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Sandy Pearlman

Sandy Pearlman is credited on 1,048 releases across 150 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1971–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,048

Pressings credited

150

Albums

6

Decades active

636

In collections

Biography

Samuel Clarke "Sandy" Pearlman (August 5, 1943 – July 26, 2016) was an American music producer, artist manager, music journalist and critic, professor, poet, songwriter, and record company executive. He was best known for founding, writing for, producing, or co-producing many LPs by Blue Öyster Cult, as well as producing notable albums by The Clash, The Dictators, Pavlov's Dog, and Dream Syndicate; he was also the founding Vice President of eMusic.com. He was the Schulich Distinguished Professor Chair at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal, and from August 2014 held a Marshall McLuhan Centenary Fellowship at the Coach House Institute (CHI) of the University of Toronto Faculty of Information as part of the CHI's McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology.

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Credited work

1,048 releases · 150 albums · active 1971–2026

  • Performance · 1,432
  • Production · 1,156
  • Engineering · 46
  • Other credits · 19
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Record Plant, N.Y.C. · The Warehouse, New York City · The Fox Theatre, Atlanta · Municipal Auditorium, Columbus

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