Alan Sanderson is a recording engineer, mixer, music producer, studio owner based in Southern California. Sanderson is credited with working on some of the most successful albums of the 1990–2000s while working as an engineer at Cello and

Ocean Way Studios Ocean Way Recording was a series of recording studios established by recording engineer and producer Allen Sides with locations in Los Angeles, Nashville, and Saint Barthélemy. Ocean Way Recording no longer operates recording facilities, but O ...

in Hollywood, California. Some of the artists Sanderson has recorded include:

Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac are a British-American Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1967 by the singer and guitarist Peter Green (musician), Peter Green. Green named the band by combining the surnames of the drummer, Mick Fleetwood, and the bassis ...

Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Michael Jackson, one of the most culturally significan ...

Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. His music and showmanship have had a significant, lasting impact on the music industry, and his songwriting partnership with l ...

Fiona Apple Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. She released five albums from 1996 to 2020, all of which reached the top 20 on the U.S. Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart. As of 2021, she has sold over ...

B.B. King Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, sh ...

Counting Crows Counting Crows is an American rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Formed in 1991, the band consists of rhythm guitarist David Bryson, drummer Jim Bogios, vocalist Adam Duritz, keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, David Immergl� ...

Elvis Costello Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television host. According to ''Rolling Stone'', Costello "reinvigorated the literate, lyrical ...

Ziggy Marley David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born 17 October 1968) is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is the son of Bob Marley and Rita Marley. He led the family band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers until 2002, with whom he released eight studio albums. After ...

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and

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. In 1997 he was an engineer on

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album ''

Bridges to Babylon ''Bridges to Babylon'' is the twenty-first studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released by Virgin Records on 29 September 1997. Released as a double album on vinyl and as a single CD, it was supported by the year-long worldw ...

''. On February 13, 2011 Sanderson earned a

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for his participation in the recording of the album ''

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'' by the musical group

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. Since 2014, Sanderson has owned and operated Pacific Beat Recording Studio in La Jolla, CA.

Partial discography

Albums

* ''The Rolling Stones'- Bridges to Babylon'' * ''The Rolling Stones - Studio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971-2016'' * ''Living Colour - The Chair In The Doorway'' * ''Elvis Costello &

Burt Bacharach Burt Freeman Bacharach ( ; May 12, 1928 – February 8, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music. Start ...

- Painted from Memory'' * ''Elvis Costello & No Doubt - I Throw My Toys Around'' * ''Counting Crows - Hard Candy'' * ''

Donovan Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer. He emerged from the British folk scene in early 1965 and subsequently scored multiple international hit singles ...

- Sutras'' * ''Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will'' * ''Fleetwood Mac - Time'' * ''Rita Coolidge - And So In Love'' * ''Tonex - Out Of The Box'' * ''Jewel - 0304'' * ''Fiona Apple - Tidal'' * ''Michael Jackson - History'' * ''Elton John - Songs From The West Coast'' * ''BB King - Let The Good Times Roll'' * ''Ziggy Marley - Spirit of Music'' * ''Ryan Adams - Demolition'' * ''Rusted Root - Welcome to The Party'' * ''Madonna - Ray Of Light'' * ''Burt Bacharach & Don Was - 2000 Academy Awards'' * ''The Doors - Perception'' * ''

Elliott Smith Steven Paul Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003), known as Elliott Smith, was an American musician and singer-songwriter. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and lived much of his life in Portland, Oregon, whe ...

- XO'' * ''

Rod Stewart Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British singer and songwriter. Known for his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists of all time, having sold ...

- When We Were The New Boys'' * ''Rod Stewart - The Great American Song Book'' * ''Tristeza - A Colores'' * ''

Tribal Seeds Tribal Seeds is an American /Mexican reggae band based in San Diego that was formed in 2005 by the Jacobo brothers, singer Steven Rene and producer Tony-Ray. Biography Formation (2003–2005) From San Diego, California, award-winning reggae gr ...

- Tribal Seeds (Self Titled)'' * ''Tribal Seeds - The Harvest'' * ''

- Weezer'' * ''

Paul Westerberg Paul Harold Westerberg (born December 31, 1959) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the Replacements. Following the breakup of the Replacements, Westerberg launched a solo career that saw him r ...

- Suicaine Gratification'' * ''Christopher Sluka - Ready To Connect, Figure It Out''

References

External links

Alan Sanderson Interview - NAMM Oral History Library (2016)
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