Movin’ On Up’ and ‘Damaged’ were perfect recreations of Miller’s golden age. MH
