Conrad Uno is an American

record producer A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...

and founder of the

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PopLlama Records PopLlama Records is an independent record label founded by record producer Conrad Uno in Seattle, Washington, in 1984. After making several of his own demos in his basement studio, Uno would produce The Young Fresh Fellows' debut album ''The Fabu ...

. Uno began his career making his own music as a teenager in his makeshift basement studio. At the request of his friends, the Young Fresh Fellows, Uno produced their debut album '' The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest''. When the band decided to release their debut album themselves, Uno founded

to help with the release. He would also produce their next four albums; '' Topsy Turvey'' (1985), '' The Men Who Loved Music'' (1987), '' Totally Lost'' (1988) and '' This One's for the Ladies'' (1989), the latter three released through Frontier Records. He would also produce albums by Dharma Bums, ''Haywire: Out Through the Indoor'' (1989), and

Scott McCaughey Scott Lewis McCaughey is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter and the leader of the Seattle and Portland-based bands The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5. He was also an auxiliary member of the American rock band R.E.M. from 199 ...

, '' My Chartreuse Opinion'' (1989), while he was the

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Mudhoney Mudhoney is an American rock music, rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, on January 1, 1988, following the demise of Green River (band), Green River. Its members are singer and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm, lead guitarist Steve Turner (guitari ...

's self-titled album released in 1989. In the 1990s, Uno would produce albums for Mudhoney, their

Sub Pop Sub Pop is an independent record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. Sub Pop achieved fame in the early 1990s for signing Seattle bands such as Nirvana (band), Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney, central players in the gru ...

releases '' Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge'' (1991), '' Piece of Cake'' (1992) and their 1994 collaboration with

Jimmie Dale Gilmore Jimmie Dale Gilmore (born May 6, 1945) is an American country singer-songwriter currently living in Austin, Texas. Life and career Gilmore is a native of the Texas Panhandle, having been born in Amarillo and raised in Lubbock, Texas. His ear ...

''Buckskin Stallion Blues'', and The Presidents of the United States of America, their 1994 debut self-titled album. ''Piece of Cake'' peaked at number 189 on the ''Billboard'' 200 while The Presidents' debut album would be re-released on

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American reco ...

the following year, peaking at number 6 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and later being certified double-platinum by the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Uno, Conrad Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Record producers from Washington (state) Musicians from Seattle 20th-century American singers 21st-century American singers