I react. I never was a musician, so I don't bring any preconceived prejudices to the table; I don't favour the guitar over the keyboard, and so forth. I just listen and try to figure out if I have anything I can bring to a song." For his work with the Eagles, he has been cited for his innovative mixing of drums, laboriously working to get the right microphones and placements for just the right sound. Rather than recording harmony vocals individually, and mixing them together later, as was common, Szymczyk preferred to capture the Eagles singing in ensemble, often spending many hours to record each phrase "just right". For the Elvin Bishop hit "Fooled Around and Fell in Love," it was Szymczyk who suggested the inclusion of the song on Bishop's Struttin' My Stuff album, feeling the blues-oriented album lacked a pop single. The song would go on to become Bishop's biggest hit. Such a pattern was repeated throughout his career. The Eagles brought him in to refine and improve their "rock" sound, and all of their biggest selling albums and songs were Szymczyk-produced. Martin Turner of Wishbone Ash has called him "my all time favourite producer". While the two did not always get along during recording, usually over Turner's bass-playing style, Turner does credit Szymczyk with giving the band a more commercial sound on one of their most successful albums, 1974's There's the Rub. Selected discography All credits as producer unless otherwise noted. B. B. King Live & Well (1969) Completely Well (1969) Indianola Mississippi Seeds (1970) Live in Cook County Jail (1971) Silk/Michael Stanley/Michael Stanley Band Smooth as Raw Silk (1969) Michael Stanley (1972) Friends and Legends (1973) You Break It... You Bought It (1975) Ladies Choice (1976) Stagepass (1977) The James Gang Yer' Album (1969) James Gang Rides Again (1970) Thirds (1971) James Gang Live in Concert (1971) Joe Walsh Barnstorm (1972) The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get (1973) So What (1974) But Seriously, Folks... (1978) You Bought It – You Name It (1983) Ordinary Average Guy (as engineer) (1991) Songs for a Dying Planet (1992) A Future to This Life: Robocop – The Series Soundtrack (1995) Joe Walsh's Greatest Hits – Little Did He Know... (remastering) (1997) Eagles On the Border (1974) One of These Nights (1975) Hotel California (1976) The Long Run (1979) Eagles Live (1980) Long Road Out of Eden (2007)