Lou Reizner
Biography
Lou Reizner (1934 – June 26, 1977) was an American record producer, A&R executive and head of Mercury Records' European operations. He produced Rod Stewart's first two solo albums, the orchestral version of the Who's rock opera Tommy, and Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Centre of the Earth. As an A&R executive, he signed Van der Graaf Generator and arranged a US deal for David Bowie.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Tommy
1972
Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
1974
The Best Of Rod Stewart
1976
Gasoline Alley
1970
The Rod Stewart Album
1969
All This And World War II
1976
The Best Of Rod Stewart Vol. 2
1976
Expressway To Your Skull
1968
Storyteller - The Complete Anthology: 1964 - 1990
1989
A Third Of A Lifetime
1971
Rod Stewart
2014
Caetano Veloso
1971
Hiroshima
1971
Over & Over
1969
Red Weather
1969
You Won't Believe Your Ears
1963
Anthology The Essential Crossexion
2006
Children Of The Ghetto - The Pye Anthology
1999
Qui ?
1963
Credited work
1,080 releases · 132 albums · active 1960–2025
- Production · 1,254
- Performance · 33
- Other credits · 22
- Engineering · 19
Studios: Olympic Studios · Morgan Studios · Lansdowne Studios · Chappell Recording Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Rod Stewart
- Various
- Wishful Thinking
- Three Man Army
- Eyes Of Blue
- Buddy Miles Express
- Horst Jankowski
- Group Therapy (6)