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Howard Barrow

Howard Barrow is credited on 936 releases across 379 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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936

Credits

379

Albums

7

Decades active

1,770

In collections

Biography

Mastering and lacquer cutting engineer from the UK.
Worked as cutting engineer at in London in the 1960s. In 1974 he became head of Pye Studios. At some point he also worked at.
His cuts from the Pye Studios era can be identified as follows:
△H (cut on the Westrex/Scully stereo lathe until 1967, then on the Neumann VMS-60/SX68 lathe).
◊H (cut on the Westrex/Scully stereo lathe until 1974, then on the Neumann VMS-70/SX74 lathe).
✳H (cut on the Westrex/Scully mono lathe until ca. 1974).
In these cases, please use
Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Lacquer Cut By - Howard Barrow + ANV H (without symbols).

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

936 releases · 379 albums · active 1963–2026

  • Mastering · 673
  • Engineering · 264
  • Other credits · 1

Studios: Pye Studios · Dick James Music Ltd. · Record Plant, Los Angeles · Regent Sound Studios

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