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Simon Francis
Simon Francis is credited on 916 pressings across 461 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1960–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
916
Credits
461
Albums
7
Decades active
1,161
In collections
Biography
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UK audio, mastering and lacquer cutting engineer.
1997: Started his audio career at Livingston Studios.
1998: Worked at Metropolis Studios.
1999 - 2002: Mastering/ lacquer cutting at Metropolis Mastering
2002 - 2010: Mastering/ lacquer cutting at Masterpiece
2011: Mastering / lacquer cutting at Wired Masters.
2011 - present: Founder/ owner, mastering/ lacquer cutting at Simon Francis Mastering.
Vinyl cuts can be identified by FRANCIS @ MASTERPIECE (or similar) or FRANCIS (since 1999 only) in the runouts.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
916 releases · 461 albums · active 1960–2026
- Mastering · 944
- Performance · 17
- Other credits · 5
- Production · 2
Studios: Olympic Studios · The Bunker (12) · The Town House · Chapel Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Paranoid
1970
2001
1999
Room On Fire
2003
Unplugged
1992
The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
1971
Get Born
2003
The Art Of Loving
2025
Employment
2005
Tyrannosaurus Hives
2004
Script For A Jester's Tear
1983
In Search Of...
2001
The Awakening
1970
Clutching At Straws
1987
Bobby Caldwell
1978
In The Jungle Groove
1986
Waiting For The Sirens' Call
2005
We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
2008
Emergency!
1969
24 Nights
1991
Feelings
1974
Float On
2004
Year Zero Remixed
2007
Agony & Irony
2008
The Greatest
2005
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