MARTIN BIRCH

'Martin Birch' is a former British music producer, who has produced albums for bands such as Deep Purple, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Whitesnake and Blue Öyster Cult. Birch also worked on Fleetwood Mac's earliest work as an engineer and producer, and engineered early work by The Faces.
He retired around 1993, after producing Iron Maiden's ''Fear of the Dark'' album. The song "Hard Lovin' Man" from the Deep Purple album "In Rock" is dedicated to him.
Birch appears on Iron Maiden's music video "Holy Smoke".