Rushent's son, James, guitarist for the band Does It Offend You, Yeah?, wrote on his Facebook and Twitter pages that his father had died on Saturday.

Rushent started as an engineer in the 1970s, working on records by T-Rex and Fleetwood Mac before going on to produce the Human League's hit album Dare, which featured Don't You Want Me? as well as the Stranglers first three albums, Rattus Norvegicus, No More Heoes and Black And White.

He also worked with ...