Engineering · Production
Gary Olazabal
Gary Olazabal is credited on 737 releases across 68 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1973–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
737
Credits
68
Albums
6
Decades active
1,101
In collections
Biography
AKA as Gary O Adante.
Gary is a highly experienced music producer / composer and audio engineer.
Beginning his career in 1972 as a staff engineer for Record Plant, Los Angeles, Gary worked his way up to become co-producer / chief engineer for Stevie Wonder from 1975 to 1990. Since 1990, as a founding partner in Noisy Neighbors, Gary has been one of the driving forces in music and sound-design for hundreds of projects from film and television to video games.
Has worked at Le Gonks West, Hollywood, CA
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
737 releases · 68 albums · active 1973–2025
- Engineering · 923
- Production · 220
- Performance · 17
- Other credits · 16
Studios: Record Plant, Los Angeles · Wonderland Studios, Los Angeles · Westlake Studios · Caribou Ranch
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Songs In The Key Of Life
1976

Bad
1987

Innervisions
1973

Hotter Than July
1980

Fulfillingness' First Finale
1974

In Square Circle
1985

The Original Musiquarium I
1982

One Size Fits All
1975

Stevie Wonder's Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants
1979

Perfect Angel
1974

Live Alive
1986

HIStory - Past, Present And Future - Book I
1995

From Langley Park To Memphis
1988

The Woman In Red (Selections From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1984

Characters
1987

Number Ones
2007

Live It Up
1974

Ridin' The Storm Out
1973

Rufusized
1974

Song Review (A Greatest Hits Collection)
1996

Let's Get Serious
1980

Syreeta
1974

The Kids & Me
1974

Part-Time Lover (12" Version)
1985
Frequent collaborators
- Stevie Wonder
- Minnie Riperton
- Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble
- Jermaine Jackson
- Michael Jackson
- Frank Zappa
- Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
- The Isley Brothers
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