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Top Studios, Top Engineers, Top Producers - 13 June - 11 July

by Mary McAfee, Anne Faust

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	SINGLES	PRODUCER/S	ENGINEER/S	RECORDED	MIXED	MASTERED
1	I Wanna Dance With Somebody Whitney Houston/Arista	NM Walden	Dana/Jon Chappelle	Tarpan Studios CA/Right Traffic, NY	Tarpan Studios	George Marino, Sterling Sound, NY
2	Head to Toe Lisa Lisa + Cult Jam/Columbia	Full Force	Full Force/G Rosenstein	Sigma Sound NY	As recorded	Sterling Sound, NY
3	Alone Heart/Capitol	R Nevison	R Nevison/Asst S 'Sly' Katayama	One on One, Hollywood/Power Station, NY/Rumbo Recorder, Can AM Tarzana, CA	Can Am, Tarzana, CA	The Mastering Lab, LA
4	In Too Deep Genesis/Atlantic	Genesis/H Padgham	H. Padgham	The Farm, Surrey	As Recorded	Bob Ludwig, Master Disk, NY
5	Always Atlantic Starr/Warner Bros	D Lewis/W Lewis	D Lewis/W Lewis	Acme Recording Studio Mamavoneck, NY	As Recorded	As Recorded
6	Songbird Kenny G Arista	P Glass
7	Shakedown Bob Seger/MCA	H Faltermeyer/K Forsey	N/A	N/A	N/A	Future Disk, New York
8	You Keep Me Hanging On Kim Wilde/MCA	Ricki Wilde	R Sellers	Select Sound/Hertfordshire	As Recorded	The Master Room, London
9	Diamonds Herb Albert/A+M	J Jam/T Lewis	S Hodge	FlyteTyme Minneapolis	As Recorded	A+M Mastering LA
10	Don't disturb this groove The System/Atlantic	The System	T Lord-Alge/J Douglas	Atlantic Studios, NY	Blue Jay Studios, NY	Atlantic Studios, NY

	ALBUMS	PRODUCER/S	ENGINEER/S	RECORDED	MIXED	MASTERED
1	The Joshua Tree U2 (Island)	D. Lanois/B. Eno	M.Wallace/D. Meegan/P. McCarthy/Asst. M. Kettle	Windmill Lane, Dublin	Windmill Lane, Dublin	Townhouse, London
2	Girls, Girls, Girls Motley Crue/Elektra	TWerman	D Baron/R McKernon/R Hogarth/T Wright	One To One/Rumbo Recorder/Conway Recording/LA	Conway Recording LA	Bob Ludwig, Master Disk, NY
3	Whitesnake Whitesnake (Geffen)	M. Stone/K. Olsen	Marcus/B. Rock Pete Jones/M.Frazer Brian Foraker/C. Taylor Ron Nevison/C. Minto/Toby Cliff	Good Night, CA Little Mountain, Vancouver/Compass Point, Bahamas/Cherokee, LA/Phase One, Toronto/One On One, LA/The Townhouse, London	As Recorded	Artisan Sound Recording, Precision Lacquer, LA
4	Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi	B Fairburn	B Rock	Little Mountain, Vancouver	As Recorded	George Marino, Sterling Sound, NY
5	Bad Animals Heart/Capitol	R Nevison	R Nevison/Test Sly Katayama	One on One, Hollywood/Power Station, NY/Rumbo Recorder, Can, AM Tarzana, CA	Can AM, Tarzana, CA	The Mastering Lab, LA
6	Whitney Whitney Houston/Arista	N M Walden/M Massed Jellybean/Kashif	D Fraser/D Dougherty/M Mancini/M Hutchinson/D Gurlamachio	Tarpan Studios/The Plant The Hit Factory/2 Studios/Sigma Sound/Hitsville/Right Track/Sound Track/Larrabie/Clinton/Oceanway	As Recorded	George Marino, Storing Sound, NY
7	Look What The Cat Dragged In Poison	R Browde, J Saraci	J Saraci	Music Grinder Studios, LA	Amigo Studios, LA	Capitol Studios, LA
8	Spanish Fly Lisa Lisa + Cult Jam/Columbia/CBS	Full Force/S Salem/J Korduletsca/D Oriolo	G Rosenstein	Sigma Sound, NY	As Recorded	Sterling Sound, NY
9	Tribute Ozzy Osbourne + Randy Rhodes/CBS	M Norman	M Norman	Live on European Tour	Atlantic Studios, NY	Master Disk, NY
10	Duotone Kenny G/Arista	P Glass	GLyon	Tarpan Studio, CA Studio G, Seattle	Tarpan Studio, CA	Sterling Sound, NY

