Mike Thorne (born 25 January 1948) is an English record producer, arranger, composer, engineer, and musician. He started playing the piano at the age of 10.[1] After studying physics at Hertford College, Oxford, in the late 1960s he worked as a tape operator in London with Deep Purple and many others.[2] Later he worked as a music journalist, A&R man and in the late 1970s he became a record producer.
His more notable productions include the seminal first three records by Wire: Pink Flag, Chairs Missing and 154; and Soft Cell's cover version of "Tainted Love" (which was a UK number 1 single for two weeks and sold 1.35m copies in the UK[3]). He also contributed to Michael Tippett's opera New Year, providing electronic elements for the music.
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^. Stereo Society. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
^Neate, Wilson. "Mike Thorne". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
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