Mastering · Engineering
Björn Almstedt
real name Björn Gunnar Olov Almstedt
Björn Almstedt is credited on 2,517 pressings across 1,208 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,517
Pressings
1,208
Albums
7
Decades active
1,558
In collections
Biography
Björn Almstedt, born on January 24, 1939 in Katarina församling, Stockholm, Sweden, died November 8, 2020, worked as a mastering engineer at from 1991 until 2006. Between 1957 and 1991 he worked at.
Please use only BA for lacquer engineering credits, without the affixed lacquer mastering studio.
Common runout groove etchings:
BA-CR - Björn Almstedt at Cutting Room.
BA-EF - Björn Almstedt at.
BA-GP - Björn Almstedt at Grammoplast.
BA-Tα - Björn Almstedt at Toolex Alpha.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
2,517 pressings · 1,208 albums · active 1963–2025
- Mastering · 1,945
- Engineering · 485
- Other credits · 221
- Production · 1
Studios: Europa Film · Sonet Studios, Stockholm · Metronome Studio, Stockholm · KMH Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Sports
1983

Violator
1990

The Unforgettable Fire
1984

Rain Dogs
1985

Strangeways, Here We Come
1987

Swordfishtrombones
1983

Fore!
1986

Welcome To The Pleasuredome
1984

Ace Of Spades
1980

Back In The High Life
1986

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
1990

Speak & Spell
1981

101
1988

The Lion And The Cobra
1987

The Good Son
1990

Riptide
1985

Vital Idol
1985

The Collection
1984

State Of Euphoria
1988

The Innocents
1988

Life's Too Good
1988

This Is The Sea
1985

On Every Street
1991

Fisherman's Blues
1988
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Cornelis Vreeswijk
- Astrid Lindgren
- Depeche Mode
- Jerry Williams (3)
- Bathory
- The Hellacopters
- Björn Afzelius
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