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John Pfeiffer

real name John F. Pfeiffer

producer and engineer

Tucson, United States · 1920-09-29 – 1996-02-08

John Pfeiffer is credited on 1,827 releases across 559 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,827

Credits

559

Albums

8

Decades active

93

In collections

Biography

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Producer and engineer who worked with RCA. Born in Tucson, AZ on September 29th, 1920 and died at the age of 75 in Manhattan due to a heart attack. He joined RCA in 1949 where he started as a design engineer. In 1950 he moved to Artists & Repertoire, where he was a producer for classical music with Red Seal and eventually became the Executive Producer overseeing all classical labels at RCA. However, he also helped RCA develop stereo and quadraphonic recording techniques and coordinate their adoption of digital recording. In addition to this, he composed one LP of electronic music. Sometimes credited under his nickname Jack Pfeiffer.

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Credited work

1,827 releases · 559 albums · active 1953–2024

  • Production · 1,927
  • Other credits · 306
  • Engineering · 16
  • Mastering · 6
  • Performance · 6

Studios: Orchestra Hall, Chicago · Carnegie Hall · Symphony Hall, Boston · Academy Of Music, Philadelphia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Beethoven
  • Heifetz
  • Horowitz
  • Van Cliburn
  • Brahms
  • Verdi
  • Rachmaninoff
  • Tchaikovsky

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