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Pete Helffrich

real name Peter J. Helffrich

Pete Helffrich is credited on 2,247 pressings across 951 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2014 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,247

Credits

951

Albums

7

Decades active

231

In collections

Biography

Cutting and mastering engineer. (1930-1999). Sometimes mis-identified as "Pete Heffrich" in runouts.
Helffrich was the owner and operator of Helffrich Recording Labs in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
The company offered a full range of record production: recording, mastering, lacquer cutting, pressing, etc.
"Pete Helffrich" and/or "PJH" script appears in the runouts of Everest, VOX, Nonesuch, and many other releases.
He was a member of the Independent Business Association and the Porsche Club of America.

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

2,247 releases · 951 albums · active 1951–2014

  • Mastering · 2,243
  • Engineering · 126
  • Other credits · 6
  • Production · 4
  • Performance · 1

Studios: Helffrich Recording Labs · Earth Audio Techniques, Inc. · Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center · Feigen/Palmer Gallery

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Beethoven
  • Mozart
  • Bach
  • Brahms
  • Schubert
  • J.S. Bach
  • Tchaikovsky

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