Performance · Production
Richard Cottle
Richard Cottle is credited on 1,160 releases across 279 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1982–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,160
Pressings credited
279
Albums
5
Decades active
258
In collections
Biography
Richard W. Cottle (29 June 1934) is an American mathematician. He was a professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University, starting as an Acting Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering in 1966 and retiring in 2005. He is notable for his work on mathematical programming/optimization, “Nonlinear programs”, the proposal of the linear complementarity problem, and the general field of operations research.
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Credited work
1,160 releases · 279 albums · active 1982–2025
- Performance · 2,015
- Production · 373
- Other credits · 92
- Engineering · 14
Studios: Abbey Road Studios · Mayfair Studios · Sarm West Studios · The Grange
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Generation Terrorists
1992

Seal
1991

August
1986

Vulture Culture
1985

Seal
1994

Music From The Edge Of Heaven
1986

This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get
1984

Simply The Best
1991

Vagabond Heart
1991

Clapton Chronicles (The Best Of Eric Clapton)
1999

Gaudi
1987

Primitive Cool
1987

Complete Clapton
2007

Stereotomy
1985

B*Witched
1998
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Loving The Alien [ 1983–1988 ]
2018

RyanDan
2007

If I Can Dream
2015

Let's Talk About Love
1997

Seal & Seal II
1995

At Worst... The Best Of
1993

Unusual Heat
1991

The Best Of Prefab Sprout: A Life Of Surprises
1992

John Parr
1984
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Abbacadabra
- David Bowie
- Elsa (2)
- Alan Parsons
- Obsession
- John Parr
- The Alan Parsons Project
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