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Phil Greene
Engineer / Producer / Studio Manager
Acoustician / Studio Designer / Studio Musician

Only a handful of recording engineer / producers can claim over seventy million in record sales. In his twenty-four years as owner, manager, and chief engineer of Normandy Sound, Phil Greene has recorded and/or mixed over twenty-five gold and platinum albums and singles.

In addition to being a successful engineer and producer, Phil is also an experienced studio manager, acoustician and studio designer and builder, having run his own 48-track SSL room from 1975 to 1999. There is not a lot about recording music or running a studio Phil doesn't know.

For 24 Years, Phil owned and operated Normandy Sound in Warren, RI, where 67 chart albums, 27 gold and platinum albums, ten Top Ten hits, three #1 albums, nine Top Ten singles (six of which reached #1), were recorded and/or mixed, resulting in sales of over 70 million records. It was clearly New England's most successful music studio and Phil clearly New England's most successful recording engineer/producer.

Phil has been in the business since 1963 as a guitarist, studio musician, recording artist, engineer and producer. He produced his first top 20 single in 1972 as a member of the recording group Swallow for Warner Brothers Records.

His extensive discography includes mixing New Kids on the Block's 1988 'Hangin' Tough' album (which has sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. and 37 million worldwide and boasts 5 #1 singles), and more recently, Peter Wolf's 2002 album 'Sleepless,' featuring artists such as Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, and Steve Earl (this album was chosen as one of Rolling Stone's list of '500 Greatest Albums of All-Time').

Phil has recorded, mixed, produced or worked with the following Artists/Musicians/Producers:

Artists/Musicians: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ringo Starr, Bruce Springsteen, Brad Whitford, Steve Earle, Herbie Hancock, Peter Wolf, Branford Marsalis, Nils Lofgren, Dropkick Murphys, Steve Smith of Journey, Paula Abdul, New Kids On The Block, Joey McIntire, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Tommy Page, Greg Hawkes, The Black Crowes, Jack Bruce, Buddy Guy, Mission of Burma, Roomful of Blues, Jimmy Smith, Steve Jordan, Will Lee, Joe Henderson, Aimee Mann, Harry Connick Jr., The Muppets, New Generation, Cheech and Chong, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Billy Cobham, Tom Malone, Lou Sollof, Alan Grubman, Matt 'Guitar' Murphy, Mike Stern, Bernie Worrel, Alan Holdsworth, Vinnie Colaiuta, Mike Mineri, Safire, Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead (Bobby and the Midnights), Gil Evans, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrel, and Steve Jordan of Parliament Funkadelic, Duke Robillard, The Zulus, Perfect Gentlemen, John Cafferty and Beaver Brown, Martha Reeves, Tavares, Foghat, The Neighborhoods, Lady Soul, Maciel Parker, Ron Carter, Louie Belson Big Band, Cornell Dupree, Ellis Hall, Bullet Lavolta, Jeff Lorber, Tom Browne, Irving and the Twins, Dale Bozio (Missing Persons), Bob River's Comedy Corp., Paul Geremia, Frank Guintero, Tiger Okoshi, Drop Kick Murphys, Planet Groove, Buddy Guy, Roomful of Blues, James Cotton, David Sanchez, Glass Menagerie Live at The Montreaux Jazz Festival, Bootsauce, Alfonso Johnson, Michael Thompson, Johnny A, Duke Levine, Mike Campbell, and many, many more

Producers: Jimmy Miller (Rolling Stones, Traffic, Blind Faith), Maurice Starr (New Kids on the Block, New Edition, Manuto, The Spinners), Kashif (Whitney Houston, George Benson), Micheal Jonzun (Apollonia, Grand Master Flash and the Furious 5, The Jonzun Crew, New Edition, Al Green, New Kids on the Block, Bootsauce, Safire, Peter Wolf), to name just a few

Since the close of his studio in 1999, Phil has been taking select gigs recording and mixing albums with Dropkick Murphys, The Black Crowes, Peter Wolf, Johnny A., a Gold Album and a Top Ten single with Joey McIntyre, and various other pop / rock / blues / jazz artists.

