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Eddie Kramer (left) with Jimmy Page (right) backstage at Madison Square Garden in 1973

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Career

1960s

Eddie Kramer was born in South Africa, and as a child studied classical piano, cello and violin. He attended the prestigious South African College of Music to learn classical piano, but formed an interest in jazz. He moved to England at 19, where he recorded local jazz groups in a home studio and installed hi-fi equipment as a hobby. In 1964 he joined Pye Studios, recording artists including Sammy Davis Jr., Petula Clark and The Kinks. The word classical has several meanings: Pertaining to the societies of the classical antiquity, ancient Greece or Rome. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... The violoncello, almost always abbreviated to cello, or cello (the c is pronounced as the ch in cheese), is a bowed stringed instrument, the lowest-sounding member of the violin family. ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... Jazz is a style of music which originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States at around the start of the 20th century. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... High Fidelity is also the title of a book by Nick Hornby and a film directed by Stephen Frears, based upon Hornbys book. ... Pye Records was a British record label. ... Sammy Davis, Jr. ... Petula Clark, CBE (born November 15, 1932), is a British singer, actress and composer of Welsh and English parentage, best known for her upbeat popular international hits of the 1960s. ... The Kinks were an English rock group formed in 1963 by lead singer-songwriter Ray Davies and his brother lead guitarist and vocalist Dave Davies with bassist Pete Quaife. ...

In 1965 Kramer established KPS Studios and was later employed by Regent Sound to oversee construction of a new four-track studio.

He joined Olympic Sound Studios in London, where he engineered albums for acts including Traffic, Small Faces, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix, for whom Kramer engineered every album from Are You Experienced to The Cry of Love. After Hendrix's death he co-produced War Heroes, Rainbow Bridge and Hendrix in the West. Olympic Studios is a commercial recording studio located at 117 Church Road, in the south-western suburb of Barnes in London. ... Traffic was a rock band from Birmingham, England, formed in late 1966 by Steve Winwood with Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. ... The Small Faces were a British rock and roll band of the 1960s, led by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane with Kenny Jones and original organist Jimmy Winston. ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... “Rolling Stones” redirects here. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Are You Experienced was the debut album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1967. ... The Cry of Love is an album by Guitar Legend Jimi Hendrix. ... War Heroes was a posthumous release of Jimi Hendrix music in 1972. ... The Rainbow Bridge Sound Track is an album by guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, released in 1971 under the Reprise record label. ... Hendrix in the West is a live album by Jimi Hendrix. ...

In 1968 Kramer moved to New York to work at the Record Plant, engineering Hendrix's Electric Ladyland LP and also worked with Vanilla Fudge, Joe Cocker and NRBQ. Working independently from 1969, Kramer engineered Led Zeppelin II – the first of five albums he engineered for the band. Record Plant Studios (also known as just The Record Plant) is a famous recording studio, first opening in New York City at 321 West 44th Street map, in 1968. ... Electric Ladyland is a rock album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1968). ... Vanilla Fudge was an American heavy metal/psychedelic band that recorded albums from 1967 to 1970. ... Joe Cocker (born 20 May 1944) is an English rock/blues singer who came to popularity in the 1960s and is most known for his gritty voice and his cover versions of other performers songs. ... NRBQ is an American rock band. ... It has been suggested that The Led Zeppelin II Project be merged into this article or section. ...

"Woodstock" album cover, 1969

Kramer added his own touch to "Whole Lotta Love" from Led Zeppelin II. He said:^[1] "At one point there was bleed-through of a previously recorded vocal in the recording of It was the middle part where Robert (Plant) screams "Wo-man. You need it." Since we couldn't re-record at that point, I just threw some echo on it to see how it would sound and Jimmy (Page) said "Great! Just leave it." Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Whole Lotta Love is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin from their second album, Led Zeppelin II. It was the bands first hit single and a cover version of it by C.C.S. was used as the theme song for the British television show Top of...

In mid-1969 Kramer was hired to record the Woodstock Festival for both the album and the movie. The project was arduous, as he recalled: ^[1]"I arrived as dawn and was struck by the sight of the sun rising over what appeared to be the stage. The show was scheduled to start by lunch time. That panic pretty much set the tone for the entire concert. All of us in the crew had Vitamin B shots, so that we would be able to stay up for three days. The whole thing was recorded under the most primitive of conditions, but we got it done." This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

