Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. David Tickle is a British record producer and engineer. As a producer, he is most noted for his work with Split Enz, and in Canada, for his mid-80s work with Red Rider, Platinum Blonde and Gowan. As an engineer, he has worked on best selling albums by artists such as Blondie and U2; as a mixing engineer, he worked on several hit 1980s releases by Prince. Tickle was born on September 5, 1959 in Guildford, Surrey, the only son of a university professor father, and an artistic mother. By his own account he was mixing Mahavishnu concerts at the age of 16, and mixed three singles for pop-rock quartet Liverpool Express which achieved modest success on British charts in 1976 and 1977.