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Norman Smith

real name Norman Arnold Smith

Norman Smith is credited on 2,536 releases across 238 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,536

Credits

238

Albums

7

Decades active

2,739

In collections

Biography

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Born February 22, 1923; died March 4, 2008. English technician at Abbey Road Studios who engineered all Beatles albums until Rubber Soul in 1965 before resigning from EMI the following year and signing and producing Pink Floyd's first two albums. In his late forties, he took to the stage himself, singing under the name of Hurricane Smith.

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Credited work

2,536 releases · 238 albums · active 1963–2025

  • Production · 2,550
  • Engineering · 631
  • Performance · 322
  • Other credits · 14

Studios: EMI Studios · Mothers Club, Birmingham · Manchester College Of Commerce · Abbey Road Studios

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