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Bob Ludwig

American mastering and lacquer cutting engineer, born December 11, 1944 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. Started his career at A&R Studios in early October, 1967 and later worked at Sterling Sound (from 1969 to 1975) and Masterdisk, becoming vice-president at both. In 1992 founded Gateway Mastering in Portland, Maine. In July 2023, he announced his retirement and the closure of Gateway Mastering. As a rule of thumb he is generally credited as "Bob Ludwig" on pop/rock/mainstream releases and as "Robert C. Ludwig" or "Robert Ludwig" on classical releases. His cuts can be recognized by his initials "RL" or block-lettered "rL" (sometimes misread as "ΓL") etched in the runouts

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Bob Clearmountain

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Roles: Backing Vocals [Gang], Engineer, Engineer [The Power Station], Mixed By, Producer, Producer [Produced By], Recorded By

Bruce Springsteen

7

Roles: Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Celesta, Co-producer, Effects [Sound Effects], Electric Guitar, Electric Organ [B3], Glockenspiel, Guitar, Harmonica, Instruments [All], Lead Vocals, Mellotron, Model [The Night Shift], Music By, Organ, Percussion, Performer, Performer [All Music Performed By], Performer [The E Street Band], Piano, Producer, Producer [Produced By], Producer [Produced With], Sampler [Orchestral Samples], Synth [Synth Strings], Twelve-String Guitar, Vocals, Words By, Written-By

Jon Landau

6

Roles: Executive-Producer, Management, Management [Jon Landau Management], Producer, Producer [Produced By]

Barbara Carr

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Roles: Management, Management [Associate], Management [Jon Landau Management]

Roy Bittan

5

Roles: Backing Vocals, Band [The E Street Band Is], Keyboards, Musician, Performer, Performer [The E Street Band], Piano, Producer [Additional Production], Synthesizer

Toby Scott

5

Roles: Coordinator [Production Coordination], Engineer, Engineer [Engineered By], Loops, Programmed By, Recorded By

Bruce Lampcov

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Roles: Engineer [Assistant, Engineer [Assistant Engineer], Engineer [Assistant], Mixed By [Produced By], Power Station], Producer

Mark Knopfler

4

Roles: Composed By, Guitar, Guitar [Guitars], Musician, Producer, Producer [Produced By], Songwriter [Song By], Songwriter [Songs By], Songwriter [Songs Written By], Vocals, Written-By