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Mark Wirtz
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Mark Wirtz (born 3 September 1943 in Strasbourg, France, died 7 August 2020) was an Alsatian pop music record producer, composer, singer, musician, author, and comedian. As a producer, Wirtz's most famous output was from the mid to late 1960s, when he worked at Abbey Road Studios with Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick, under contract to EMI. Wirtz is chiefly known for the never-completed A Teenage Opera concept album. Another track by Wirtz, the 1966 "A Touch of Velvet, A Sting of Brass" under the name The Mood Mosaic, with The Ladybirds as backing singers, became well known in Germany as the theme tune for the Radio Bremen show Musikladen and was used by some radio stations and DJs in the United Kingdom as ident, notably Dave Lee Travis on Radio Caroline. His signature style has been described by Mojo magazine as "Phil Spector scoring Camberwick Green", a sound most perfectly encapsulated on Wirtz's masterpiece, "Grocer Jack (Excerpt from A Teenage Opera)". This 1967 hit single is a densely orchestrated psychedelic marvel, which tells the whimsical and sad tale of an old man ("Grocer Jack"), who dies unappreciated, except by the children who loved him and miss him. Alsatian-Born Mark Wirtz began his music career while studying art at London's Fairfield College of Arts and Sciences, and drama at the Royal Academy Of Dramatic Arts, when his college Rock-band, 'The Beatcrackers,' were signed to a recording contract in 1963 as 'Mark Rogers and the Marksmen' by EMI producer Norman
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A Teenage Opera: The Original Soundtrack Recording
A Teenage Opera (Original Soundtrack Recording)
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Philwit and Pegasus
A Teenage Opera
Wirtz And Music
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Psychedelia At Abbey Road 1965-1969
Kitschinsync
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Mojo Presents: In My Room
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The Rubble Collection Volume 3 - Nightmares In Wonderland
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The Rubble Collection 2
Rubble 3 - Nightmares In Wonderland
The Dreamer Of Glass Beach