Ossie Byrne


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Oswald Russell Ossie Byrne (1926, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia – December 1983, London, UK) was an Australian record producer, best known for producing the early recordings of Bee Gees.

He learned to play cornet and trumpet in his youth and joined a Salvation Army band. After the war he played with local groups in Canberra and Sydney and in the mid-1950s he moved to Wollongong where he built a small recording studio in his house. In 1961 he recorded a local group, The Del-Fi's and in 1965 he moved to Hurstville, Sydney and set up [l514344].
In 1966 he went to England to follow the Bee Gees and after opened a studio called [l344354] owned till his death at which time he left it in his will to Paul Layton of the The New Seekers with engineer/producer Paul Doc Stewart to keep the studio running. Stewart with Roy Williams (Nervous Records) and Steve Rispin made Village way the leading centre for Neo rockabilly and psychobilly until Ozzie's death at which point they moved to [l267106] in Denmark Street, London, UK.




ALBUMS


The Twilights
Twilights Time! The Complete 1960s Recordings
2024, Box, Comp + CD, Album, Mono, RE + CD, Album, Mono,, Strawberry (26), ,
Beat/Folk Rock/Mod/Psychedelic Rock/Rock & Roll
Bee Gees
Timeless - The All-Time Greatest Hits
2017, ,
Baroque Pop/Soft Rock/Disco/Soul
Cressida
The Vertigo Years Anthology 1969-1971
2012, ,
Prog Rock
Cressida
Trapped In Time: The Lost Tapes
2011, ,
Prog Rock
Bee Gees
Mythology - The 50th Anniversary Collection
2010, ,
Pop Rock/Ballad/Disco
Bee Gees
The Ultimate Bee Gees
2009, 2x CD, DVD NTSC, RC0, ,
Pop Rock/Ballad/Disco
Cressida
Cressida / Asylum
2004
Various
Nuggets II (Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond 1964-1969)
2001, 4x CD, Box Set, ,
Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Mod/Beat
Bee Gees
How To Fall In Love Part 1
1994
BeeGees*
BeeGees
1993, CD, Comp, Promo, Polydor, ,
Vocal/Disco/Ballad
BeeGees*
For Whom The Bell Tolls
1993
The Bee Gees*
Massachussetts / New York Mining Disaster 1941
1986
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
1983, LP, Album, RE + LP, Album, RE + LP, Album, RE + 2x, RSO
P.J. Proby & Polly Brown / Jesse James
You've Got It All / Starting All Over Again
1981, 7", Rooster Records (6)
Tony Anthony
Life's Wine
1977, 7", Sonet
Tony Anthony
Life's Wine / Shine On
1977
Separation
Don't Hurt Me So
1976
The New Seekers
Together Again
1976
Marty, Paul & Danny
Take Me Back / Dinky
1975, Vinyl, ,
Vocal
Marty, Paul & Danny
Sweet Melinda / Holiday
1975
Marty, Paul & Danny
Coming Alive Again / Water Lady
1975
Bee Gees
Gotta Get A Message To You
1974, Vinyl, ,
Soft Rock/Ballad
The Bee Gees*
Superstarshine Vol. 4
1972, ,
Soft Rock/Pop Rock
Cressida
Asylum
1971, 7", Promo, Vertigo
Cressida
Asylum
1971
Cressida
Cressida
1970, 7", Single, Vertigo
Various
The Vertigo Annual 1970
1970, 2x Vinyl, ,
Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Prog Rock
Errol Daniel*
Excuses / Go Back
1969, 7", Single, Paradox (8),
Cressida
Cressida
1969
Bee Gees
Best Of Bee Gees
1969
Eclection
Please
1968, 7", Single, Elektra
Eclection
Please (Mk. II)
1968, 7", Single, Elektra
Eclection
Mark Time
1968
Paul Layton
Mister, Mister
1968
Eclection
Eclection
1968, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Eclection
Nevertheless
1968
Bee Gees
The Bee Gees 1st
1967
The Bee Gees*
Massachusetts (The Lights Went Out In)
1967
The Bee Gees*
New York Mining Disaster 1941
1967, ,
Vocal
April Byron
He's A Thief
1966, 7", Single, Downunder (3)
Barrington Davis
Dear Lady
1966, 7", Single, Downunder (3), ,
Garage Rock
Soul Agents
I Just Want To Make Love To You
1966, 7", Downunder (3)
Anne Shelton
Talk To Me
1966, 7", Downunder (3)
Sandy Summers
Messin' 'round
1966, 7", Downunder (3)
Bip Addison
Young Man's Fancy
1966, 7", Single, Downunder (3)
The Mystics
Turn The Lamp Down
1966,
The Bee Gees*
Spicks And Specks
1966
B-B-B-Bears
Broken Down Clown
7", Gaslight (2)
The Bee Gees*
New York Mining Disaster 1941 / My World
The Bee Gees*
I've Gotta Get A Message To You/Kitty Can
The Bee Gees*
Words / Sinking Ship
Bee Gees
The Studio Albums 1967-1968
2006, 6x CD, Box Set, ,
Pop Rock/Baroque Pop/Psychedelic Rock
Bee Gees
Love Songs
2005, CD, Comp, Spe, Polydor
Bee Gees
Love Songs
2005
Bee Gees
Their Greatest Hits: The Record
2001, 2x CD, ,
Soft Rock/Ballad/Disco
Bee Gees
For Whom The Bell Tolls
1993
Bee Gees
Tales From The Brothers Gibb (A History In Song 1967-1990)
1990, 4x CD, Box Set, ,
Soft Rock/Pop Rock/Ballad
Bee Gees
Bee Gees Story
1989
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
1989
Bee Gees
Gold Volume One
1976, ,
Pop Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Superstars Of The 70's
1973, 4x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock/Classic Rock
Bee Gees
Starportrait International
1970
Bee Gees
Best Of Bee Gees
1969
Bee Gees
Bee Gees' 1st
1967
The Bee Gees*
To Love Somebody
1967
The Bee Gees*
I've Gotta Get A Message To You / To Love Somebody
The Marvels
In The Middle Of The Night
1978

