Shelly Yakus
Biography
Sheldon Gershon "Shelly" Yakus (born November 1945) is an American audio engineer and mixer. Formerly chief engineer and vice president of A&M Records, he was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. Yakus is referenced at the end of one of Tom Petty's songs "What're You Doin' In My Life?" As of 2014, Yakus was chief engineer of AfterMaster Audio Labs and Recording Studios, a recording firm he co-founded with Larry Ryckman, who is its CEO. Yakus is also vice president of Studio One Media, Inc.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Moondance
1970
Bella Donna
1981
Damn The Torpedoes
1979
Imagine
1971
Ramones
1976
Making Movies
1980
Under A Blood Red Sky
1983
Rattle And Hum
1988
Agents Of Fortune
1976
Music From Big Pink
1968
Long After Dark
1982
Hard Promises
1981
Billion Dollar Babies
1973
Be Yourself Tonight
1985
Southern Accents
1985
The Wild Heart
1983
School's Out
1972
A Very Special Christmas
1987
Easter
1978
Rock 'N' Roll
1975
Berlin
1973
U218 Singles
2006
The End Of The Innocence
1989
Solitude Standing
1987
Credited work
6,866 releases · 376 albums · active 1968–2026
- Engineering · 10,788
- Production · 184
- Other credits · 139
- Mastering · 44
Studios: Record Plant, N.Y.C. · A&M Studios · The Hit Factory · Record Plant, Los Angeles