Bob Clearmountain

Producer, engineer and mixer Bob Clearmountain was among the most acclaimed studio kingpins in all of contemporary pop. Influenced by his guitar-playing older brother, he began playing the bass as a teen; fascinated by recording technology from a young age, he also toyed with electronics. While in high school, Clearmountain and his band soon cut a demo at the New York City studio Media Sound, and when the group disbanded a short time later, he returned to the studio in the hopes of landing a job; initially hired as a delivery boy, he was serving within months as an assistant engineer on a session for Duke Ellington. Working steadily as an engineer throughout the 1970s, he was well known by the end of the decade in disco circles for his sophisticated work on hit albums from Chic and Sister Sledge; conversely, he also produced material for new wavers including the Rezillos and the Tuff Darts.



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