By The Yard

“AT A TIME WHEN RECORDING ENGINEERS STILL WORE LAB COATS, SAMWELL-SMITH WAS ONE TO BUCK THE TREND”

Paul Samwell-Smith’s career has largely been spent behind the mixing desk as a hugely successful engineer and producer, but he is also acclaimed as a founding member of the Yardbirds.

Back in 1963, it wasn’t the done thing to both play in the band and also have responsibility for the