In 2005, Phil and partner Dan Zellman started Advanced Virtual Audio, a software company specializing in plug-ins for DAWs.

Phil is available for the following:
• Recording Engineer
• Mixer
• Producer
• Chief Engineer
• Acoustician / Sound Designer

Partial Discography

Platinum / Gold Records and Chart Hits

New Kids On The Block
Album: "Greatest Hits" 2008 Sony / Legacy
Mixed eleven of the songs and co-produced one song
Charted on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart
Platinum album

Johnny A
Album: "Get Inside" 2004 Steve Vai's Favored Nation Records
Mixed entire album
Charted on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart

Dropkick Murphys
Album: "Live on St. Patrick's Day" 2004 Epitaph Records
Recorded live at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence
Charted on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart

Neil Carswell
Album: "Southwind" 2003 Eastwind Records
Recorded and produced by Phil Greene and Stu Kimball in Nashville, TN
Charted on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart

Peter Wolf
Album: "Sleepless" 2002 Artemis Records
Mixed several cuts on this album including cuts with
Keith Richards and Steve Earle
Four-star review in Rolling Stone Magazine by Jann Wenner, who called it an 'instant classic.' Voted one of the '500 Greatest Albums of All-Time' in the Special Collectors Issue of Rolling Stone Magazine #937
Charted on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart

Joey McIntyre
Album: "Stay the Same" 1999 Columbia / Sony Records
Recorded, mixed and co-produced
Reached Number 49 on Billboard's Top 200 Album chart
Gold record

Joey McIntyre
Single: "Stay the Same" 1999 Columbia / Sony Records
Recorded, mixed and co-produced
Reached Number 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
Gold record

Roomful of Blues
Album: "There Goes the Neighborhood" 1998 Rounder Records
Co-produced, recorded, and mixed
Reached the Top Ten on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart

Roomful of Blues
Album: "Under One Roof" 1997 Rounder Records
Recorded and mixed
Peaked at Number One on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart, staying on chart for several months
Grammy Nominee for Best Contemporary Blues Album

Roomful of Blues
Album: "Turn It On! Turn It Up!" 1996 Rounder Records
Mixed
Reached Top Ten of Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart for twenty-five weeks
Grammy Nominee for Best Contemporary Blues Album

Roomful of Blues
Album: "Roomful of Christmas" 1996 Rounder Records
Recorded and mixed
Charted on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart and Top Ten on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart

Nils Lofgren
Singles: "Valentine" and "Walking Nerve" 1993 Rykodisc
Mixed
Featuring Bruce Springsteen on harmonies
and Ringo Starr on drums
Charted on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart

Tommy Page
Single: "I'll Be Your Everything" 1991 Sire Records
Recorded vocals and mixed
Reached Number 1 on Billboard's Top 100 Singles chart

Tommy Page
Album: "Paintings in My Mind" 1991 Sire Records
Mixed 3 cuts on this album
Reached Number 38 on Billboard's Top 200 Album chart

Bootsauce
Album: "Bull" 1991 Vertigo/PolyGram (Canada)
Co-Produced, recorded and mixed
Gold album

Bootsauce
Album: "The Brown Album" 1990 Vertigo/PolyGram Records (Canada)
Co-Produced, recorded and mixed
Gold album

Bootsauce
Single: "Everyone's A Winner" 1990 Vertigo/PolyGram Records (Canada)
Mixed and fixed this single which reached Number 3 on Billboard's Canadian Top 200 Albums chart

New Kids on the Block
Album: "Step By Step" 1989 Columbia Records
Mixed this album which sold over 17 million records worldwide and reached Number 1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart and Billboard's Top Pop Albums chart
Triple platinum album (US)

New Kids On The Block
Single: "Step by Step" 1989 Columbia
Mixed
Reached Number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
Platinum single

New Kids on the Block
Single: "Tonight" 1989 Columbia Records
Mixed
Reached Number 7 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
Gold single

New Kids on the Block
Single: "Cover Girl" 1989 Columbia Records
Recorded, mixed and arranged horn parts for this single which reached Number 2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
Gold single

New Kids on the Block
Album: "Hangin' Tough" 1988 Columbia Records
Mixed this album which sold 37 million worldwide and 10 million in the US. Reached number 1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart and Billboard's Top Pop Album chart
Multi-platinum album

