Alan Boyd is an American musician,
sound engineer
An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, ...
,
record producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure. Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...
, and filmmaker who is best known for his work with
the Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American Rock music, rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian Wilson, Brian, Dennis Wilson, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and frie ...
. Since the 1980s, he has been an archive manager for the band's
Brother Records.
Since 2000, he has worked alongside engineer
Mark Linett on the Beach Boys' regular stream of archival releases.
In 2013, Boyd was among the recipients of the
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pre ...
for
Best Historical Album for ''
The Smile Sessions'' (2011).
Discography
Producer
* ''
Hawthorne, CA'' (2001)
* ''
The Smile Sessions'' (2011)
* ''
Made in California'' (2013)
* ''
Keep an Eye On Summer – The Beach Boys Sessions 1964'' (2014)
* ''
1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow
''1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow'' is an expanded reissue of the 1967 album ''Wild Honey (album), Wild Honey'' by American rock band the Beach Boys. It was released by Capitol Records on June 30, 2017 and consists largely of previously unreleased mate ...
'' (2017)
* ''
Wake the World: The Friends Sessions'' (2018)
* ''
I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions'' (2018)
* ''
The Beach Boys On Tour: 1968'' (2018)
Filmography
;Directorials
* ''
The Beach Boys: Nashville Sounds'' (1996)
* ''Hey, Hey We're the Monkees'' (1997)
* ''
Endless Harmony: The Beach Boys Story'' (1998)
;Producer
* ''
The Beach Boys: An American Family'' (2000)
See also
*
List of unreleased songs recorded by the Beach Boys
References
External links
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American audio engineers
American record producers
Living people
Grammy Award winners
Place of birth missing (living people)
American documentary filmmakers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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