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Mike Mainieri
real name Michael T. Mainieri Jr.
New York City, United States · b. 1938-07-24
Mike Mainieri is credited on 1,393 releases across 319 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,393
Credits
319
Albums
7
Decades active
1,197
In collections
Biography
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American producer, vibraphone player, pianist, percussionist and songwriter, born July 4, 1938 in New York. Mainieri married singer/songwriter and harpist Dee Carstensen in 1993.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,393 releases · 319 albums · active 1961–2026
- Performance · 2,759
- Other credits · 329
- Production · 305
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Mediasound · Record Plant, N.Y.C. · Power Station · A&R Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Brothers In Arms
1985
52nd Street
1978
Toys In The Attic
1975
Love Over Gold
1982
American Pie
1971
Paul Simon
1972
Money For Nothing
1988
Living In The USA
1978
The George Benson Collection
1981
Recovery
2010
The Lost Boys (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1987
Heads
1977
Local Hero
1983
Hearts And Bones
1983
Curtain Call 2
2022
Negotiations And Love Songs (1971-1986)
1988
Livin' Inside Your Love
1979
Spy
1979
Down Here On The Ground
1968
Torch
1981
The Essential Paul Simon
2007
Sultans Of Swing (The Very Best Of Dire Straits)
1998
Steps Ahead
1983
Tales From Six Feet Under
2021
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