Mastering · Other credits
Kees Grijpink
real name Cornelis A.M. Grijpink
Kees Grijpink is credited on 6,295 releases across 3,034 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
6,295
Credits
3,034
Albums
7
Decades active
4,966
In collections
Biography
Dutch sound engineer.
Mastering and lacquer cutting engineer at Dureco Studio from September 1972 up to 1990.
Mastering and CD pre-mastering engineer at AJW Media from 1990 to 1995.
Head of the studio and audio digitization department at the Meertens Instituut (Amsterdam) from 1996 until his retirement in April 2018.
Records cut at Dureco used a three or four character code/signature [w]wA[A]n, where [w]w is one or two digits, marking the week of the year the record was cut, A[A] a single or double initial of the engineer who did the cut and n the number of the cut. In these cases Dureco Studio can be credited with Lacquer Cut At and the engineer with Lacquer Cut By, using the appropriate ANV for the initial(s). Grijpink signed his work with C, the initial of his Christian name.
Additionally, an etched KG or K.G. can sometimes be found, indicating that during the transfer to the lacquer, the sound of the recording was modified (in Grijpinks own words). In these cases an extra Mastered By credit can be added with the appropriate ANV. When only K.G. is present in the runout, both roles (Lacquer Cut By and Mastered By) can be used. With KG or K.G. an additional LCCN role Mastered At Dureco Studio can be added.
Only ##C# =
Lacquer Cut By Kees Grijpink ANV C
Lacquer Cut At Dureco Studio
##C# and K.G./KG =
Mastered By Kees Grijpink ANV K.G./KG
Lacquer Cut By Kees Grijpink ANV C
Mastered At Dureco Studio
Lacquer Cut At Dureco Studio
Only K.G./KG
Mastered By AND Lacquer Cut By Kees Grijpink ANV K.G./KG
Mastered At Dureco Studio
Lacquer Cut At Dureco Studio
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Credited work
6,295 releases · 3,034 albums · active 1966–2026
- Mastering · 7,563
- Other credits · 1
Studios: Dureco Studio · MC Studio · Wisseloord Studios · Soundpush Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Rumours
1977

Untitled
1971

Paranoid
1970

Back In Black
1980

Master Of Reality
1971

Déjà Vu
1970

The Cars
1978

Black Sabbath
1970

Van Halen
1978

Unknown Pleasures
1979

Black Sabbath Vol 4
1972

Loaded
1970

Closer
1980

Double Fantasy
1980

Fear Of Music
1979

Talking Heads: 77
1977

Surfer Rosa
1988

Face Value
1981

Candy-O
1979

More Songs About Buildings And Food
1978

Van Halen II
1979

My Aim Is True
1977

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
1968

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
1976
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