Jack Douglas has worked with hundreds of artists including Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, The Who, Alice Cooper and produced John Lennon & Yoko Ono's "Double Fantasy". Today Jack shares stories and memories of those artists as well as his recent production of Silverplanes' "Airbus" album.

• Starting up w Jack
• Getting involved in Silverplanes
• Geoff Emerick's final album mix
• Silverplanes "Airbus" LP held back for 5 years
• New record labels – Make Records and Confidential Records
• Jack's production involvement with Silverplanes
• Jack's early career – working with The Who on "Who's Next"
• How Jack works with eccentric creative people
• Getting the best performance from creative people
• John Lennon was the easiest creative person Jack worked with
• Recollections of the "Fame" session with John Lennon and David Bowie
• John's reaction to the Aerosmith cover of "Come Together"
• Working with George Martin in London
• Working on "Grow Old With Me" with Ringo
• The John Lennon demo tapes for Double Fantasy
• What was John hoping to accomplish with Double Fantasy
• Cheap Trick was originally considered as the backup band for John Lennon
• Earl Slick was the wildcard of the "Double Fantasy" sessions
• The end segment and dreamscape on "Watching the Wheels"
• John tells Jack why he selected him to produce "Double Fantasy"
• Ensuring Yoko's tracks were more commercially viable than past works
• The secrecy around the "Double Fantasy" sessions
• What was John's record collection like in The Dakota?
• John listened to rap, reggae and was curious about punk
• The New York Dolls recording sessions
• Connecting up with Aerosmith
• John was aware of Aerosmith
• The recording of "Double Fantasy"
• Making Quadraphonic mixes of Aerosmith and other artists
• Sequencing records for the constraints of vinyl
• John's final session was the final mix of "Walking on Thin Ice"

Extended, Commercial-Free & High Resolution version of this podcast is available at: www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide

Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/2Y6ORU0 Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36qhlc8