Mark Wirtz

Producer/arranger/songwriter and vocalist Mark Wirtz was one of the more underrated behind-the-scenes characters of the UK music scene in the 1960's. He was responsible a number of classic psychedelic pop records and his musical influence spread far beyond its commercial prospects. His recordings with Tomorrow on their 1967 self-titled album helped invent psychedelic pop and his never-finished A Teenage Opera album inspired musicians like Pete Townshend and Paul McCartney to look beyond the three minute pop songs and into more conceptual work. He also was a fine producer of gi...