Engineering · Production

Jim Scott

Jim Scott is credited on 1,169 releases across 445 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,169

Pressings credited

445

Albums

7

Decades active

1,499

In collections

Biography

Jim Scott is an American record producer and audio engineer, best known for his large body of work as an engineer, and his work as a producer with American rock bands Tedeschi Trucks Band and Wilco. Scott has worked as engineer with a range of other rock music artists, including Dixie Chicks, Tom Petty, Sting, the Rolling Stones, Crowded House, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lowen & Navarro, Jack's Mannequin, Ron Sexsmith, The Mastersons and many others. Scott won a Grammy Award for engineering Tom Petty's Wildflowers, mixing the Foo Fighters' One By One, doing engineering work on Santana's Supernatural, and getting three Grammys for his work on the Dixie Chicks' Taking The Long Way. He also mixed Matchbox Twenty's More Than You Think You Are which reached a no. 6 on the US Billboard 200 and had two Top 10 singles on the US Hot 100. In 2013, he participated in the documentary Sound City, by Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), along with many others such as Paul McCartney, Butch Vig, Neil Young and Tom Petty. The film was about the Los Angeles studio and its Neve recording console, as well as its many visitors over the years.

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Credited work

1,169 releases · 445 albums · active 1962–2026

  • Engineering · 1,371
  • Production · 259
  • Performance · 46
  • Other credits · 36

Studios: Blue Wave Recording Studios · Le Studio · Ocean Way Recording · AIR Studios, Montserrat

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