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Jack Adams

Jack Adams is credited on 7,474 releases across 3,514 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1974–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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7,474

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3,514

Albums

Decades active

4,002

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Biography

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British cutting and mastering engineer born 18 December 1956 and passed away April 2021.
Began his career in 1972.
Not to be confused with Jack Adams who worked as an engineer in New York and Los Angeles.
Studios and companies Jack has worked at:
Phonodisc Ltd. (Tape librarian, storing and distributing 1/4-inch and 2-inch master tapes and test pressings), 1972
Command Studios (Tape Operator), 1972 - ?
DJM Studios and Zodiac Studios, London (Assistant Engineer)
Phonodisc Ltd. (Cassette and 8-track mastering engineer. Trained as cutting engineer with Ralph Copeman and Bill Austin - lacquer cutting 1976 - 1978).
RCA Studios, London (Cutting Engineer), 1978
Tape One (Cutting Engineer), 1978 - 1983 and 1984 - 1991
Strawberry Mastering (Cutting Engineer), 1983 - 1984
The Hit Factory, London (Cutting Engineer), 1991
The Town House, London (Cutting Engineer), 1992 - 1994
Masterpiece (Cutting Engineer), 1994 - 1999
Tape To Tape / Heathmans Mastering (Cutting Engineer), 1999 - 2004
Master Room (Cutting Engineer), 2004 - 2009
Optimum Mastering (Cutting Engineer), after 2009 - 2021
Alchemy Mastering (Cutting Engineer), after 2009 - 2021
, London (EMC Storage, Backup & Archiving Senior Engineer), 2015 - 2021