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Nick Venet

real name Nikolas Kostantinos Venetoulis

Nick Venet is credited on 1,541 releases across 359 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,541

Credits

359

Albums

8

Decades active

289

In collections

Biography

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American record producer.
Brother of Steve Venet.
He started at age 19, then became a staff producer and talent scout at. He signed The Beach Boys and produced their first album "Surfin' Safari" in 1962.
In the early 1970s he moved, working with performers ranging from Don McLean (Venet was executive producer of his “American Pie") to Frank Zappa.
Born: December 3, 1936 in Baltimore, Maryland
Died: January 2, 1998 in Los Angeles, California

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Credited work

1,541 releases · 359 albums · active 1958–2025

  • Production · 1,476
  • Other credits · 173
  • Performance · 164
  • Engineering · 2

Studios: Capitol Studios · Record Plant, Los Angeles · Sunset Sound · Record Plant, N.Y.C.

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