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Robert M. Corich is a British remastering engineer and record producer, who started his career as an IBM mainframe operator, engineer and consultant where he wrote courses and books on the IBM mainframes and operating systems, often lecturing in these topics all over the world.

His love of music then moved him into the audio world as a studio hand, moving onto engineering and production.

He specialised as a mastering engineer, reworking catalogues and remastering for major bands such as Uriah Heep, Status Quo.,^[1] Chris Squire of Yes, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Osibisa, Nazareth, Budgie, Rainbow, Walter Egan, Fairport Convention, Family, Roger Chapman, Magnum, Medicine Head, John Fiddler, Ken Hensley, Chelsea, Girlschool, Gene Loves Jezebel, Jay Aston, Paladin, Gentle Giant, Ian Gillan, John Lawton, Rebel, Zar, John Rabbit Bundrick, Manny Charlton, Native Son, Caravan, Jessica Blake, Crawler and many more at the height of the CD age also producing new releases, anthology sets, historical releases and live albums for many of these artists.

His production company, Red Steel Productions, often designed the artwork and packaging along with Andrew Buckle and Rachel Gutek of Guppy Art.^[2]

Corich has also been involved in writing extensive liner notes and books for many of the artists, as his research and knowledge of the rock scene of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s is well documented.^[3] Corich has been involved in a wide variety of projects, he remastered the complete back catalogs of Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Budgie and Uriah Heep discography in the early 1990s and again nearly ten years later. He also featured as a critic in the DVD documentaries series Inside for bands such as Led Zeppelin, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Pink Floyd, The Who, Genesis, Deep Purple, Supertramp, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, Slade, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, Sensational Alex Harvey Band and Van Der Graff Generator.^[4]

He has also written books on The Eagles, Led Zeppelin, The Who, AC/DC, ABBA, The Ramones, Thin Lizzy, Supertramp, Slade, Uriah Heep and Osibisa.

In recent years, Corich relaunched his record label Red Steel Music and along with his production company is working with classic British rock acts, along with newcomers to the scene. He is currently^[when?] producing new albums for Osibisa and Looking For Droids, as well as continuing to work on as yet unannounced historical musical projects.

References

^ "Status Quo - The Pye Re-issues". Status Quo official website. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
^ "Rachel Gutek Credits". Guppyart.com. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
^ "Robert M. Corich Credits". Artistdirect. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
^ "Robert M. Corich Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 January 2011.

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