# Dick Cuthell

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{{short description|British musician and record producer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Dick Cuthell
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| birth_name      = Richard Cuthell
| origin          = [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool), England
| instrument      = {{hlist|Flugelhorn|cornet|trumpet|bass|keyboards|percussion}}
| genre           = {{hlist|[Ska](/source/Ska)|[pop](/source/pop_music)}}
| occupation      = {{hlist|Musician|record producer}}
| years_active    = 1960s–present
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| associated_acts = [The Specials](/source/The_Specials)<br />[Fun Boy Three](/source/Fun_Boy_Three)<br />[Eurythmics](/source/Eurythmics)<br />[The Pogues](/source/The_Pogues)
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'''Dick Cuthell''' is a British musician and record producer. He plays [flugelhorn](/source/flugelhorn), [cornet](/source/cornet), and [trumpet](/source/trumpet), amongst a range of other [brass instrument](/source/brass_instrument)s, including [tenor horn](/source/tenor_horn) and [valve trombone](/source/valve_trombone). Cuthell is best known for his work with [the Specials](/source/the_Specials)<ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Rock Discography'', Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-312-1}}, p. 351, 978–9</ref><ref>Dammers, Jerry (1997) "[https://books.google.com/books?id=7wkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22dick+cuthell%22&pg=PA3 Letter to ''Billboard'' magazine]", ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'', 1 November 1997</ref> and [Rico Rodriguez](/source/Rico_Rodriguez_(musician)).<ref>[https://www.roots-archives.com/artist/583 Dick Cuthell] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202013804/http://roots-archives.com/artist/583 |date=2 February 2010 }}, Roots Archives</ref> He also collaborated with bands such as [Madness](/source/Madness_(band)), [Eurythmics](/source/Eurythmics),<ref name="Sutherland">Sutherland, Bryony & Ellis, Lucy (2002) ''Annie Lennox: The Biography'', Omnibus Press, {{ISBN|978-0-7119-9192-7}}, p. 143</ref> [Fun Boy Three](/source/Fun_Boy_Three),<ref name="Buckley">Buckley, Peter (2003) ''The Rough Guide to Rock'', Rough Guides, {{ISBN|978-1-84353-105-0}}, p. 401</ref> [XTC](/source/XTC), [Level 42](/source/Level_42), [the Pogues](/source/the_Pogues) and [The Red Crayola](/source/The_Red_Crayola). In addition to a range of horns, Cuthell also plays bass, keyboards and percussion and is a composer and arranger.

==Biography==
Dick Cuthell was born in [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool) in 1949.

===Island records===
After playing in several bands including the Washington Soul Band and Trifle in the 1960s, Cuthell worked for [Island Records](/source/Island_Records) in the 1970s as an engineer and later in-house producer. His work at [Island Studios](/source/Island_Studios) in both [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica) and London brought him into contact with [reggae](/source/reggae) and [ska](/source/ska) musicians, and these became a constant theme in the music he played and produced, working with [Delroy Washington](/source/Delroy_Washington) amongst many others. He acted as assistant engineer on [Bob Marley](/source/Bob_Marley)'s ''[Exodus](/source/Exodus_(Bob_Marley_%26_the_Wailers_album))'' album,<ref name="Goldman">Goldman, Vivien (2007) "[http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2007/05/bob-marley-exodus-wailers Keep on Moving]", ''[New Statesman](/source/New_Statesman)'', 28 May 2007, retrieved 27 January 2010</ref> on which he also played horns,<ref name="McCann">McCann, Ian & Hawke, Harry (2004) ''Complete Guide to the Music of Bob Marley'', Omnibus Press, {{ISBN|978-0-7119-9884-1}}, p. 78</ref> and also met [Rico Rodriguez](/source/Rico_Rodriguez_(musician)), with whom he would later work in The Specials.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20231007095407/http://www.orange-times.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1925:rico-rodriguez-biographie&catid=168:musik-hall-of-fame&Itemid=116 Rico Rodriguez Biographie]", Orange Times, retrieved 27 January 2010</ref> He was also one of several engineers that worked on the [dub](/source/Dub_music) album of [Burning Spear](/source/Burning_Spear)'s ''[Marcus Garvey](/source/Marcus_Garvey_(album))'' album, ''[Garvey's Ghost](/source/Garvey's_Ghost)''.<ref>"[http://www.roots-archives.com/release/3018 ''Garvey's Ghost''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130021717/http://www.roots-archives.com/release/3018 |date=30 January 2010 }}", Roots Archives, retrieved 27 January 2010</ref>

