Engineering · Mastering
Jay Messina
Jay Messina is credited on 1,238 releases across 216 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,238
Credits
216
Albums
7
Decades active
1,699
In collections
Biography
American recording and mastering engineer, known to have worked at Record Plant, N.Y.C. and A&R Studios.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,238 releases · 216 albums · active 1969–2025
- Engineering · 1,148
- Mastering · 210
- Production · 25
- Other credits · 17
- Performance · 15
Studios: Record Plant, N.Y.C. · The Wherehouse · A&R Studios · Record Plant, Los Angeles
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Breakfast In America
1979

Frampton Comes Alive!
1976

Crime Of The Century
1974

Double Fantasy
1980

Toys In The Attic
1975

Destroyer
1976

Even In The Quietest Moments...
1977

Cheap Trick At Budokan
1979

"Rocks"
1976

Crisis? What Crisis?
1975

Aerosmith's Greatest Hits
1980

"...Famous Last Words..."
1982

Berlin
1973

Paris
1980

Get Your Wings
1974

Dynasty
1979

Draw The Line
1977

Live! Bootleg
1978

Radio Ethiopia
1976

Cheap Trick
1977

Unmasked
1980

In Your Eyes
1983

Supertramp
1970

Brother Where You Bound
1985
Frequent collaborators
- Supertramp
- Aerosmith
- Kiss
- Harlem River Drive
- John Tropea
- Frank Marino
- Cheap Trick
- Keith Zorros
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