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	SINGLES	PRODUCER/S	ENGINEER/S	RECORDED	MIXED	MASTERED
1	I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) Whitney Houston (Arista)	NM Walden	Dana-Jon Chappelle	Tarpan Studios, CA/Right Traffic, NYC	Tarpan CA	George Marrino, Sterling Sound, NY
2	Star Trekkin The Firm (Bark)	Lister O'Conner	Brian O'Shaughnessy	Bark, London	Bark, London	Trident Mike Walker, London
3	Under The Boardwalk Bruce Willis (Motown)	Robert Kraft	JohnVigan	Cherokee, LA	Ocean	Bernie Grundman Mastering, LA
4	It's A Sin Pet Shop Boys (Parlophone)	J Mendelsohn/S Hague	David Jacobs	Advision/Sarm West, London	As recorded	Abbey Road,London
5	I Want Your Sex Rhythm I Lust (Epicl George Michael	George Michael	Chris Porter	PUK, Denmark	As Recorded	Tape One
6	Hold Me Now Johnny Logan (Epic)	Bill Whelan	Andrew Boland	Westlands, Dublin	Westlands, Dublin	CBS,London
7	Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now Starship (Grunt/RCA)	NM Walden	David Frazer	Westwood One (mobile) Stopher Gym, Louisiana, USA	N/A	N/A
8	Your The Voice John Farnham (Wheatley/RCA)	Ross Fraser	Ross Fraser Asst Mike Wickow	AAU.Aus	AAU, Aus	AAU, Aus
9	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For US (Island)	Daniel Lanois/Brian Eno	M Wallace/0 Meegan/P McCarthy/Asst M Kettle	Windmill Lane, Dublin	Windmill Lane, Dublin	Townhouse, London
10	Jack Mix II Mirage (Debut/Passion)	Nigel Wright	John Davies/Robin Sellars	Skratch, Surrey	As recorded	Tape One, London

	ALBUMS	PRODUCER/S	ENGINEER/S	RECORDED	MIXED	MASTERED
1	Whitney Whitney Houston (Arista)	N M Walden/M Masser/Jelly Bean/Kashif
2	Joshua Tree U2 (Island)	Daniel Lanois/Brian Eno	M Wallace/0 Meegan P McCarthy Asst M Kettle	Windmill Lane, Dublin	As Recorded	Townhouse, London
3	Live In The City Of Light Simple Minds (Virgin)	Bruce Lampcov	Bruce Lampcov	Manor Mobile, Paris/AAV, Mobile, Aus	Castle Sound, Scotland/Bearsville, NY	Master Disk, NY
4	Keep Your Distance Curiosity Killed the Cat (Mercury/Phonogram)	S Levine/P O'Duffy/P Smith	Glen Skinner/Various	RAK/Master Rock/Sarm West, London	RAK/Sarm West/Wessex, London	Master Room, London
5	Solitude Standing Suzanne Vega (A&M)	S Addabbo/L Kaye	R O'Brien/S Addabbo/Asst G Cowan/J Lippay/M Desisto/M McKenna/D Nash/A Zarate/G Keehn/J Martin	Bearsville Sound NY/RPM Sound NYC/A&M/LA/Clinton/Celestial/Carnegie Hill, USA	A&M, LA	Stephen Marcussen, Precision Lacquers, LA
6	St Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles (Parlophone)	George Martin	Geoff Emerick	Abbey Road, London	Abbey Road, London	Abbey Road, Harry Moss, London
7	The Return of Bruno Bruce Willis (Mowtown)	Robert Kraft	JohnVigan	Cherokee/Bill Schnee/Weddington/Ocean Image, LA	As Recorded	Bernie Grunoman Mastering, LA
8	Invisible Touch Genesis (Atlantic)	Genesis/Hugh Padgham	Hugh Padgham	The Farm, Surrey	As Recorded	Bob Ludwig Master Disk, NY
9	It's Better To Travel Swing Out Sister (Mercury/Phonogram)	Paul O'Duffy/Various	Paul O'Duffy	Paradise/Master Rock, London	Sarm West, London	Townhouse, London
10	Rain Dancing Alison Moyet (CBS)	Jimmy Lovine/Various	J Chiccarelli/R De La Garza/M Desisto/J Fryer	CBS, London	A&M/Larrabee, LA	CBS, London

