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Robert G. Koester

real name Robert Gregg Koester

Robert G. Koester is credited on 220 albums across 850 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2022 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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220

Albums

850

Pressings

8

Decades active

52

In collections

Biography

American record store owner, producer and label owner
Born October 30, 1932 Wichita, Kansas, USA
Died May 12, 2021 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known as Bob. Founder and original owner of Delmark Records (originally Delmar Records). Moved to Chicago in 1958 and opened the first Jazz Record Mart store which became a Chicago institution. He sold the store in 2016 and opened the smaller Bob's Blues & Jazz Mart a few months later.

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Credited work

220 albums · 850 pressings · active 1956–2022

  • Production · 815
  • Other credits · 507
  • Engineering · 13

Studios: Sound Studios, Chicago · Riverside Studio, Chicago · Ter Mar Studios · Universal Recording Studio

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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