Al Schmitt 1930 - 2021
Recording Engineer
Over the course of his nearly forty year career, Mark Wilder has mastered or remastered over two thousand recordings for such diverse artists as Aretha Franklin, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Phish and Sting. And as senior mastering engineer at Sony Music’s Battery Studios, Mark’s golden ear and pursuit of sonic perfection can be heard in many major titles found in the incredible Legacy Recordings catalog.
To date, Mark has won six GRAMMY Awards for his work on such iconic albums as Bob Dylan’s The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12; and The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11; Bill Wither’s The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums; Billie Holiday’s Lady Day – The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944; Louis Armstrong’s The Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings; and Miles Davis and Gil Evans’ The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings.