Whoever cuts a record has a hand in how it sounds. The mastering engineer prepares the recording for the pressing plant — and that step always belongs to one particular edition, not to the album as such.
These pages gather, for each engineer, every edition we carry, with catalogue number, format and stock. Sold-out records are listed too, so you can see what exists at all.
The mastering engineers on our shelves
Kevin Gray
Cuts in Los Angeles — Prestige mono, Pet Sounds, the Mingus albums on Atlantic.
147 editions in the shop
Bernie Grundman
Hollywood. Behind the Steely Dan UHQRs and the Contemporary series.
114 editions in the shop
Ryan K. Smith
Sterling Sound, New York. The largest part of our catalogue.
158 editions in the shop
Matthew Lutthans
The Mastering Lab. Above all reissues from the original tapes.
109 editions in the shop
Chris Bellman
Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood. Across rock and pop.
26 editions in the shop
Doug Sax
Founder of The Mastering Lab. A small, choice corner.
19 editions in the shop
George Marino
Decades at Sterling Sound. Elvis, Sam Cooke, Getz/Gilberto.
11 editions in the shop
Good to know
How does a record end up on these pages?
Through the credit on its own product page. If a mastering engineer is named there, the edition appears under that name automatically. New records show up on their own.
Does the credit apply to every edition of an album?
No. It belongs to the catalogue number shown in the row. The same album in a different pressing may have been mastered by someone else — which is why the number is always there.
Do all records by the same engineer sound alike?
The name alone cannot tell you that. The recording, the source used, the cut and the specific edition all matter too. These pages help you explore; they do not replace a listening comparison.
Are these all the names that appear in your shop?
These are the ones with the widest selection. A few editions name others — Willem Makkee, Sean Magee, Stan Ricker, Scott Hull, Dave McNair, plus Gavin Lurssen and Ron Lewter jointly, and the studio Sterling Sound. Too few editions for a page of their own; you will find them on the product page itself.