New Kids on the Block
Single: "Hangin' Tough" 1988 Columbia Records
Recorded, mixed and played guitar solo
Reached number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
Platinum single

New Kids On the Block
Single: "I'll Be Loving You Forever" 1988 Columbia Records
Mixed the single remix
Reached number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
Gold single

New Kids on the Block
Single: "Please Don't Go Girl" 1988 Columbia Records
Mixed
Reached number 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
Gold single

New Kids On The Block
Single: "Didn't I Blow Your Mind" 1988 Columbia Records
Recorded and mixed
Reached Number 8 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
Platinum single

New Kids On The Block
Single: "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" 1988 Columbia
Mixed
Reached Number 3 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart
Gold single

Bob Rivers Comedy Corp.
Album: "Twisted Christmas" 1988 Critique / Atlantic Records
Mixed
Reached Number 19 on on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart
and is still playing on the radio every Christmas Season
Gold album

New Kids on the Block
Album: "New Kids on the Block" 1987 Columbia Records
Mixed a cut from this album, which sold over 3 million records
Reached Number 20 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart
Triple platinum album

Marcus Lewis
Single: "Searchin' For a Good Time" 1987 Aegis/CBS Records
Mixed
Reached number 35 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart.

New City Rockers
Single: "Black Dog" 1986 Critique / Atlantic Records
Mixed and recorded the vocals on this single
Reached the Top 40 on The Billboard Hot 100 singles chart

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Album: "Tough All Over" Scotti Brothers/CBS Records 1985
Recorded and mixed
Reached Number 40 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Single: "C-I-T-Y" Scotti Brothers / CBS Records 1985
Recorded and mixed
Reached Number 18 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Single: "Tough All Over" Scotti Brothers / CBS Records 1985
Recorded and mixed
Reached Number 22 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Single: "Small Town Girl" Scotti Brothers / CBS Records 1985
Recorded and mixed
Reached Number 64 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart

Tom Browne
Single: "Rockin Radio" 1985 Arista Records
Mixed and recorded the Trumpet on this single
Reached Number 9 on Billboard Dance chart

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Album: "Eddie and the Cruisers Original Soundtrack"
Scotti Brothers / CBS Records 1983
Recorded and mixed
Reached Number 9 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart
Triple platinum album

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Single: "On The Dark Side" Scotti Brothers / CBS Records 1983
Recorded and mixed
Reached Number 7 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Single: "Tender Years" Scotti Brothers / CBS Records 1983
Recorded and mixed
Reached Number 31 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart

Steve Smith (Journey Drummer)
Album: "Orion" 1983 CBS Records
Recorded and mixed
Reached the Top 10 on Billboard's Top Jazz LPs chart

Jeff Lorber
Single: "In the Heat of the Night" 1983 Arista Records
Re-recorded keyboards, vocals, and mixed this single from the album of the same name with producer Maurice Starr which reached Number 10 on the Billboard's Hot Black Singles chart

Jeff Lorber
Album: "In the Heat of the Night" 1983 Arista Records
Re-recorded keyboards, vocals, and mixed
Reached Number 7 on Billboard's Top Jazz LPs chart

Billy Cobham's Glass Menagerie
Album: "Live at Montreux" 1982 Elektra / Musician
Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, mixed at Normandy Sound
Reached the Top 10 on Billboard's Top Jazz LPs chart

Steve Smith (Journey Drummer)
Album: "Vital Information" 1982 CBS Records
Recorded and mixed
Reached the Top 10 on Billboard's Top Jazz LPs chart

Billy Cobham's Glass Menagerie
Album: "Observations and Relections" 1982 Elektra / Musician
Recorded and mixed
Reached the Top 10 on Billboard's Top Jazz LPs chart.

