Engineering · Production
John Van Nest
John Van Nest is credited on 588 pressings across 185 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1970–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
588
Pressings
185
Albums
6
Decades active
288
In collections
Biography
Audio engineer. Originally from Chicago. He moved to Los Angeles where he worked with Bruce Swedien and then opened in 1983, and in 2005.
Was the chief engineer / studio manager at
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
588 pressings · 185 albums · active 1970–2025
- Engineering · 667
- Production · 58
- Performance · 30
- Other credits · 13
Studios: Image Recording Studios · Allen Zentz Recording · Westlake Studios · Sunset Sound
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Midnight Madness
1983
Victory
1984
HIStory - Past, Present And Future - Book I
1995
Lost In Love
1980
The One That You Love
1981
Space Jam (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture)
1996
Bullet In A Bible
2005
Dawn Patrol
1982
Live In London
2009
7 Wishes
1985
Masterjam
1979
Design Of A Decade 1986 / 1996
1995
Donna Summer
1982
No Protection
1987
Light Up The Night
1980
Now And Forever
1982
Live From Central Park
1999
Hold Me
1985
Pronounced Jah-Nay
1994
Foxes (Original Soundtrack)
1980
Songs From The Road
2010
Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture "Teachers"
1984
Branigan 2
1983
A Place In The Sun
1999
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Air Supply
- Night Ranger
- The Temptations
- David Hasselhoff
- TRF
- Mark Spiro
- Barry White
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