APPEARANCES +


The Bee Gees*
Morning Of My Life - The Best Of 1965-66
2013, CD, Comp, Warner Music Australia, Festival Records, ,
Vocal
Various
Of Hopes & Dreams & Tombstones (Beat 'n' R&B From Down Under)
2002, CD, Comp, Mono, Big Beat Records, ,
Garage Rock/Beat
Silhouette
Clown
1983
Silhouette
No Good Saying No Good
1983
Ditka Haberl
Zaljubljena
1979
Raymond Carley*
Beautiful Weekend
1978, ,
Jazz-Funk/Soul
Various
Nationwide Carols - Winners 1976
1977, LP, Album, Comp, Decca
Roy Powell & The Shiver Givers
The Giants Of Rock'n Roll
1976
Various
Buried Alive!! 2 (More Demented Teenage Fuzz From Down Under 1964-1968)
2019, Box, Comp, Unofficial + 6xCD, Comp, RM, Particles (2), ,
Beat/Psychedelic Rock/Garage Rock
Various
Buried Alive!! Part 7 (Demented Teenage Fuzz From Down Under 1965-1967)
2018, CD, Comp, RM, Unofficial, Particles (2), ,
Garage Rock/Rhythm & Blues/Beat
Bee Gees
Timeless - The All-Time Greatest Hits
2018,
Bee Gees
Spicks And Specks
2018
Cressida
The Vertigo Years Anthology 1969-1971
2012, CD, ,
Prog Rock
Eclection
Eclection
2011, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Classic Rock
Various
Fading Yellow Volume 9 ("The Other Side Of Life" Timeless UK Pop-sike & Other Delights 1966-1972)
2007, CD, Comp, Ltd, Unofficial, Flower Machine Records, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Pop Rock
Cressida
Asylum
2000
Cressida
Cressida
2000
Bee Gees
Best Of Bee Gees
1969, 7", Comp, Unofficial, United Records (22), ,
Pop Rock/Vocal/Psychedelic Rock
Bee Gees
Bee Gees' 1st
1968
Cressida
Trapped In Time: The Lost Tapes
Bee Gees
Bee Gees Story
CD Digipak, ,
Soft Rock/Disco