Frank Arkwright

With over 20 years, experience and having worked at Metropolis, Townhouse and Whitfield Street Studios, Frank brings a wealth of mastering know-how to Abbey Road.

Growing up, he played electric guitar and keyboards, which led to a fascination with music production and, inevitably, the recording studio. His first job was runner at Pink Floyd's studio Britannia Row. From there he moved up to the role of tape op and learnt to edit before getting into mastering and vinyl cutting.

"I've always loved the vibe here at Abbey Road...it's one of the best studios in the world...lots of very talented creative people making amazing music through the years...you can feel the history of the building. It's inspiring."

Frank's discography is a musical Who's Who. He's worked with Arcade Fire, The Smiths, New Order, Joy Division, Coldplay, Oasis, Snow Patrol, Primal Scream, Blur, Mogwai, Bryan Ferry, Johnny Marr, Biffy Clyro, Lucy Rose, Birdy, Ash, Belle and Sebastian, Frank Turner, Scott Walker, Sunn O))), Morrissey, Rudimental, The Charlatans, Electronic and Fatboy Slim.

A specialist in vinyl cutting, Frank uses a mixture of analogue and digital gear and loves spending time in the studio with creative people. High spots include working with Sir George Martin and Elton John on Candle in the Wind the biggest selling charted single of all time, sharing lunch with Iggy Pop, winning a Mercury Music Prize, and discovering an unheard version of The Smiths How Soon Is Now with Johnny Marr and Paul Weller.

Frank is just as skilled at mastering current releases as remastering the classics. Two of his recent major remastering projects ,The Smiths Complete and Blur 21 both won awards for Best Re-Issue/Remaster of the year and there are a couple more expected soon.

Hi-Fi Choice described him as "England's greatest mastering and remastering engineer for contemporary rock music".

Highlights:

Elton John & George Martin - Candle In The Wind

Coldplay - The Scientist

Blur - remastering all their albums

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

The Smiths - Complete

The Verve - A Northern Soul

Joy Division/New Order - mastered or remastered all their records

Abba - Gold

System Of A Down - Mezmerize

The Killers - Somebody Told Me