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Jim Bessman
Jim Bessman is credited on 32 releases across 40 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1987–2012 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
32
Pressings credited
40
Albums
4
Decades active
141
In collections
Biography
Jim Bessman (July 19, 1952 – June 22, 2021) was an American writer and music journalist. He is best known as a music journalist, having written for Billboard magazine and numerous other publications, liner notes for albums, covering the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, and as an author of "The Ramones – An American Band" and "John Mellencamp – The Concert at Walter Reed". Bessman was a voting member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Credited work
32 releases · 40 albums · active 1987–2012
- Other credits · 27
- Production · 4
- Performance · 2
Studios: Column One · Sound Stage Studios · Ocean Way Recording · Morningstar Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

A Christmas Gift For You From Philles Records
1963

Centerfield
1985

Jonathan Sings!
1983

Antenna
1994

Jonathan Goes Country
1990

Retrospective
2004

The Long Road Home (The Ultimate John Fogerty · Creedence Collection)
2005

The ZZ Top Sixpack
1987

Carter Girl
2014

The Best Of Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes
1992

The Sound Of Love: The Very Best Of Darlene Love
2011

Thirty Years Of Funk 1969-1999 The Anthology
1999

Pick Up On This!
1994

CD Sampler (Pincushion)
1993
Frequent collaborators
- The Siegel-Schwall Band
- Various
- ZZ Top
- Jonathan Richman
- Beausoleil
- Kid Creole And The Coconuts
- Sweet Honey In The Rock
- Beau Jocque And The Zydeco Hi-Rollers
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