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John Cremer

real name Johannes Cremer

John Cremer is credited on 1,070 pressings across 414 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1976–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,070

Credits

414

Albums

6

Decades active

1,224

In collections

Biography

German audio and mastering engineer. He started in 1972 doing home recordings for folk band Gurnemanz. In September 1974 he started cutting lacquers at EMI-Electrola's Maarweg Studios in Cologne, where he was originally responsible for the singles catalogue and from 1976 onward for the rock and pop LP catalogue, exclusively doing DMM cutting starting in 1983. From 1978 on he also worked freelance as mastering engineer working with producers such as Conny Plank, Holger Czukay, Dieter Dierks and Gottfried Engels. In 1999, he founded Railroad Tracks in Kerpen-Buir and reorganised the EMI-Germany archive system.

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Credited work

1,070 releases · 414 albums · active 1976–2026

  • Mastering · 1,103
  • Other credits · 61
  • Engineering · 11
  • Performance · 3
  • Production · 1

Studios: Dierks Studios · Conny's Studio · EMI Studios, Cologne · Weltherren Studios

Discography

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