Bernie Grundman
Bernie Grundman (born 16 December 1943, Minneapolis) is an American audio engineer.[1]
He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan, and Mike Bozzi, mastered 37 projects which received Grammy Award nominations in 2005. In 1997 he opened a studio in Tokyo.[2]
Grundman and his studio have both won numerous TEC Awards, including Best Mastering Facility and several production awards.[3]
Previously, Grundman worked for Lester Koenig at Contemporary Records and then was head of the A&M Records mastering department in Los Angeles. Now his studio also has been established in Tokyo, Japan with engineer Yasuji Maeda.
Select works
Head to the Sky | 1973 | Earth, Wind & Fire |
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Horizon | 1974 | Carpenters |
Band Wagon | 1975 | Shigeru Suzuki |
Aja | 1977 | Steely Dan |
Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture | 1978 | Various Artists |
Shadows and Light | 1980 | Joni Mitchell |
Dirty Mind | 1980 | Prince |
Controversy | 1981 | Prince |
Thriller | 1982 | Michael Jackson |
Lovesexy | 1988 | Prince |
Moment of Truth | 1991 | Terri Nunn |
The Chronic | 1992 | Dr. Dre |
The Hunter | 1992 | Jennifer Warnes |
Alien Love Secrets | 1995 | Steve Vai |
Me Against the World | 1995 | Tupac Shakur |
Rata Blanca VII | 1997 | Rata Blanca |
Como Te Recuerdo | 1998 | Los Temerarios |
The Charlie Brown Suite & Other Favorites | 2003 | Vince Guaraldi |
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | 2003 | OutKast |
Shadows Collide with People | 2004 | John Frusciante[4] |
Private Corner | 2010 | Jacky Cheung |
Breakaway | 2014 | Dark Horse Flyer |
Seven | 2014 | Lisa Stansfield |
In My Room | 2016 | Jacob Collier[5] |
Ultraelectromagneticpop! (25th Anniversary reissue) | 2018 | Eraserheads |
The Empyrean (10th Anniversary Re-Issue) | 2019 | John Frusciante[6] |
1999 (2019 Remaster, Deluxe Edition, and Super Deluxe Edition) | 2019 | Prince[7] |
Making a Door Less Open | 2020 | Car Seat Headrest |
Unlimited Love | 2022 | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
List is not complete.
References
- ^ "Luxury vinyl? Legendary engineer Bernie Grundman on Craft's Small Batch series". South China Morning Post. 2023-11-05. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ Verna, Pauly (20 September 1997). "Gundman opens Tokyo studio". Billboard. p. 41. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ [1] Archived May 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Shadows Collide With People by John Frusciante". Genius. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
- ^ "Jacob Collier - In My Room - ginalovesjazz.com - the jazz magazine by matthias kirsch". 27 July 2016.
- ^ "John Frusciante 10th Anniversary of The Empyrean".
- ^ "Prince's '1999' Remastered and Re-Released with Dozens of Unheard Tracks". 11 September 2019.
External links
- Official site
- Mix magazine article on Grundman studio
- ProSoundNews article on 2005 Grammy nominations
- Palisadian-Post Interview Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Bernie Grundman Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection (2011)
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