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Fred Plaut

real name Frederick Plaut

Fred Plaut is credited on 1,280 releases across 352 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,280

Credits

352

Albums

8

Decades active

1,249

In collections

Biography

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Fred Plaut, (born Munich, Germany, May 12, 1907; died 1985) was a recording engineer employed by Columbia Records during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, eventually becoming the label's chief engineer.
Plaut engineered sessions for what would result in many of Columbia's famous albums, including the original cast recordings of South Pacific, My Fair Lady, and West Side Story, jazz LPs Kind of Blue and Sketches of Spain by Miles Davis, Time Out by Dave Brubeck, Mingus Ah Um and Mingus Dynasty by Charles Mingus.
He is also credited for photography (series: The Swing Era)

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Credited work

1,280 releases · 352 albums · active 1951–2025

  • Engineering · 1,172
  • Other credits · 126

Studios: Columbia 30th Street Studio · Carnegie Hall · Philharmonic Hall, New York · Columbia Recording Studios

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