Bill Szymczyk
John Tobler, Stuart Grundy, 'The Record Producers', 1982
THERE CAN'T BE too many people whose surnames have eight letters, none of which is a vowel, but it hardly needs to be said that there were better reasons for Bill Szymczyk (pronounced "Simzick" by the way) joining our pantheon of producers.
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