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Allan Parsons

Allan Parsons is credited on 713 releases across 444 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1976–2017 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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713

Credits

444

Albums

5

Decades active

4,832

In collections

Biography

EMI Studios 301 and EMI Manufacturing mastering engineer from 1979 to 1992. Australia's leading DMM mastering engineer.
In deadwax, look for initials 'AP' (which may look like 'TP' or 'JP' in later years), where both letters are characteristically run together; also 'Mastered on Copper' stamp or 'Emidisc DMM' scribing.
Please note that there is a distinctly different style of "AP" deadwax scribing on Australian releases (as seen here (opens in a new tab) for example), for which there is currently no information to confirm the identity of the mastering engineer, and so possibly does not represent an Allan Parsons mastering. In these inscriptions, the initials are not stylised, are not run-together, and each initial is clearly distinct (with a slightly rounded appearance).

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

713 releases · 444 albums · active 1976–2017

  • Mastering · 719
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Albert Studios · Blackwing Studios · Metropolis Audio · Compass Point Studios

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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