Andrew Weatherall outside Rough Trade East, London, for Record Store Day 2009. Tom McShane via Wikimedia Commons February 19, 2020 Andrew Weatherall brought record producers out of the back room and lured millions on to the dance floor Adam Behr, Newcastle University Hailed as a genius at the mixing desk, Weatherall’s eclectic knowledge and skill came to define a musical era.
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