{{Use British English|date=January 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Haydn Bendall | image = Haydn_Bendall_at_Air_Studio_2011.png | landscape = yes | caption = Haydn Bendall in 2011 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|04|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Essex, england | genre = Pop, rock, dance, classical cross-over, jazz, orchestral, film scores | occupation = Record producer, audio engineer, mixer | instrument = Keyboards | years_active = 1970–present | associated_acts = Kate Bush, Tina Turner, Pet Shop Boys, Paul McCartney, Camel, XTC, Chris Botti, Katie Melua, Gary Moore, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Marc Almond, Massive Attack, A-ha, David Gilmour | website = }}
'''Haydn Bendall''' (born 13 April 1951, Essex, England) is an English record producer, audio engineer and mixer. He was Chief Engineer at Abbey Road Studios for ten years<ref name="Chief Engineer at Abbey Road">{{Cite web |url=http://www.duncanmanagement.com/haydnbendall.cfm |title=Duncanmanagement.com - Haydn Bendall |access-date=26 September 2011 |archive-date=29 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429033610/http://www.duncanmanagement.com/haydnbendall.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was awarded the Audio Pro Industry Excellence Award for Best Studio Engineer in 2009.<ref name="Audio Pro Award">{{Cite web|url=http://www.audioprointernational.com/news/read/audio-pro-award-winners-announced|title=Audio Pro Award winners announced | Pro Audio industry news | Audio Pro International|work=AudioPro |date=16 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216190447/http://www.audioprointernational.com/news/read/audio-pro-award-winners-announced|accessdate=13 August 2020|archive-date=16 December 2011}}</ref>
==Career== Bendall started out at Orange Studios, moving on to Steinway & Sons as a piano tuner.<ref name="early years 2">{{Cite web|url=http://polymathperspective.com/?p=3|title=From Steinway to Abbey Road: Haydn Bendall|website=Polymathperspective.com|date=15 February 2011 |accessdate=13 August 2020}}</ref> He joined Ken Townsend's Abbey Road team in 1973 as a part-time assistant, taking on a full-time position a year later.<ref name="early years 2"/>
Initially partnering with Tony Clarke, Bendall worked on albums by Herbie Flowers, BeBop Deluxe, Steve Harley, Alan Parsons, Cliff Richard and Camel,<ref>Case Study of Producer / Engineer – Haydn Bendall by Peter H A Jackson, SAE Institute</ref> developing a close working relationship with Sky. In the 1980-90s, he worked with Kate Bush on five albums, including ''Hounds of Love'' in 1985. Further Abbey Road work included engineering or producing for XTC, Bonnie Tyler, Tina Turner and Massive Attack. Film soundtrack work included ''The Long Good Friday''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-long-good-friday-soundtrack-r85038/credits |title=The Long Good Friday Soundtrack |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=26 January 2012}}</ref> and Ryuichi Sakamoto's pieces on the Oscar and Grammy Award-winning<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abbeyroad.com/visit/history-of-abbey-road/1980s/ |title=Abbey Road history |publisher=Abbeyroad.com |accessdate=26 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006164214/http://www.abbeyroad.com/visit/history-of-abbey-road/1980s/ |archivedate=6 October 2011}}</ref> soundtrack to ''The Last Emperor''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Ryuichi-Sakamoto-David-Byrne-And-Cong-Su-The-Last-Emperor/release/1829418|title=Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne And Cong Su - The Last Emperor|website=Discogs.com|date=1987 |accessdate=13 August 2020}}</ref>
Leaving Abbey Road in 1991, Bendall became an independent producer/engineer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alchemea.com/index.php/audio/engineering/haydn-bendall/ |title=Alchemea Biography |publisher=Alchemea.com |date=30 November 2011 |accessdate=26 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201033235/http://www.alchemea.com/index.php/audio/engineering/haydn-bendall/ |archivedate=1 December 2011}}</ref> As an independent, Bendall has worked with Pet Shop Boys, Everything but the Girl, Pat Metheny, Chris Botti, Leona Lewis, The Priests, Mike Batt and Katie Melua.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Mike_Batt/status/117352285390123008 |title=Mike Batt Twitter'da: "Mixing orchestra tracks fir Katie album with Haydn Bendall CEAR., OMMB. (Chief Engineer Abbey Road. Old mate of Mike Batt.)" |access-date=25 January 2016 |archive-date=9 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509082923/https://twitter.com/Mike_Batt/status/117352285390123008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/haydn-bendall-p55764/credits/date-asc/ |title=Haydn Bendall|publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=26 January 2012}}</ref> In 1992, Bendall engineered<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riotsquadpublicity.com/images/management/Secret%20Story%20(Expanded%20%20remastered).pdf |title=Secret Story production|website=Riotsquadpublicity.com |accessdate=26 January 2012}}</ref> the Grammy Award-winning album ''Secret Story''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,130777,00.html |title=Secret Story by Pat Metheny @ ARTISTdirect.com - Shop, Listen, Download |access-date=3 October 2011 |archive-date=31 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131063737/http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,130777,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> for Pat Metheny. He also worked with Eric Woolfson on the development of three musicals: ''Gaudi'', ''Gambler'' and ''Poe''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alchemea.com/index.php/audio/engineering/haydn-bendall/|title=Haydn Bendall: Freelance Lecturer|date=1 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201033235/http://www.alchemea.com/index.php/audio/engineering/haydn-bendall/|accessdate=13 August 2020|archive-date=1 December 2011}}</ref>
