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Shelly Yakus

Shelly Yakus is credited on 2,694 releases across 377 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,694

Pressings credited

377

Albums

7

Decades active

1,774

In collections

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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Credited work

2,694 releases · 377 albums · active 1968–2025

  • Engineering · 3,146
  • Performance · 122
  • Production · 82
  • Other credits · 64
  • Mastering · 28

Studios: Record Plant, N.Y.C. · A&M Studios · Alice Cooper Mansion · Cherokee Studios

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