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US
SINGLES PRODUCER/S ENGINEER/S RECORDED MIXED MASTERED

1 I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Whitney Houston/Arista NM Walden Dana/Jon Chappelle Tarpan Studios CA/Right Traffic, NY Tarpan Studios George Marino, Sterling Sound, NY

2 Head to Toe
Lisa Lisa + Cult Jam/Columbia Full Force Full Force/G Rosenstein Sigma Sound NY As recorded Sterling Sound, NY

3 Alone
Heart/Capitol R Nevison R Nevison/Asst S 'Sly' Katayama One on One, Hollywood/Power Station, NY/Rumbo Recorder, Can AM Tarzana, CA Can Am, Tarzana, CA The Mastering Lab, LA

4 In Too Deep
Genesis/Atlantic Genesis/H Padgham H. Padgham The Farm, Surrey As Recorded Bob Ludwig, Master Disk, NY

5 Always
Atlantic Starr/Warner Bros D Lewis/W Lewis D Lewis/W Lewis Acme Recording Studio Mamavoneck, NY As Recorded As Recorded

6 Songbird
Kenny G Arista P Glass

7 Shakedown
Bob Seger/MCA H Faltermeyer/K Forsey N/A N/A N/A Future Disk, New York

8 You Keep Me Hanging On
Kim Wilde/MCA Ricki Wilde R Sellers Select Sound/Hertfordshire As Recorded The Master Room, London

9 Diamonds
Herb Albert/A+M J Jam/T Lewis S Hodge FlyteTyme Minneapolis As Recorded A+M Mastering LA

10 Don't disturb this groove
The System/Atlantic The System T Lord-Alge/J Douglas Atlantic Studios, NY Blue Jay Studios, NY Atlantic Studios, NY

ALBUMS PRODUCER/S ENGINEER/S RECORDED MIXED MASTERED

1 The Joshua Tree
U2 (Island) D. Lanois/B. Eno M.Wallace/D. Meegan/P. McCarthy/Asst. M. Kettle Windmill Lane, Dublin Windmill Lane, Dublin Townhouse, London

2 Girls, Girls, Girls
Motley Crue/Elektra TWerman D Baron/R McKernon/R Hogarth/T Wright One To One/Rumbo Recorder/Conway Recording/LA Conway Recording LA Bob Ludwig, Master Disk, NY

3 Whitesnake
Whitesnake (Geffen) M. Stone/K. Olsen Marcus/B. Rock Pete Jones/M.Frazer Brian Foraker/C. Taylor Ron Nevison/C. Minto/Toby Cliff Good Night, CA Little Mountain, Vancouver/Compass Point, Bahamas/Cherokee, LA/Phase One, Toronto/One On One, LA/The Townhouse, London As Recorded Artisan Sound Recording, Precision Lacquer, LA

4 Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi B Fairburn B Rock Little Mountain, Vancouver As Recorded George Marino, Sterling Sound, NY

5 Bad Animals
Heart/Capitol R Nevison R Nevison/Test Sly Katayama One on One, Hollywood/Power Station, NY/Rumbo Recorder, Can, AM Tarzana, CA Can AM, Tarzana, CA The Mastering Lab, LA

6 Whitney
Whitney Houston/Arista N M Walden/M Massed Jellybean/Kashif D Fraser/D Dougherty/M Mancini/M Hutchinson/D Gurlamachio Tarpan Studios/The Plant The Hit Factory/2 Studios/Sigma Sound/Hitsville/Right Track/Sound Track/Larrabie/Clinton/Oceanway As Recorded George Marino, Storing Sound, NY

7 Look What The Cat Dragged In
Poison R Browde, J Saraci J Saraci Music Grinder Studios, LA Amigo Studios, LA Capitol Studios, LA

8 Spanish Fly
Lisa Lisa + Cult Jam/Columbia/CBS Full Force/S Salem/J Korduletsca/D Oriolo G Rosenstein Sigma Sound, NY As Recorded Sterling Sound, NY

