Benjamin Mumphrey (born in
,
Louisiana
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, United States) is an American
record producer
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,
audio engineer
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, and musician.
Producer credits
Benjamin Mumphrey's credits for engineering include:
*
Frank Black
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albums ''
True Blue'', ''
Show Me Your Tears
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'',
''93-03'' and ''
Devil's Workshop
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'', all released on
Cooking Vinyl
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;
''Black Liquor''by
Dash Rip Rock
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, released in 2012 on
Alternative Tentacles
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;
* ''In The Night'', the 1998 album by Famous Monsters, released by
Bong Load Custom Records
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Much of the Bong Load Records catalog is released in small quantities. Seve ...
;
''The Chaos In Order''by the Los Angeles group
Let's Go Sailing
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;
* the
Pixies
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song "
Bam Thwok
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" (the first official number 1 track on the
UK Download Chart
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on June 23, 2004).
Engineering credits
Mr Mumphrey's credits for engineering include:
*
Jello Biafra
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Initially ac ...
and the New Orleans Raunch & Soul All-Stars(released in 2015 on
Alternative Tentacles
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),
"Ain't That Pretty At All"by the Pixies (a
Warren Zevon
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Zevon's most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", and " Roland the Headless Tho ...
cover from the
Artemis Records
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album ''
Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon'');
* Frank Black's albums ''
Black Letter Days
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'' (Cooking Vinyl),
''Honeycomb'' (
EMI
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/
Back Porch Records
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The label was started in 1997 as joint venture between Virgin Records and Milwaukee-based Narada Productions. The label's initial releases, including the I-10 C ...
)
''One More Road For The Hit''an
''Snake Oil''
*
The Breeders
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2009 EP,''
Fate to Fatal
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'', the 2008
4AD Records
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album ''
Mountain Battles
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'', and the son
"German Demonstration"(the B-side to the vinyl 7" single,
We're Gonna Rise);
* ''
¿Which Side Are You On?'', the 2012 album by
Ani Difranco
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DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influe ...
;
"Goin' Home"by
B.B. King
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with
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
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Career
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(the title track from the
Vanguard Records
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album ''
Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino'');
*
Alligator Records
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History
Iglauer started the label using hi ...
''American Patchwork''by
Anders Osborne
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Early life
...
;
*
Sub Pop Records
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' ''
Dynamite Steps
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The Sub Pop pre- ...
'' by
The Twilight Singers
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and
''Saturnalia'' by
The Gutter Twins
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;
*
Bloodshot Records
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Bloodshot Records was founded in 1994 by Nan Warshaw, Rob Miller, and Eric Babcock, who knew each other from jobs ...
''Can You Deal With It?''by
Andre Williams Andre Williams may refer to:
* Andre Williams (musician)
* Andre Williams (American football)
* Andre Williams, British DJ better known as Shy FX
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&
the New Orleans Hellhounds;
*
Ben Harper
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's ''
Live from Mars
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'' (2nd engineer); ''
Here Comes That Weird Chill'' by
Mark Lanegan
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(assistant engineer);
* various recordings by
Paul Avion;
"Hard Luck Guy"by
Greg Dulli
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(featuring
Quintron
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), released in 2007 b
Shake-It Records as part of a series covering the songs of the late
Muscle Shoals
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guitarist and songwriter
Eddie Hinton
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.
Musician credits
The Breeders, "Pinnacle Hollow" (bass); Frank Black & the Catholics, "Velvety" (percussion); Greg Dulli, "Hard Luck Guy" (drums).
Mumphrey was the stage sound mixer for the Pixies' 2004 reunion tour, documented in the film
''loudQuietloud: A Film About the Pixies'' ''He also worked as a staff engineer at
Sound City Studios
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in Los Angeles, and
Studio in the Country
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The studio has been in operation since 1972. It was conceived and originally owned by recording engineer William S. "Bleu" Evans. It sits on ...
, in
Washington Parish, Louisiana
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.''
In 2013, Mumphrey played a bit part as a recording engineer on the series finale of the
HBO
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television show ''
Treme''
"To Miss New Orleans"
References
External links
Allmusic: Ben Mumphrey Discography*
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American multi-instrumentalists
American audio engineers
Record producers from Louisiana
Musicians from New Orleans
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)