Mark Linett | |
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| Occupation(s) | Record producer, audio engineer |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
Mark Linett is an American record producer and audio engineer who is best known for his remixing and remastering of the Beach Boys' catalog.[1][2] Since 1988, he has been the engineer for Brian Wilson's recordings.[3] He has also worked with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Los Lobos, Rickie Lee Jones and Randy Newman.[4] Linett is based in Glendale, California, where he owns a home studio, Your Place or Mine Recording.[5]
Linett created the first true stereo mix of the Beach Boys' 1966 album Pet Sounds[6] and has co-produced many of the band's archival release, including The Pet Sounds Sessions (1997), Endless Harmony Soundtrack (1998), Hawthorne, CA (2003), and The Smile Sessions (2011)[7] as well as the Feel Flows (2021) and Sail On Sailor (2022) box sets. In addition to winning three[needs update] Grammy Awards, he was nominated for Best Engineered Album for his work on Brian Wilson Presents Smile (2004).[2] In 2014, Linett made a cameo appearance as Chuck Britz in the Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy.[8]
To create remixes of the Beach Boys' catalog, Linett uses ProTools as his DAW of choice, although he keeps analog tape machines for the purpose of transferring to digital.[9] Since 2000, producer Alan Boyd, the band's archive manager, has been his longtime partner for such projects.[10]
- ^ "Mark Linett - Remixing The Beach Boys". Sound on Sound. July 2019.
- ^ a b Christman, Ed (March 11, 2011). "Beach Boys Engineer Mark Linett Talks 'Smile' Release". Billboard.
- ^ Britt, Thomas (December 15, 2011). "The Beach Boys: The SMiLE Sessions, PopMatters". Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- ^ Owsinski, Bobby (November 1, 2004). The recording engineer's handbook. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. xiii. ISBN 978-1-932929-00-3. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
- ^ Baccigaluppi, John; Crane, Larry (May–June 2005). "Mark Linett". Tape Op.
- ^ Linett, Mark (1997). "Notes on Recording and Mixing". The Pet Sounds Sessions (Booklet). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records.
- ^ "Beach Boys Producers Alan Boyd, Dennis Wolfe, Mark Linett Discuss 'Made in California' (Q&A)". Rock Cellar Magazine. September 4, 2013. Archived from the original on September 30, 2013.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Michael (May 29, 2015). "Finding Beach Boy Brian Wilson". The Washington Post.
- ^ Bonzai (April 20, 2014). "Interview with Mark Linett". Barefoot Sound.
- ^ Taber Times (July 15, 2021). "'Feel Flows' — The Beach Boys re-imagined this summer". Taber Times. Retrieved July 18, 2021.