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Hal Willner

Hal Willner is credited on 161 albums across 601 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1977–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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161

Albums

601

Pressings

6

Decades active

381

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Hal Willner (b. April 6, 1956, Philadelphia PA; d. April 7, 2020, NYC) was an American music producer working in recording, films, TV and live events. He is best known for assembling tribute albums and events featuring a wide variety of artists and musical styles (jazz, classical, rock, Tin Pan Alley). His first tribute album was Amarcord Nino Rota in 1981. Willner produced albums for Marianne Faithfull, Lou Reed, Bill Frisell, Steven Bernstein, William S. Burroughs, Gavin Friday, Lucinda Williams, and Laurie Anderson, among others. He also helped launch the career of Jeff Buckley. He served as a music supervisor on two Robert Altman films, and was sketch music producer for Saturday Night Live for 40 years.
Willner died in 2020 of complications related to Covid-19.

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Credited work

161 albums · 601 pressings · active 1977–2025

  • Production · 737
  • Performance · 144
  • Other credits · 130
  • Engineering · 60

Studios: Regent Sound Studios, New York City · Sorcerer Sound · Sear Sound · The Village Recorder

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