Joe Boyd

Joe Boyd is a record and film producer. Born in Boston in 1942, he graduated from Harvard in 1964. After university, he worked as a production and tour manager for George Wein in Europe where he traveled with Muddy Waters, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz and others; and at Newport where he supervised Bob Dylan’s electric debut. In 1966, he opened UFO, London’s psychedelic ballroom.

His first record production was four tracks by “Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse” for Elektra in 1966. He went on to produce Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, The Incredible String Band, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Richard & Linda Thompson, Maria Muldaur, Toots and the Maytals, REM, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, 10,000 Maniacs, Billy Bragg, Cubanismo, Taj Mahal and many others. (Read more here)

Links to Peel
Joe Boyd was chosen as the first guest to be invited to Peel Acres in order to compile a Record Box of his own choices from Peel's collection. As co-founder of London's UFO club, representative of Elektra Records in London, discoverer, manager and producer of many artists featured on Peel's shows in the 1960s, 1970s, then world music pioneer and reggae fan, his links to Peel are clear (they even shared a love of football). The results of his search can now be viewed and listened to online

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