Engineering · Production
Bruce Botnick
Bruce Botnick is credited on 7,381 releases across 627 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
7,381
Pressings credited
627
Albums
7
Decades active
2,383
In collections
Biography
Bruce Botnick (born 1945) is an American audio engineer and record producer. He is best known for co-producing L.A. Woman, the sixth studio album by the Doors, after producer Paul A. Rothchild quit during its production. Botnick is also known for producing for Eddie Money and his platinum albums Eddie Money and Life for the Taking as well as Steve Perry's platinum album Street Talk. Botnick also engineered for the Beach Boys and their eleventh studio album Pet Sounds as well as producing and engineering for acts such as Love, Buffalo Springfield, Dave Mason, the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, the Rolling Stones plus film composer Jerry Goldsmith.
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Credited work
7,381 releases · 627 albums · active 1963–2026
- Engineering · 5,251
- Production · 2,463
- Mastering · 1,813
- Other credits · 283
- Performance · 52
Studios: Sunset Sound Recorders · Elektra Sound Recorders · The Doors Workshop · Sunset Sound
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Pet Sounds
1966

The Doors
1967

Let It Bleed
1969

L.A. Woman
1971

Morrison Hotel
1970

Strange Days
1967

Waiting For The Sun
1968

The Soft Parade
1969

Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II
1985

Forever Changes
1967

Kick Out The Jams
1969

If I Could Only Remember My Name
1971

Turnstiles
1976

The Monkees
1966

Greatest Hits
1980

The Smile Sessions
2011

The Best Of The Doors
1985

Absolutely Live
1970

An American Prayer
1978

Buffalo Springfield Again
1967

Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine
1972

13
1970

Smiley Smile
1967

Eddie Money
1977
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