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Mark Richardson

real name Mark J. Richardson

Mark Richardson is credited on 6,404 releases across 3,081 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1980–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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6,404

Credits

3,081

Albums

5

Decades active

827

In collections

Biography

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Prolific Midwest USA mastering and lacquer cutting engineer known for his work in a variety of underground music. Richardson retired on October 1, 2014. Died: 24th December 2024 Lake Havasu City, AZ.
He worked at the following:
1988 - 1991, Session Masters (Carol Stream, Illinois).
10/1991 - 10/2000, Metropolis Mastering, Ltd (Chicago, Illinois).
10/2000 - 10/2014, Prairie Cat Mastering (Belvidere, Illinois).
Etchings in vinyl runout grooves are either initials only (e.g., M.J.R.) or mastering house/initials combined. If the artists initials are prefixed with the mastering house initials, please don't include this in the ANV, use only the artist initials.
Session Masters (SS prefix - May 1988 to August 1991)
SSMJR
Metropolis Mastering Ltd. (MM prefix - October 1991 to October 2000)
MMMJR or M.M.M.J.R.
Prairie Cat Mastering (PC prefix - October 2000 to September 2014)
PCMJR

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

6,404 releases · 3,081 albums · active 1980–2026

  • Mastering · 6,490
  • Engineering · 14
  • Production · 2

Studios: Attica Studios · Salad Days Studio · Tanglewood Recording Studios · Trax East

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