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Bernie Grundman

Bernie Grundman is credited on 32,426 releases across 4,936 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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32,426

Pressings credited

4,936

Albums

Decades active

8,397

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Biography

Bernie Grundman (born December 16, 1943) is an American audio engineer, highly regarded in the industry for his decades of mastering analog tape mixes for vinyl disk, later transitioning into the digital era. He is originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Grundman served in the U.S. Air Force. In 1966, he moved from Arizona to Hollywood and, with almost no experience, got hired by Lester Koenig at Contemporary Records. After a couple of years on the job, Grundman was recruited by A&M Records' mastering department in Los Angeles, where he became much in demand, later becoming the department head. In 1984, he launched his own business, Bernie Grundman Mastering (BGM) in Hollywood. In 1997, Grundman opened a second studio in Tokyo with engineer Yasuji Maeda. As of December 2025, Grundman had been nominated for 16 Grammy Awards and won 3. The LA studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan, Joe Bozzi, and Mike Bozzi, mastered 37 Grammy-nominated projects in 2005. Grundman and his studios have also won numerous TEC Awards, including Best Mastering Facility and several production awards.

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