Production · Performance
Arif Mardin
real name Mehmet Arif Mardin
Istanbul, Turkey
Arif Mardin is credited on 9,895 releases across 1,280 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
9,895
Credits
1,280
Albums
8
Decades active
1,683
In collections
Biography
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Turkish-American music producer born March 15, 1932 in Istanbul, Turkey and died June 25, 2006 in New York, New York, USA. Father of Joe Mardin.
He worked with a wide range of artists, across many different styles and genres of music. Arrived in America having won the inaugural Quincy Jones scholarship at the Berklee College of Music.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
9,895 releases · 1,280 albums · active 1958–2026
- Production · 9,129
- Performance · 6,750
- Other credits · 785
- Engineering · 661
Studios: Atlantic Studios · Criteria Recording Studios · The Town House · Muscle Shoals Sound Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Saturday Night Fever (The Original Movie Sound Track)
1977
No Jacket Required
1985
Face Value
1981
Pulp Fiction (Music From The Motion Picture)
1994
Come Away With Me
2002
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
1967
Emotional Rescue
1980
Rock 'N Soul Part 1
1983
John Prine
1971
Black And Blue
1976
Tonight
1984
Back In The High Life
1986
Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be)
1981
Shotgun Willie
1973
Lady Soul
1968
Storm Front
1989
Abandoned Luncheonette
1973
Miami Vice (Music From The Television Series)
1985
A Night On The Town
1976
Aretha Now
1968
Dusty In Memphis
1969
Hot Space
1982
Sweet Revenge
1973
Stephen Stills
1970
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