Program: 2025-02-06 Engineers #5

This is the 5th program celebrating the work of the “backroom” folk – the audio engineers who perform wonders on the recorded work. In the first program we covered the work of Bob Ludwig who “mastered” the sound and this program covers another mastering engineer: George Marino.

What does a mastering engineer do? In the early days, they cut the acetate “master” that was used to create the stamp to press the vinyl record. However over time, the media changed from vinyl to include tape, CD’s and now streaming. Each delivery method requires the album and sound to be adjusted for the specific method.

George Marino performed most of his work for Sterling Sound and mastered well over 2,000 albums over 40 years! This is a mere smidgeon of his work…

#	Artist	Track	Album	Year
1	The Allman Brothers Band	Come and Go Blues	Brothers and Sisters	1973
2	Led Zeppelin	Houses of the Holy	Physical Graffitti	1974
3	Bad Company	Deal With the Preacher	Straight Shooter	1974
4	Peter Frampton	I’m in You	I’m in You	1977
5	Go West	Don’t Look Down (Stratospheric Mix)	Go West	1985
6	Jeff Healey	Dreams of Love	Feel This	1992
7	Jeff Buckley	Grace	Grace	1994
8	Jimmy Barnes	Change of Heart	Psyclone	1995
9	G3	Cool #9	G3 in Concert	1997
10	Coldplay	High Speed	Parachutes	2000

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