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John McManus
John McManus is credited on 150 releases across 21 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1982–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
150
Pressings credited
21
Albums
5
Decades active
11
In collections
Biography
John McManus is an American novelist and short story writer. He is the author of a novel, Bitter Milk, and the short story collections Born on a Train, Stop Breakin Down, and Fox Tooth Heart. In recognition of Stop Breakin Down, McManus became the youngest ever recipient of the Whiting Award. In 2019 he received a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. McManus is a contributing editor for literary publisher Fiddleblack. He teaches creative writing at Old Dominion University and Goddard College. In 2013, McManus contributed an essay to a limited edition of Clive Barker's novella, Cabal.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
150 releases · 21 albums · active 1982–2025
- Performance · 286
- Other credits · 110
- Engineering · 5
- Production · 2
Studios: Battery Studios, London · The Electric Castle · Ninth Street Studios · Excess Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Mama's Boys
- Celtus
- Ayreon
- Various
- Ambeon
- Kendra Smith
- Nelson Bragg
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