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Phil Austin

Phil Austin is credited on 3,724 releases across 1,951 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1970–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,724

Credits

1,951

Albums

6

Decades active

2,143

In collections

Biography

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US mastering and cutting engineer. Do not confuse with Philip Austin of the group The Firesign Theatre.
Started his career in the early '70s at Mercury Sound Studios, later Masterdisk. For a large part his career, he worked at the Trutone Mastering Labs (c.1975 until about 2006).
His cuts can be identified by his initials "pa" etched in the runouts, often along with the month and year.

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Credited work

3,724 releases · 1,951 albums · active 1970–2025

  • Mastering · 3,786
  • Engineering · 12

Studios: Reel Platinum · I.N.S. Studios · Power Play Studios · Quad Recording Studios

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