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Ray Pohlman
Baker Township, United States
Ray Pohlman is credited on 997 releases across 225 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1960–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
997
Pressings credited
225
Albums
7
Decades active
752
In collections
Biography
Merlyn Ray Pohlman (July 22, 1930 – November 1, 1990) was an American session musician and arranger who played both upright bass and bass guitar, and also did sessions as a guitarist. He is credited with being the first electric bass player in Los Angeles studios in the 1950s.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
997 releases · 225 albums · active 1960–2025
- Performance · 1,178
- Other credits · 125
- Production · 53
Studios: Gold Star Studios · Enactron Truck · Track Recorders · Devonshire Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Pet Sounds
1966
A Christmas Gift For You From Philles Records
1963
The Monkees
1966
More Of The Monkees
1967
All Summer Long
1964
The Best Of Sam Cooke
1962
Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
2003
Death Of A Ladies' Man
1977
Pieces Of The Sky
1975
Greatest Hits On Earth
1972
Profile / Best Of Emmylou Harris
1978
15 Big Ones
1976
River Deep-Mountain High
1966
Feel Flows (The Sunflower & Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971)
2021
Greatest Hits
1970
Insight Out
1967
Stoned Soul Picnic
1968
The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees
1968
...Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
1964
Back To Mono (1958-1969)
1991
Good Vibrations (Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys)
1993
The Pet Sounds Sessions
1997
Phil Spector's Greatest Hits
1977
Live!!
1971
Frequent collaborators
- The 5th Dimension
- Various
- The Association (2)
- The Marketts
- Ian Whitcomb
- Leonard Nimoy
- The Four Preps
- The Kimberlys
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