Performance · Production
Merl Saunders
San Mateo, United States • 1934-02-14 – 2008-10-24
Merl Saunders is credited on 460 releases across 91 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
460
Pressings credited
91
Albums
7
Decades active
218
In collections
Credited work
460 releases · 91 albums · active 1965–2023
- Performance · 1,139
- Production · 94
- Other credits · 49
- Engineering · 4
- Mastering · 1
Studios: Fillmore East · Fantasy Studios · Winterland · The Keystone, Berkeley
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Grateful Dead
1971

Betty Davis
1973

Garcia
1974

They Say I'm Different
1974

Live At Keystone
1973

Cats Under The Stars
1978

The Very Best Of Grateful Dead
2003

Give It Up
1972

Run For The Roses
1982

All Good Things - Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions
2004

Mo' Roots
1974

The Best Of The Grateful Dead Live
2018

The Very Best Of Jerry Garcia
2006

Garcia Plays Dylan
2005

David Soul
1976

Heads & Tails: Volume 1
2023

Keith & Donna
1975

Fire Up
1973

Fritz The Cat (Original Soundtrack Recording)
1972

GarciaLive Volume Nine (August 11th 1974, Keystone Berkeley)
2017

GarciaLive Volume Three (December 14-15, 1974 Northwest Tour)
2013

Welcome To The Basement (A Spicy Mixture From Black & Latin America)
2000

Enzo Avitabile
1991

Dinosaurs
1988
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Tom Fogerty
- Betty Davis
- Grateful Dead
- Jerry Garcia Band
- Dinosaurs
- Merl Saunders Trio
- Jerry Garcia
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