===The Specials===
Cuthell became, along with Rico Rodriguez, the horn section for the Specials, playing [cornet](/source/cornet) on their debut album, and staying with the band into their later incarnation as the Special A.K.A., playing on the hit single "[Free Nelson Mandela](/source/Free_Nelson_Mandela)", and the album ''[In the Studio](/source/In_the_Studio)''.<ref name="Strong" /><ref name="Walters">Walters, Barry (2005) "[https://web.archive.org/web/20090418193228/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/163400/review/7663209/thespecials The Specials ''The Specials'']", ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)'', 6 October 2005, retrieved 27 January 2010</ref><ref>"[http://www.barbican.org.uk/media/events/84583529dammersproglowres.pdf Jerry Dammers' Spatial AKA Orchestra Presents Cosmic Engineering: a tribute to Sun Ra and other musical mavericks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927180102/http://www.barbican.org.uk/media/events/84583529dammersproglowres.pdf |date=27 September 2011 }}", barbican.org.uk, retrieved 27 January 2010</ref><ref name="Schnurmacher">Schurmacher, Thomas (1984) "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bZEjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kqUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2012,3427543&dq=dick-cuthell&hl=en Record Roundup]", ''[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)'', 19 July 1984, retrieved 27 January 2010</ref> He co-wrote two of the band's songs, "Bright Lights" and "Racist Friend", released together as a single in 1983, reaching No. 60 in the UK.<ref>"[{{Allmusic|class=song|id=t5348350|pure_url=yes}} Bright Lights]", [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic), retrieved 27 January 2010</ref><ref>"[{{Allmusic|class=song|id=t5530573|pure_url=yes}} Racist Friend]", [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic), retrieved 27 January 2010</ref><ref>[https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Lost%20Again Racist Friend/Bright Lights], Official Charts, retrieved 27 January 2010</ref>

Cuthell also recorded with another group of ex-members of the Specials, [Fun Boy Three](/source/Fun_Boy_Three).<ref name="Green">Green, Jim & Robbins, Ira "[https://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=fun_boy_three Fun Boy Three]", ''[Trouser Press](/source/Trouser_Press)'', retrieved 27 January 2010</ref>

===Later production and session work===
Throughout the 1980s, Cuthell continued both production and session work. He contributed trumpet, [flugelhorn](/source/flugelhorn) and cornet to the [Eurythmics](/source/Eurythmics)' 1983 No. 1 album ''[Touch](/source/Touch_(Eurythmics_album))'', and also toured as part of the band.<ref name="Strong" /><ref name="Speelman">Speelman, Paul (1984) "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XfsSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3102,885622&dq=dick-cuthell&hl=en Guitars – and no pretences]", ''[The Age](/source/The_Age)'', 2 February 1984, retrieved 27 January 2010</ref> He played horns on [the Pogues](/source/the_Pogues)' 1985 album ''[Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash](/source/Rum%2C_Sodomy%2C_and_the_Lash)''.<ref name="Merrick">Merrick, Joe (2001) ''London Irish Punk Life & Music...Shane MacGowan'', Omnibus Press, {{ISBN|978-0-7119-7653-5}}, p. 70</ref>

His productions include the [Boothill Foot Tappers](/source/Boothill_Foot_Tappers) 1985 album ''Ain't That Far from Boothill''.<ref name="Robbins">Robbins, Ira "[https://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=boothill_foot-tappers Boothill Foot-Tappers]", ''[Trouser Press](/source/Trouser_Press)'', retrieved 27 January 2010</ref>

He also recorded with Madness,<ref>"[http://www.madness.co.uk/1983.html The Ascent of Madness] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409072014/http://www.madness.co.uk/1983.html |date=9 April 2010 }}", madness.co.uk</ref> and [Linton Kwesi Johnson](/source/Linton_Kwesi_Johnson).<ref>[http://www.lkjrecords.com/disc.html Linton Kwesi Johnson discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204040615/http://www.lkjrecords.com/disc.html |date=4 February 2010 }}, LKJ Records</ref>

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