He is currently based in ''Strongroom Studios'' located in Shoreditch, London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.strongroom.com/2010/03/22/strongroom-resident-haydn-bendall-in-focus/ |title=Haydn Bendall : Strongroom Resident |publisher=Blog.strongroom.com |accessdate=26 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403000558/http://blog.strongroom.com/2010/03/22/strongroom-resident-haydn-bendall-in-focus/ |archive-date=3 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Recently Bendall mixed and engineered ''La Voce'' for Russell Watson and ''Noël'' for The Priests. Other projects include engineering and mixing the Vatican album ''Alma Mater'' featuring the voice of Pope Benedict XVI,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/haydn-bendall-q12557/credits/all |title=Haydn Bendall |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=26 January 2012}}</ref> recording orchestral tracks for Andrea Bocelli and mixing tracks for Siphiwo Ntshebe.<ref name="Chief Engineer at Abbey Road"/>
In 2012, in collaboration with Walter Afanasieff, Bendall recorded the Grammy-Award-winning album ''Impressions'' for Chris Botti.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris Botti Citation|url=http://www.chrisbotti.com/us/news/impressions-wins-grammy-best-pop-instrumental-album|website=Chrisbotti.com|accessdate=23 October 2013}}</ref> Bendall also recorded ''Secret Symphony'' for Katie Melua.<ref>{{cite web|title=Katie Melua : Secret Symphony|url=http://www.discogs.com/Katie-Melua-Secret-Symphony/release/3442684|website=Discogs.com|date=2 March 2012 |accessdate=23 October 2013}}</ref>
In 2015 Bendall engineered and mixed ''Duets'' for Van Morrison which included collaborations with Bobby Womack, Natalie Cole, George Benson, Ginger Baker, Mark Knopfler, Mick Hucknall and Roger Daltrey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/duets-re-working-the-catalogue-mw0002826473/credits|title=Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue - Van Morrison | Credits | AllMusic|accessdate=13 August 2020|website=AllMusic}}</ref>
2016 saw Bendall credited with the mix for Tom Ford's film ''Nocturnal Animals''.
==Selected discography== :1979 Cliff Richard – ''Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile'' :1981 Camel – ''Nude'' :1982 Sky – ''Sky 4: Forthcoming'' :1982 The Alan Parsons Project – ''Eye in the Sky'' :1982 Kate Bush – ''The Dreaming'' :1982 Camel - ''The Single Factor'' :1984 Camel - ''Stationary Traveller'' :1985 Kate Bush – ''Hounds of Love'' :1985 Alan Parsons – ''Vulture Culture'' :1986 Everything But the Girl – ''Baby, the Stars Shine Bright'' :1986 Paul McCartney – ''Press to Play'' :1987 Ryuichi Sakamoto – ''The Last Emperor'' – Grammy Award :1987 Marc Almond – ''Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters'' :1989 Kate Bush – ''The Sensual World'' :1990 a-ha – ''East of the Sun, West of the Moon'' :1990 Kate Bush – ''This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990'' :1990 Gary Moore – ''Still Got the Blues'' :1990 Pet Shop Boys – ''Behaviour'' :1991 Camel – ''Dust and Dreams'' :1992 Pat Metheny – ''Secret Story'' – Grammy Award :1999 XTC - ''Apple Venus Volume 1'' :2002 Everything But the Girl – ''Like the Deserts Miss the Rain'' :2003 Pet Shop Boys – ''PopArt'' :2004 Chris Botti – ''When I Fall in Love'' :2005 Chris Botti – ''To Love Again: The Duets'' :2005 Katie Melua – ''Piece by Piece'' :2007 Leona Lewis – ''Spirit'' :2008 Il Divo – ''The Promise'' :2009 Andrea Bocelli – ''My Christmas'' :2010 Russell Watson – ''La Voce'' :2012 Chris Botti - ''Impressions'' - Grammy Award :2012 Katie Melua - ''Secret Symphony'' :2013 Sarah Brightman - ''Dreamchaser'' :2015 Van Morrison - ''Duets''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/haydn-bendall-p55764/credits/date-asc/ |title=Haydn Bendall Credits|website=AllMusic |accessdate=26 January 2012}}</ref> :2020 Andrea Bocelli - ''Believe''
=== Selected singles === :1981 Elton John and Kiki Dee – "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" :1981 Olivia Newton-John – "Physical" :1986 Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush – "Don't Give Up" :1986 Freddie Mercury – "Time" and "In My Defence" :1991 Tina Turner – "Simply the Best" :1991 Massive Attack – "Unfinished Sympathy"
=== Soundtracks === :''Brazil'' (1985) – sound engineering :''The Last Emperor'' (1987) – co-production. The soundtrack received an Oscar for the best sound-recording and a Grammy Award for the best album. :''Someone to Watch Over Me'' (1987) – sound engineering. :''Crusoe'' (1988) – sound engineering. :''Scandal'' (1989) – sound-engineering for the theme song 'Nothing Has Been Proved' with Dusty Springfield and Pet Shop Boys. :''Twin Peaks'' (1990) – sound engineering. :''Strike It Rich'' (1990) – sound engineering. :''White Squall'' (1996) – sound engineering. :''Victory'' (2009) – sound engineering. :''Touchback'' (2011) – sound engineering. :''Nocturnal Animals'' (2016) - mixing.
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.duncanmanagement.com Web bio at Duncan Management] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111201033235/http://www.alchemea.com/index.php/audio/engineering/haydn-bendall/ Web bio at Alchemea] * [https://books.google.com/books?id=NiQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=haydn+bendall+billboard&pg=PT4 A Peaceful Producer, Billboard 19 Oct 1985 (Google Books link)]
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