John L Sayers

John Linacre Sayers (27 June 1945September 2021) was an Australian audio engineer, record producer, and studio designer. Initially associated with Armstrong's Studios in Melbourne, he was later the owner of John Sayers Productions. He also designed recording studios, both in Australia and abroad.

Early life John Linacre Sayers was born on 27 June 1945 in New Zealand. As a television productions assistant, he arrived in Sydney on 25 May 1966.

Studio design Sayers designed many recording studios, including Enmore Audio in Sydney as well as Music Farm Studio and Mix Artist Studio near Byron Bay in New South Wales.

Other studios in Australia designed by him include the Music School Recording Studio for Australian National University in Canberra; the Beyond 2000 and Charles Sturt University facilities; Apocalypse Audio Post Studio; Hello Testing; Cloud Studios; Flying Fox Studios; Wasteland Studio for Eskimo Joe in Fremantle, WA; Heliport Studios at Buderim on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Shockone in Perth; and WEFO Studio in Melbourne. and BlueJay Recording Studios in Mount Dora, Florida.

Other activities Sayers created the studio acoustics forum Recording Studio Design.

1960s Liv Maessen - "Snowbird", "Knock Knock Who's There?" Matt Flinders - "Picking up Pebbles", "Butterfly" John Farnham - "One" Max Merritt and the Meteors - Western Union Man album : John Williamson - "Old Man Emu" Russell Morris - "The Real Thing", "Part Three into Paper Walls", "The Girl That I Love", "Sweet, Sweet Love", Bloodstone (album) The Masters Apprentices - "Turn up Your Radio", "5:10 Man" Ross D. Wyllie - "The Star", "Funny Man" Lionel Rose - "I Thank You". The Groop - "Such a Lovely Way". Axiom - "Arkansas Grass", "A Little Ray of Sunshine". Robin Jolley - "Marshall's Portable Music Machine". Ronnie Burns - "Smiley" Spectrum - "I'll Be Gone", Milesago album Indelible Murtceps - Warts up your Nose (album) Ted Mulry - "Julia" Zoot - Just Zoot (album), "Strange Things", "1 x 2 x 3 x 4" Fraternity - "Seasons of Change" The Valentines - "Nick Nack Paddy Wack"

1970s Brian Cadd - Gingerman (album) Ted Mulry - Marcia Chain - Towards the Blues (album) Chain - "Grab A Snatch & Hold It" Chain - Judgement John Farnham Sings the Shows, Together (with Alison Durbin) Matt Taylor - Straight as a Die (album) - I Remember when I was Young Wendy Saddington - Looking Through a Window Rick Springfield - Speak to the Sky Kerry Biddell - You've got a Friend (album) Max Merritt And The Meteors - Stray Cats (Album) Billy Thorpe/Warren Morgan - Thumping Pig And Puffing Billy (album) Lobby Loyde and the Coloured Balls - Ball Power (album) MacKenzie Theory - Out of the Blue (album) Jimmy Little - Baby Blue Ted Mulry Gang - Jump in my Car (album), My Little Girl, Dark Town Strutters Ball Jackie Orszaczky - Morning in Beramiada (album) Sherbet - Life (album) - Child's Play Hush - Boney Moroney, Glad all Over Jon English and Renee Geyer - Every Beat Of My Heart Marcia Hines - Marcia Shines (album) - Fire and Rain/You, From The Inside (album). Chariot - (album) Southern Cross - Southern Cross (album) Pantha - Dway Do Dway Do (album) Greg Quill - The Outlaws Reply (album) Benjamin Hugg - What's Been Happening (album) Jeff St John - So Far So Good (album) Australia - Maiden Australia (album) Ray Burton - Dreamers and Nightflyers (album) The Coolangatta Gold - film soundtrack. Radio Birdman - Burn My Eye (EP) Radio Birdman - Radios Appear (album) Mi-Sex - Space Race (album) Mark Gillespie - Only Human (album)

1980s Australian Crawl - Phalanx - Live album Goanna - Oceania (album) - Common Ground DD Smash - The Optimist The Motivators - The Motivators (album) Jim Keays - "Lucifer Street" - Red on the Meter (album) Mark Gillespie - Sweet Nothing (album) Mondo Rock - "Come Said the Boy" - The Modern Bop (album) Mi-Sex - Shanghaied! (album) - Falling In And Out, Shanghaied

1990s Troy Cassar Daley - Beyond The Dancing (ARIA winner) Cam Fletcher - Kickin Up Dirt Jimmy Little - Yorta Yorta Man Jade Hurley - Life - Wouldn't Be Dead For Quids Tracey Fogarty - Playing to Win Kerry McInerney - Fools Game Spot The Dog - Drunk On The Moon Olivia Newton-John - Ghia The Spencer Band - This is Now Rough Red - Living in Australia

2000s Kerry Leigh & Expresso Lane Dave Cavanagh & Cavo