Al Schmitt

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Credited 14 times on others' music. 11 collaborations.

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Al Schmitt is a recording engineer and record producer. Schmitt grew up in New York City. After serving in the U.S. Navy he began working at Apex Recording Studios at the age of 19. In the late 50's Schmitt moved to Los Angeles and became a staff engineer at Radio Recorders on Santa Monica Blvd in Hollywood. In the early 60's he moved to RCA in Hollywood as a staff engineer. While at RCA he engineered albums for Henry Mancini, Cal Tjader, Al Hirt, Rosemary Clooney, Liverpool Five, The Astronauts, Sam Cooke "Bring It on Home to Me" "Cupid" "Another Saturday Night" in 1961. He also did a lot of motion-picture scoring work for Alex North and Elmer Bernstein. In 1966 Schmitt left RCA and became an independent producer. He produced albums for Jefferson Airplane, Eddie Fisher, Glenn Yarborough, Jackson Browne and Neil Young. In the mid 70's he began spending more time engineering again, recording and mixing artists from Willy DeVille and Dr. John.

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Discography

12 releases – 14 credits on others' music Edit
American Classic American Classic 2009 Willie Nelson engineer (Play) Buy mp3
So In Love So In Love 2009 Roberta Gambarini engineer and remixer (Play) Buy mp3
My One and Only Thrill My One and Only Thrill 2009 Melody Gardot engineer (Play) Buy mp3
Just a Little Lovin' Just a Little Lovin' 2008 Shelby Lynne engineer (Play) Buy mp3
Hummin' to Myself Hummin' to Myself 2004 Linda Ronstadt engineer (Play) Buy mp3
VH1 Storytellers VH1 Storytellers 1998 Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson engineer (Play) Buy mp3
All Fly Home All Fly Home 1990 Al Jarreau producer (Play) Buy mp3
We Got By We Got By 1990 Al Jarreau producer (Play) Buy mp3
Late for the Sky Late for the Sky 1974 Jackson Browne engineer and producer (Play) Buy mp3
For Everyman For Everyman 1973 Jackson Browne engineer (Play) Buy mp3
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