"Kiss Alive!" album cover, 1975

Kramer subsequently recorded live albums by Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Kiss, John Mayall, The Rolling Stones, Peter Frampton, Joe Cocker, Curtis Mayfield, Santana, David Bowie and Derek and the Dominos. Image File history File links This image is the cover of an album or single. ... Image File history File links This image is the cover of an album or single. ... Kiss (sometimes typeset KISS, to fit the official logo) is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. ... For the photographer, see John Jabez Edwin Mayall. ... Peter Kenneth Frampton (born April 22, 1950 in Beckenham, Kent) is a Grammy winning English musician, best known today for his solo work in the mid-1970s as an arena rocker. // By the age of ten, he played in a band called the Little Ravens. ... Curtis Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American soul, funk and R&B singer, songwriter and guitarist best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions and composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Superfly. ... Carlos Santana in concert, Barcelona 2003 Carlos Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican guitarist, originally from Autlan de Navarro, Jalisco. ... David Bowie (David Robert Jones 8 January 1947) is an English Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ... Derek and the Dominos were a blues-rock supergroup formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist and singer Eric Clapton with Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon, who had all played with him in Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. ...

1970s

Kramer was director of engineering at Electric Lady Studios from 1970-1974, producing the posthumous Hendrix records, as well as albums by Carly Simon, Sha Na Na and Peter Frampton. While there he engineered albums for artists as diverse as Dionne Warwick and David Bowie. Electric Lady Studios, at 52 West 8th Street, in New York Citys Greenwich Village, is a recording studio originally built by the legendary Jimi Hendrix and designed by John Storyk in 1970. ... Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945 in New York City) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy Award winning American musician who emerged as one of the leading lights of the early 1970s singer-songwriter movement. ... Sha Na Na Sha Na Na is a rock and roll/comedy group from New York City, who perform covers of doo wop hits from the 1950s, simultaneously reviving and sending up the music, as well as 1950s New York street culture, in their performances. ... Peter Kenneth Frampton (born April 22, 1950 in Beckenham, Kent) is a Grammy winning English musician, best known today for his solo work in the mid-1970s as an arena rocker. // By the age of ten, he played in a band called the Little Ravens. ... Marie Dionne Warrick (born December 12, 1940 in East Orange, New Jersey), known professionally as Dionne Warwick, is an African-American singer best known for her work with Hal David and Burt Bacharach as songwriters and producers. ... David Bowie (David Robert Jones 8 January 1947) is an English Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ...

In 1975 he left Electric Lady Studios to produce Kiss' Alive!, which began a long time association with the band. His engineering work included Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains the Same and Peter Frampton's Frampton Comes Alive!. Alive! was KISSs fourth album and is considered their breakthrough, as well as a cornerstone for live albums. ... The Song Remains the Same is a concert film by the British blues/rock band Led Zeppelin. ... Frampton Comes Alive! is a live album by Peter Frampton. ...

1980s onward

Kramer produced Fastway, Anthrax and Twisted Sister, as well as country and classical acts including the Kentucky Headhunters and guitarist John Williams. Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City. ... The Kentucky Headhunters are an influential country rock group whose early albums were embraced by both country and rock fans, and maintain a cult following among alt-country fans to this day. ... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... John Christopher Williams (born 24 April 1941) is one of the worlds best-known classical guitarists. ...

Kramer produced the Hendrix tribute album, Stone Free, featuring The Cure, Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy, raising $750,000 for the United Negro College Fund as musical scholarships to The Berkeley School of Music, The Juliard School of Music and The Dance Theatre of Harlem. Stone Free is a song released by Jimi Hendrix while he was playing in the Jimi Hendrix Experience. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The famous Clapton is God graffiti Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most successful musicians of the 20th century,[1] garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall... George Buddy Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues and rock guitarist and singer. ... United Negro College Fund logo The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is a Fairfax, Virginia-based American philanthropic organization that fundraises college tuition money for black students and general scholarship funds for 39 historically black colleges and universities. ...

Kramer produced and engineered Buddy Guy's Slippin' In (1995), which received a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Record and a W.C. Handy Blues Foundation Album of the Year award. Buddy Guy and The Saturday Nite Live Band with G.E. Smith, was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... He was the lead guitarist in the band Hall N Oates. ...

He also produced In From the Storm (1995), a compilation of Hendrix tracks featuring: Sting, Steve Vai and Carlos Santana with the London Metropolitan Orchestra. For professional wrestler Steve Borden, see Sting (wrestler). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ...

Other projects

Kramer has produced an instructional video, Adventures in Modern Recording, which features an interview with guitarist Les Paul. He has co-authored a Hendrix biography, Hendrix: Setting the Record Straight, with John McDermott. He is also compiling a photographic book, From the Other Side of the Glass, which features his photographs and recollections about the artists he worked with in the 60's and 70's. For the guitar, see Gibson Les Paul. ... John J. McDermott Jr. ...

Production credits

Selected production credits:

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Engineering credits

Selected engineering credits:

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References

1. ^ ^{a b} Biography at Eddie Kramer website