9 Tribute
Ozzy Osbourne + Randy Rhodes/CBS M Norman M Norman Live on European Tour Atlantic Studios, NY Master Disk, NY

10 Duotone
Kenny G/Arista P Glass GLyon Tarpan Studio, CA Studio G, Seattle Tarpan Studio, CA Sterling Sound, NY

UK
SINGLES PRODUCER/S ENGINEER/S RECORDED MIXED MASTERED

1 I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Whitney Houston (Arista) NM Walden Dana-Jon Chappelle Tarpan Studios, CA/Right Traffic, NYC Tarpan CA George Marrino, Sterling Sound, NY

2 Star Trekkin
The Firm (Bark) Lister O'Conner Brian O'Shaughnessy Bark, London Bark, London Trident Mike Walker, London

3 Under The Boardwalk
Bruce Willis (Motown) Robert Kraft JohnVigan Cherokee, LA Ocean Bernie Grundman Mastering, LA

4 It's A Sin
Pet Shop Boys (Parlophone) J Mendelsohn/S Hague David Jacobs Advision/Sarm West, London As recorded Abbey Road,London

5 I Want Your Sex
Rhythm I Lust (Epicl George Michael George Michael Chris Porter PUK, Denmark As Recorded Tape One

6 Hold Me Now
Johnny Logan (Epic) Bill Whelan Andrew Boland Westlands, Dublin Westlands, Dublin CBS,London

7 Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
Starship (Grunt/RCA) NM Walden David Frazer Westwood One (mobile) Stopher Gym, Louisiana, USA N/A N/A

8 Your The Voice
John Farnham (Wheatley/RCA) Ross Fraser Ross Fraser Asst Mike Wickow AAU.Aus AAU, Aus AAU, Aus

9 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
US (Island) Daniel Lanois/Brian Eno M Wallace/0 Meegan/P McCarthy/Asst M Kettle Windmill Lane, Dublin Windmill Lane, Dublin Townhouse, London

10 Jack Mix II
Mirage (Debut/Passion) Nigel Wright John Davies/Robin Sellars Skratch, Surrey As recorded Tape One, London

ALBUMS PRODUCER/S ENGINEER/S RECORDED MIXED MASTERED

1 Whitney
Whitney Houston (Arista) N M Walden/M Masser/Jelly Bean/Kashif

2 Joshua Tree
U2 (Island) Daniel Lanois/Brian Eno M Wallace/0 Meegan P McCarthy Asst M Kettle Windmill Lane, Dublin As Recorded Townhouse, London

3 Live In The City Of Light
Simple Minds (Virgin) Bruce Lampcov Bruce Lampcov Manor Mobile, Paris/AAV, Mobile, Aus Castle Sound, Scotland/Bearsville, NY Master Disk, NY

4 Keep Your Distance
Curiosity Killed the Cat (Mercury/Phonogram) S Levine/P O'Duffy/P Smith Glen Skinner/Various RAK/Master Rock/Sarm West, London RAK/Sarm West/Wessex, London Master Room, London

5 Solitude Standing
Suzanne Vega (A&M) S Addabbo/L Kaye R O'Brien/S Addabbo/Asst G Cowan/J Lippay/M Desisto/M McKenna/D Nash/A Zarate/G Keehn/J Martin Bearsville Sound NY/RPM Sound NYC/A&M/LA/Clinton/Celestial/Carnegie Hill, USA A&M, LA Stephen Marcussen, Precision Lacquers, LA

6 St Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles (Parlophone) George Martin Geoff Emerick Abbey Road, London Abbey Road, London Abbey Road, Harry Moss, London

7 The Return of Bruno
Bruce Willis (Mowtown) Robert Kraft JohnVigan Cherokee/Bill Schnee/Weddington/Ocean Image, LA As Recorded Bernie Grunoman Mastering, LA

8 Invisible Touch
Genesis (Atlantic) Genesis/Hugh Padgham Hugh Padgham The Farm, Surrey As Recorded Bob Ludwig Master Disk, NY

9 It's Better To Travel
Swing Out Sister (Mercury/Phonogram) Paul O'Duffy/Various Paul O'Duffy Paradise/Master Rock, London Sarm West, London Townhouse, London

10 Rain Dancing
Alison Moyet (CBS) Jimmy Lovine/Various J Chiccarelli/R De La Garza/M Desisto/J Fryer CBS, London A&M/Larrabee, LA CBS, London

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