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Legendary PWL producer/remixer Phil Harding chats about his work with PSB during the Tom Watkins era in the latest 80sography episode (first 20 mins), including the song he didn’t get a credit for, why Pete Waterman turned down West End girls (thank god he did), and how Neil caved in to house.

Tracks discussed include: In the night, Opportunities, It’s a sin, Always on my mind / In my house, I’m not scared.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/699262/episo ... s-12-mixes

Past episodes touching on PSB have featured Stephen Hague, Julian Mendelsohn, JJ Jeczalik, Andy Richards and Stephen Lipson.

Greetings,

Thanks for sharing. Very interesting. He sounds like a good, level-headed bloke.

It's fascinating to hear about how/when the Always On My Mind remix and I'm Not Scared were mixed, and to then reflect upon how they would evolve even further from there to form a third of the Introspective album.

Retro.

I find it amusing that Neil would say 'we don't really do house', then a few short months later bring out Introspective, one of the biggest house records of that time! Bit of a quick turnaround .. maybe he was taken out of context.

That was an interesting listen - thanks for sharing!

Which song didn't he get credit for?

telys wrote:Which song didn't he get credit for?

Opportunities. He edited the track for 7" single.

leesmapman wrote: Mon 09 Jun 2025, 3:58 pm

telys wrote:Which song didn't he get credit for?

Opportunities. He edited the track for 7" single.

The first version.

very cool.

thanks for posting.

later
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