Richard Digby Smith
Recording-engineer royalty, Digby has spent more than five decades behind the glass turning raw takes into era-defining records. From Bob Marley’s Catch a Fire to Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven, his sonic fingerprints run through the very heart of modern music. A first-call engineer at Island Records’ storied Basing Street Studios before he was twenty, he has shaped platinum releases for Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Free, Traffic and countless others on both sides of the Atlantic.
Now, in his forthcoming memoir One, Two, Three, Four (Noble Legacy Publishing, 2025), Digby pulls back the curtain on the most explosive decades in recording history—offering an insider’s view of all-night sessions, breakthrough innovations and the human stories that powered them. As Sir Rod Stewart quips, “He’s a top-notch engineer and a jolly good fellow.” Endorsements
A creative force, natural storyteller and relentless champion of great sound, Digby stands as proof that, with enough passion, dreams can—eventually—come true.