Frank Guintero
Album: "Bird & Stars" 1979 CBS Records Venezuela
Reached Number 1 in Venezuela on Billboard's Hits of the World chart for 6 weeks

Other Notable Recordings

Dropkick Murphys
Recorded St. Patrick's Day 2003 as a WBCN Live Radio Broadcast

Martin Celler
Album: 'Live in Austin, Texas' 2003 Rykodisc Records
Mixed

Alejandro Escovedo
Album: 'Live in Austin, Texas' 2003 Rykodisc Records
Mixed

Dropkick Murphys
Album: "Live at the Avalon" 2002 Epitaph Records
Recorded live in concert

Kim Trusty
Album: "Live at Chan's" (2 albums)
2002 and 2003 Independent label
Recorded and mixed

Peter Wolf
Single: "Never Like This Before" 2002 Artemis Records
Mixed

The Black Crowes
Album: "The Black Crowes Live at the Orpheum"
2002 American Recordings / Sony
Recorded

Peter Wolf
Album: "Long Line" 1995 Warner Brothers
Mixed the song "Forty To One" (featuring Aimee Mann)

Blood, Sweat and Tears with Fred Lipsius
Album: 'Blood, Sweat and Tears with Fred Lipsius' 1994
Recorded, mixed, and co-produced this reunion album.

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Album: "Ska-Core, the Devil and More" 1992 Taang! Records
Recorded and mixed.

Jonzun Crew
Single: "Cosmic Love" 1992 Critique / BMG Records
Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

Copperhead
Album: "Copperhead" Mercury Records 1991
Produced, recorded and mixed
Featuring singer/songwriter Neil Carswell

Favorite Angel
Single: "Only Women Bleed" 1991 Imagine / Columbia Records
Recorded vocals and mixed

Tam Tam
Single: "Do It Tam Tam" 1991 Island Records
Mixed

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Album: "Roadhouse" Scotti Brothers / CBS Records 1990
Recorded and mixed

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
Album: "Magnetic Flip" Birdsongs of the Mesozoic 1990
Ace of Hearts Records
Recorded this album produced by Rick Harte

The Neighborhoods
Album: "The Neighborhoods" 1990 Atlantic Records
Produced, recorded and mixed
Co-produced by Brad Whitford of Aerosmith

The Neighborhoods
Album: "Reptile Man" 1989 Roadrunner Records
Produced, recorded and mixed and
Was named 'Album of the Year' by Musician Magazine

Finest Hour
Single: "Make That Move" 1989 PolyGram Records
Mixed

Young Saints
Singles: "Live For Today" and "New Solutions"
PolyGram Records 1989
Mixed

The Zulus
Album: "The Zulus" 1988 Slash / Warner Brothers Records
Recorded and mixed
Produced by Bob Mould

Bandwagon
Album: "Three Sides of Hunger"
Calder Records / Big Noise Records 1986
Produced, engineered, mixed and arranged
Featuring John Cafferty, Cheryl Wheeler,
Belly's Gail Greenwood and other artists
Won The Jefferson Award in 1987 from
The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Foundation
for Outstanding Public Service for raising monies
and awareness of the plight of the homeless in America

Joe Henderson
Album: "Joe Henderson" 1986
Live to two-track album

Mission of Burma
Album: "The Horrible Truth" 1985 Ace of Hearts Records
Recorded and mixed
Produced by Rick Harte

Mission of Burma
Album: "VS" 1982 Ace of Hearts Records
Recorded
Produced by Rick Harte
Historical influential album which led to
the formation of bands like R.E.M. and the birth
of the Alternative scene

Digney Fignus
Album: "The Girl with the Curious Hand" 1982 CBS Records
Recorded and mixed

Digney Fignus
Single: "The Girl with the Curious Hand" 1982 CBS Records
Recorded, mixed and co-produced
Reached Number 10 on MTV Video Countdown

Duke Robillard
Album: "Rockin' Blues" 1982 Rounder Records
Recorded and mixed

Neats
Albums: "Neats" 2 Albums Mid-'80s Ace of Hearts Records
Recorded
Produced by Rick Harte

The Lyres
Albums: "The Lyres" 3 Albums Mid-'80s Ace of Hearts Records
Recorded
Produced by Rick Harte

Nervous Eaters
Album: "Hot Steel and Acid" 1980 Ace of Hearts Records
Recorded
Produced by Rick Harte

Note: This partial discography represents roughly 15 percent of the records/artists Phil has worked with.

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