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Bruce Swedien

real name Bruce F. Swedien

Bruce Swedien is credited on 2,177 releases across 362 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,177

Credits

362

Albums

8

Decades active

1,268

In collections

Biography

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Born: 4/19/1934 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Died: 11/16/2020 in Gainesville, Florida.
Five time Grammy winning engineer and producer. He started as a recording engineer, employed by in the early 50's. In 1953, he purchased the Garrick / LaSalle Movie Theater, an historic building in Minneapolis, where he built the. He sold the studio in late 1957 and relocated to Chicago joining Bill Putnam's Universal Recorders. He was the main engineer for Michael Jackson's studio recordings for more than two decades. There would be a near endless list of artists that he worked.
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Other known studios: Sony Music Studios, New York City.

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Credited work

2,177 releases · 362 albums · active 1956–2026

  • Engineering · 2,923
  • Production · 687
  • Performance · 391
  • Other credits · 114
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Westlake Studios · Universal Recording Studio · Cherokee Studios · Record One, Los Angeles

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