Mastering · Performance
Maxwell Anandappa
Maxwell Anandappa is credited on 4,379 pressings across 2,549 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1971–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
4,379
Credits
2,549
Albums
6
Decades active
2,083
In collections
Biography
UK plating engineer. Born June 20, 1944. Died June, 2025.
Worked for and later, producing the metalwork and/or stampers (credit: Plated By).
Can be identified by "MAX" or "mA" or "MA." in the run-out grooves. Please use ANVs Max or MA (without dots or other adornments).
MAX P.R.P or MAX PRP stands for "Positive Record Processing".
Between March 2002 and July 2011, director and engineer in his own company, based in London.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
4,379 releases · 2,549 albums · active 1971–2026
- Mastering · 4,388
- Performance · 1
Studios: PWL Studios · The Cellar UK · Blackwing Studios · Konk Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Master Of Puppets
1986

Ride The Lightning
1984

Kill 'Em All
1983

Loveless
1991

Midnight Marauders
1993

Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
1980

Substance
1987

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
1997

Odessey And Oracle
1968

Blue Monday
1983

Substance
1988

Screamadelica
1991

Bandwagonesque
1991

Leprosy
1988

Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
1985

Evol
1986

Show No Mercy
1983

Hell Awaits
1985

Love Will Tear Us Apart
1980

Spiritual Healing
1990

Beats, Rhymes And Life
1996

The Anthology
1999

Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches
1990

Paid In Full
1987
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