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==Background== Eric Radcliffe is believed to have had a huge part in the success of [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]] (Yaz in the USA). In March 1984 Radcliffe gave an interview to ''Electronics and Music Maker''<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/mags/emm/84/03/624 |title=Articles in this issue |date=March 1984 |volume=3 |number=13 |magazine=Electronics and Music Maker |accessdate=21 November 2018}}</ref> in which he mentioned how he got into the business: <blockquote>When I was about fifteen the group I was in was booked into a four-track studio to do some demos, and I got a taste for recording then. I got an [[Akai]] reel-to-reel at home and I built a studio in the front room, with multi-core cable running into my bedroom which acted as the control room... it snowballed... eventually I was able to afford an eight-track [[TEAC Corporation|TEAC]] and it was with that machine that I came up to London and set-up the studio here, which I called Blackwing and it took off in earnest...<ref name="muzines.co.uk">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/downstairs-at-erics/1592 |title=Downstairs at Erics |date=March 1984 |volume=3 |number=13 |magazine=Electronics and Music Maker |accessdate=21 November 2018}}</ref></blockquote> And a snippet on his contribution to the Yazoo sound:{{clarify|date=January 2011}} <blockquote>We often combine more than one [device] to create a sound. One particular one that sticks in my memory is the snare-drum sound on Yazoo's "Don't Go", I did that using the [[Lexicon (company)|Lexicon]] 224 and 224x [reverbs] ganged together. We came across that sound entirely by accident, but then again, in the final analysis I think you discover almost everything by accident, just by fiddling around.<ref name="muzines.co.uk"/></blockquote> After Yazoo, Radcliffe and Yazoo-songwriter [[Vince Clarke]] continued to work together. As [[the Assembly]] they released the single "[[Never Never (The Assembly song)|Never Never]]" with singer [[Feargal Sharkey]] in the autumn of 1983. Clarke and Radcliffe also founded the record company [[Reset Records]], and released singles with [[Robert Marlow]], Peter Hewson, Hardware and Absolute, until 1987 when the label shut down. Eric Radcliffe now lives in [[Gravesend, Kent|Gravesend]] in Kent, with his three daughters Kai, Fay and Mae. In the documentary video accompanying Yazoo's 25th anniversary release ''In Your Room'', Eric Radcliffe delivers the following message: <blockquote>I count myself fortunate and privileged to have worked with such a talented team. I remember that we had to build a studio in my house (in about ten days) to complete the recording of ''Upstairs at Eric's'' because Blackwing Studios London was fully booked. My mother provided us all with her famous "[[egg and chips]]" and also appeared on the record. Wonderful days! :Best regards :Eric Radcliffe</blockquote>
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