Jack Douglas has worked with hundreds of artists including Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, The Who, Alice Cooper and produced John Lennon & Yoko Ono's "Double Fantasy". Today Jack shares stories and memories of those artists as well as his recent production of Silverplanes' "Airbus" album.

  • Starting up w Jack
  • Getting involved in Silverplanes
  • Geoff Emerick’s final album mix
  • Silverplanes “Airbus” LP held back for 5 years
  • New record labels – Make Records and Confidential Records
  • Jack’s production involvement with Silverplanes
  • Jack’s early career – working with The Who on “Who’s Next”
  • How Jack works with eccentric creative people
  • Getting the best performance from creative people
  • John Lennon was the easiest creative person Jack worked with
  • Recollections of the “Fame” session with John Lennon and David Bowie
  • John’s reaction to the Aerosmith cover of “Come Together”
  • Working with George Martin in London
  • Working on “Grow Old With Me” with Ringo
  • The John Lennon demo tapes for Double Fantasy
  • What was John hoping to accomplish with Double Fantasy
  • Cheap Trick was originally considered as the backup band for John Lennon
  • Earl Slick was the wildcard of the “Double Fantasy” sessions
  • The end segment and dreamscape on “Watching the Wheels”
  • John tells Jack why he selected him to produce “Double Fantasy”
  • Ensuring Yoko’s tracks were more commercially viable than past works
  • The secrecy around the “Double Fantasy” sessions
  • What was John’s record collection like in The Dakota?
  • John listened to rap, reggae and was curious about punk
  • The New York Dolls recording sessions
  • Connecting up with Aerosmith
  • John was aware of Aerosmith
  • The recording of “Double Fantasy”
  • Making Quadraphonic mixes of Aerosmith and other artists
  • Sequencing records for the constraints of vinyl
  • John’s final session was the final mix of “Walking on Thin Ice”

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