Post SAW
In 1993 Stock formed ‘Love This Records’, and built a brand new multi million pound recording studio in London. The first record released with ‘Love This Records’ was a dance cover of the track Total Eclipse of the Heart. It was a worldwide hit for Nicki French, reaching #2 in America and #1 in seven countries selling over 2 million copies. In 1994 Simon Cowell asked Stock to produce the record for the popular kid’s TV show ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ which was a top 5 hit in the UK. Cowell had worked with Stock on previous occasions with artists such as Sinitta, for whom Stock wrote and produced various hits like Toy Boy in 1987. Stock again collaborated with Cowell in 1993 on the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) album Wrestlemania which spawned the #4 hit ‘Slam Jam’.
In 1994 Stock produced several artists for Simon Cowell including Kym Mazelle, Jocelyn Brown and Robson and Jerome. Their cover of Unchained Melody produced by Stock and Aitken became the highest selling non-charity single of the decade, remaining at #1 for 7 weeks in 1995 selling 2.5 million copies. Stock produced a further two #1 singles with Robson and Jerome and two #1 albums.
After several years producing hits for Stock’s own label ‘Love This Records’ and with Simon Cowell for BMG/RCA, the structural integrity of Stock’s studio became compromised by the tunnelling of the Jubilee Line extension, and the damage forced Stock to pursue legal action against the London Underground. As a result Stock was forced to pull out of a joint deal with Cowell and BMG to produce several artists including the band Westlife in 1996.
In 1998 Stock and Aitken teamed up with Steve Crosby who had created the group Steps, to form the band Scooch. Their first single ‘When My Baby’ reached #29 and their follow up, ‘More Than I Needed To Know’, was a top 5 hit in the UK in 2000 and went to #1 in Japan. Scooch’s album ‘Four Sure’ spawned two more top 20 singles. Stock also scored a top 20 with ‘Airhead’ by girl band Girls@Play, with EastEnders’ star Rita Simons that toured with Steps. In 2003 Stock formed the label Better the Devil Records and had a huge hit with the Fast Food Song selling 200,000 CD singles. Stock wrote and produced two further singles for the Fast Food Rockers including the top 10 ‘Smile Please’.
Read more about this topic: Mike Stock (musician)
Famous quotes containing the word post:
“Fear death?—to feel the fog in my throat,
The mist in my face,
When the snows begin, and the blasts denote
I am nearing the place,
The power of the night, the press of the storm,
The post of the foe;
Where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form,
Yet the strong man must go:”
—Robert Browning (1812–1889)
“A demanding stranger arrived one morning in a small town and asked a boy on the sidewalk of the main street, “Boy, where’s the post office?”
“I don’t know.”
“Well, then, where might the drugstore be?”
“I don’t know.”
“How about a good cheap hotel?”
“I don’t know.”
“Say, boy, you don’t know much, do you?”
“No, sir, I sure don’t. But I ain’t lost.””
—William Harmon (b. 1938)