Engineering · Performance
Ethan James
real name Ralph Burns Kellogg
Ethan James is credited on 544 pressings across 158 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1981–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
544
Pressings
158
Albums
5
Decades active
255
In collections
Biography
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Hurdy-Gurdy player, producer and engineer. Earlier on rock keyboardist and member of Blue Cheer under his real name. Born August 2, 1946, died June 22, 2003.
Founder of recording studio.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
544 pressings · 158 albums · active 1981–2026
- Engineering · 399
- Performance · 264
- Production · 243
- Other credits · 164
- Mastering · 6
Studios: Radio Tokyo · Total Access Recording Studios · BC Studio · Lyceum Sound
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Double Nickels On The Dime
1984

Bad Moon Rising
1985

Enjoy!
1986

Family Man
1984

Ragin', Full-On
1986

Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
1983

Rainy Day Music
2003

If'n
1987

Been Caught Stealing
1990

3-Way Tie (For Last)
1985

Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat
1983

Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987
2020

Ballot Result
1986

Ladies And Gentlemen... The Bangles!
2016

Sometimes, Almost Always
1988

Project: Mersh
1985

Psi Com
1985

The Politics Of Time
1984

100 Flowers
1983

Live '84
1985

Bangles
1982

Wildcard / A Word From The Wise
1992

Early Recordings
1989

Tragic Figures
1982
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