His reputation as both a PR man and session musician grew and eventually, he was approached by Apple Records to help with John Lennon’s 75 release Rock 'n' Roll album.
[12] He was also responsible for breaking Meat Loaf in the UK,[13] receiving a proclamation by the Mayor of the City Of Cleveland, Lander is also noted for persuading a rather recluse guitar icon Jeff Beck into doing a TV interview with a bizarre result.
Whilst at Motown Lander was called upon to a session at Red Bus Studios in London to lay down a harmonica part with a then relatively unknown band called Culture Club which led Lander to creating the now famous harmonica lead lines on their No 1 - million seller "Karma Chameleon" and "Church of the Poison Mind" with the release came a glut of TV and Wembley Stadium appearances.
He is noted for his work with artists such as The Beach Boys,[17] Nazareth,[18] The Proclaimers,[12] Kirsty MacColl,[18] Prefab Sprout,[18] Maxi Priest,[18] Madness, The The,[18] Tina Turner,[18] Mike Oldfield,[18] The Communards,[18] Richard Ashcroft,[18] Annie Lennox.
[18] Judd is now based in Hertfordshire just outside of London, where his office walls don an array of Gold and Platinum discs and awards, serving as a testament to the contribution he has given and still is making in the music business.
Lander moved into the world of television as a puppeteer on BBC's Saturday Superstore children's show for a period of five years, then as an associated producer on The St Lucia Jazz Festival[18] - shot in the Caribbean.