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Mike Paxman -LRB- born 19 December 1953 -RRB- is a multi-instrumentalist and record producer , best known for his work with Judie Tzuke , Nick Kamen , Uriah Heep , Status Quo. , and Asia .. multi-instrumentalist. multi-instrumentalist. record producer. record producer. Judie Tzuke. Judie Tzuke. Nick Kamen. Nick Kamen. Uriah Heep. Uriah Heep ( band ). Status Quo. Status Quo ( band ). Asia. Asia ( band ). Paxman grew up in Wiltshire and went to Bishop Wordsworth 's School in Salisbury .. Wiltshire. Wiltshire. Salisbury. Salisbury. During the late 1970s he played drums in the Salisbury-based contemporary jazz quartet Sphere , along with saxophonist Andy Sheppard , pianist Geoff Williams , and double bassist Peter Maxfield -LRB- all ex-B.W.S. -RRB- .. Salisbury. Salisbury. Andy Sheppard. Andy Sheppard. He played guitar , in the studio and on tour , and wrote with singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke from the late 1970s .. Judie Tzuke. Judie Tzuke. singer-songwriter. singer-songwriter. He co-wrote Tzuke 's single `` Stay with Me till Dawn '' and her first album Welcome to the Cruise , then went on to write and produce a further twelve albums with her .. Stay with Me till Dawn. Stay with Me till Dawn. Welcome to the Cruise. Welcome to the Cruise. Paxman continued working in the studio with Tzuke through to the late 1990s .. From the mid-1980s , Paxman mainly focused on production work , founding Big Ocean Studios with Paul Muggleton , Tzuke 's partner .. They went on to work with various artists , including Nick Kamen -LRB- including the hit single `` I Promised Myself '' -RRB- , Paul Norton -LRB- Under a Southern Sky -RRB- , Scarlet -LRB- the album Naked and single `` Independent Love Song '' -RRB- , Thomas Anders -LRB- the album Whispers -RRB- , Frances Ruffelle and Jimmy Nail .. Nick Kamen. Nick Kamen. I Promised Myself. I Promised Myself. Scarlet. Scarlet ( British band ). Independent Love Song. Independent Love Song. Thomas Anders. Thomas Anders. Frances Ruffelle. Frances Ruffelle. Jimmy Nail. Jimmy Nail. Paxman has also worked with Status Quo extensively , producing several albums and DVDs including Under The Influence -LRB- 1999 -RRB- , Heavy Traffic -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , The Party Ai n't Over Yet ... -LRB- 2005 -RRB- , Quid Pro Quo -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , Aquostic -LRB- 2014 -RRB- , and Aquostic II -LRB- That 's a Fact -RRB- 2016 .. Status Quo. Status Quo ( band ). Under The Influence. Under the Influence ( Status Quo album ). Heavy Traffic. Heavy Traffic ( album ). Quid Pro Quo. Quid Pro Quo ( album ). Aquostic. Aquostic ( album ). He produced and mixed the Status Quo ` Frantic Four ' live reunion DVDs in 2013 and 2014 .. Status Quo. Status Quo ( band ). Paxman produced Quo 's John ` Rhino ' Edwards ' solo albums Rhino 's Revenge , released in 2000 , and Rhino 's Revenge II , released in 2015 .. He produced Quo keyboard player Andy Bown 's solo album  : Unfinished Business , released in September 2011 .. Unfinished Business. Andy Bown. Paxman has produced four studio albums with Uriah Heep  : Wake the Sleeper -LRB- 2008 -RRB- , Celebration -LRB- 2009 -RRB- , Into the Wild -LRB- 2011 -RRB- and Outsider -LRB- 2014 -RRB- .. Uriah Heep. Uriah Heep ( band ). Wake the Sleeper. Wake the Sleeper. Celebration. Celebration ( Uriah Heep album ). Into the Wild. Into the Wild ( Uriah Heep album ). Outsider. Outsider ( Uriah Heep album ). He also produced a number of live albums and DVDs for the band .. He produced Omega from Asia with original members John Wetton , Steve Howe , Carl Palmer and Geoff Downes in 2010 , and produced Asia 's 30th anniversary studio album XXX released in Summer 2012 .. Asia. Asia ( band ). Omega. Omega ( Asia album ). XXX. XXX ( Asia album )