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Lipson (born 16 March 1954) is an english music producer and guitarist, bassist and keyboard player.

Lipson started out as an engineer for The Rolling Stones (#3) and later went on to become a producer. His career as a producer really began during his time with Trevor Horn (#2) at ZTT Records (Zang Tuum Tumb).

During the 1980s, S.J. Lipson performed production and engineering duties for a number of artists, including Grace Jones (Slave To The Rhythm, 1985), Propaganda (A Secret Wish, 1985), frankie goes to hollywood (Liverpool, 1986), Pet Shop Boys (Introspective, 1988), Paul McCartney (#11) (Flowers in the Dirt, 1989) and Annie Lennox (Diva, 1992, Medusa, 1995). Lipson also produced Ballad Of The Streets (1989 EP) and Real Life (1991) for Simple Minds (#5), Street Fighting Years (1989) with Trevor Horn (#2).

Lipson also co-wrote Slave To The Rhythm in addition to playing lead guitar, bass guitar and keyboards, with Trevor Horn (#2) handling production.

He also pioneered a tapeless sequencing technique which he shared with Horn. The complex process was prone to crashes, especially during the work on "The Nine Lives Of Dr. Mabuse", a fact verified in an interview with Ralf Dörper years later.