Mastering · Engineering

Wally Traugott

real name Wallace Edward Traugott

Wally Traugott is credited on 11,343 releases across 2,390 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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11,343

Credits

2,390

Albums

8

Decades active

6,767

In collections

Biography

Mastering and lacquer-cutting engineer based in the United States. Wally or Wly is always credited in the runout grooves of the record, usually alongside the Mastered by Capitol stamp. When his mark appears, please use the "Lacquer Cut By" credit.
Born September 11, 1934, in Kitchener, Ontario he had a recording career as a fiddle player in his native Canada during the 1950s and 1960s. After disillusionment with the Canadian recording industry, moved to the U.S. where he famously worked for Capitol Records' Capitol Mastering subsidiary starting in the late 1960s until the mid-1990s. Passed away December 3, 2010 in Tucson, Arizona.
Wally mastered a wide variety of music from Top 40 Rock and Pop to the Beastie Boys.

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Credited work

11,343 releases · 2,390 albums · active 1957–2026

  • Mastering · 11,939
  • Engineering · 82
  • Performance · 35

Studios: Capitol Studios · Record Plant, Los Angeles · Sunset Sound · Westlake Studios

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