アイアン・メイデン、ディープ・パープル、レインボー、ブラック・サバス、ホワイトスネイク、フリートウッド・マック、ブルー・オイスター・カルトなどのアルバム制作に携わった英国のプロデューサー、
“私のとても大切な友人であるプロデューサーのマーティン・バーチが亡くなったことを確認しました...マーティンは私の人生の大部分を占めていました...初めて会ったときから『Slide It In』まで私を助けてくれました...彼の家族、友人、ファンの方々に思いと祈りを捧げます...”
マーティン・バーチは、英サリーのウォキング生まれ。ジェフ・ベック、フリートウッド・マック、ディープ・パープルのレコーディング・エンジニアとして音楽のキャリアを始める。その後、ハードロック／ヘヴィメタル系アーティストを中心に多くのアルバムをプロデュースした。
彼はまた、ディープ・パープル、レインボー、ホワイトスネイク、ペイス・アシュトン・ロードといったディープ・パープル関連の様々なプロジェクトのアルバムのプロデュース、エンジニアも務めた。ディープ・パープルのアルバム『Deep Purple In Rock』に収録されている「Hard Lovin' Man」は彼に捧げられた曲である。
＜主な作品（
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■Fleetwood Mac
1969 - Then Play On (engineer)
1970 - Kiln House (engineer)
1972 - Bare Trees (engineer)
1973 - Penguin (producer, engineer, mixing)
1973 - Mystery to Me (producer, engineer, guitar)
■Deep Purple
1969 - Concerto for Group and Orchestra (engineer)
1970 - Deep Purple in Rock (engineer)
1971 - Fireball (engineer)
1972 - Machine Head (engineer)[6]
1972 - Made in Japan (engineer)[7]
1973 - Who Do We Think We Are (engineer)
1974 - Burn (engineer, mixing)
1974 - Stormbringer (co-producer, engineer, mixing)
1975 - Come Taste the Band (co-producer, engineer, mixing)
1976 - Made in Europe (co-producer, engineer, mixing)- recorded live in April 1975
1977 - Last Concert in Japan (co-producer, engineer) - recorded live in December 1975
■Jon Lord
1971 Jon Lord - Gemini Suite (engineer)
1976 Jon Lord - Sarabande (producer, engineer, remixing)
1974 Tony Ashton & Jon Lord - First of the Big Bands (engineer)
1977 Paice Ashton Lord - Malice in Wonderland (engineer)
■Wishbone Ash
1970 - Wishbone Ash (engineer)
1971 - Pilgrimage (engineer)
1972 - Argus (engineer)
■Rainbow
1975 - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (co-producer, engineer, mixing)
1976 - Rising (producer, engineer, mixing)
1977 - On Stage (producer, engineer, mixing) - recorded live in 1976
1978 - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (producer, engineer, mixing)
1986 - Finyl Vinyl (producer) - collection
■Whitesnake
1978 - Snakebite (producer)
1978 - Trouble (producer)
1978 - Live at Hammersmith (producer)
1979 - Lovehunter (producer, engineer)
1980 - Ready an' Willing (producer, engineer, mixing)
1980 - Live... in the Heart of the City (producer, engineer) - recorded live in 1978 and 1980
1981 - Come an' Get It (producer, engineer, mixing)
1982 - Saints & Sinners (producer, engineer, mixing)
1984 - Slide It In (producer)
■Black Sabbath
1980 - Heaven and Hell (producer, engineer)
1981 - Mob Rules (producer, engineer)
■Blue Öyster Cult
1980 - Cultösaurus Erectus (producer, engineer)
1981 - Fire of Unknown Origin (producer, engineer)
■Iron Maiden
1981 - Killers (producer, engineer)
1982 - The Number of the Beast (producer, engineer)
1983 - Piece of Mind (producer, engineer, mixing)
1984 - Powerslave (producer, engineer, mixing)
1985 - Live After Death (producer, engineer, mixing)[7]
1986 - Somewhere in Time (producer, engineer, mixing)
1988 - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (producer, engineer, mixing)
1990 - No Prayer for the Dying (producer, engineer, mixing)
1992 - Fear of the Dark (producer, engineer, mixing)
■Other artists
1969 Jeff Beck - Beck-Ola (engineer)
1970 Peter Green - The End of the Game (engineer)
1970 The Groundhogs - Thank Christ for the Bomb (engineer)
1971 Stackridge - Stackridge (engineer)
1971 Canned Heat and John Lee Hooker - Hooker 'N' Heat (Mixdown Engineer) - recorded in 1970
1971 Skid Row - 34 Hours (engineer)
1971 Toad - Toad (engineer)
1971 Faces - Long Player (engineer)
1971 Rock Workshop - The Very Last Time (engineer)
1971 Jodo "Guts" LP (engineer)
1972 Silverhead - Silverhead (producer)
1972 Toad - Tomorrow Blue (engineer)
1972 Flash - Flash (engineer)
1972 Flash - In the Can (engineer)
1973 Gary Moore - Grinding Stone (producer, engineer)
1978 The Electric Chairs-"The Electric Chairs"(producer)
1978 Wayne County & the Electric Chairs - Storm The Gates Of Heaven (producer)
1978 Wayne County & the Electric Chairs - Blatantly Offensive E.P. (producer)
1978 Roger Glover - Elements (producer)
1979 Cozy Powell - Over the Top (producer)
1982 Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack (producer, engineer)
