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Charlie Francis
Charlie Francis is credited on 429 releases across 183 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
429
Pressings credited
183
Albums
6
Decades active
110
In collections
Biography
Charles Merrick Francis (October 13, 1948 – May 12, 2010) was a Canadian Olympic sprinter and sprint coach most noteworthy for being the trainer of sprinter Ben Johnson, the first competitor to be stripped of an Olympic gold medal for using banned drugs, and sprinters Angella Issajenko, Mark McKoy, and Desai Williams. Francis was banned by Athletics Canada following his admissions at the 1989 Dubin inquiry that he had introduced Johnson to steroids.
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Credited work
429 releases · 183 albums · active 1979–2025
- Performance · 258
- Production · 233
- Engineering · 224
- Mastering · 68
- Other credits · 18
Studios: The Stone Room, London · John Keane Studios · Toast Studios · La Casa Del Elefante
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Up
1998

She Is Suffering
1994

The Optimist LP
2001

How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident
2013

Down With Wilco: A Tragedy In Three Halfs
2003

Ejector Seat Reservation
1995

The Great Beyond
1999

All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star)
2001

Daysleeper
1998

Lotus
1998

Fegmania!
1985

The Plot Against Common Sense
2012

Hurricane #1
1997

Hawaii
1996

NME Singles Of The Week 1995
1996

Gideon Gaye
1994

Hope
1994

Santa Barbara
1992

Element Of Light
1986

Gotta Let This Hen Out!
1985

Danced
1980

On The Edge Of A Lost And Lonely World
2024
The Great Swells That Carry Us Will Pull Us Under
2023

The Man Upstairs
2014
Frequent collaborators
- R.E.M.
- The High Llamas
- Various
- Dream City Film Club
- Thurman
- Robyn Hitchcock
- Idha
- Toyah (3)
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