(1951-04-23) 23 April 1951 (age 73) California, United States
Genres
Rock, Blues, Reggae, Folk music, Roots reggae, Jazz, World music
Occupation(s)
Producer/Audio Engineer
Instrument(s)
Drums/percussion
Years active
1970 - present
Labels
Island Records, Elektra Records, Warner Bros. Records, Arista Records, RSO Records
Musical artist
Robert Alan Fraboni (born 23 April 1951)[1] is an American, California-born record producer and audio engineer, well known for his work with Bob Dylan, The Band, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Tim Hardin, The Beach Boys, Joe Cocker, and Bonnie Raitt, and as Vice President at Island Records where he oversaw the remastering of the entire Bob Marley catalog.[2] He produced the soundtrack on Martin Scorsese's groundbreaking concert movie, The Last Waltz, which included an all-star cast of famous rock and roll performers. He built and designed the legendary Shangri-La studios in Malibu to the specification of Bob Dylan and The Band. Referred to as a "genius" by Keith Richards in his bestselling autobiography Life.[3]
^"Rob Fraboni interviewed by Eric Francis". Planetwaves.net. 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
^"Rob Fraboni Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
^Richards, Keith (2010). Life. Little, Brown and Company. p. 514. ISBN 978-0-316-03438-8.
discography at RobFraboni Discography "RobFraboni interviewed by Eric Francis". Planetwaves.net. 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2015-11-16. "RobFraboni Discography...
mix of superstar producers, including the Dust Brothers, Don Was, and RobFraboni among others. Similarly, a wide array of guest musicians appeared on...
session at Village Recorder Studio A in Los Angeles, California. Engineer RobFraboni recalls the proceedings as fairly relaxed and informal, an opportunity...
"You Are So Beautiful" is a song credited to Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher that was first released in 1974 on Preston's ninth studio album, The Kids &...
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The song was recorded by Andy Johns, RobFraboni, and Baker Bigsby at Dynamic Sounds studio in Kingston, Jamaica; Village...
Mario Aglietti, RobFraboni, Rick Heenan, J.J. Jansen, Nat Jeffrey, Carlton Lee, Ken Klinger, Joe Tuzen and Zak Zenor. Mixing – RobFraboni Mastered by Kent...
Pastora Rodriguez Wilton Spears Dominic Lumetta Sandy Castle George Terry RobFraboni Larry Samuals Mick Turner Wah Wah Watson Pete & All at Shangri-La "Eric...
later of Vanguard Recording Studios, engineered for Abramson, as did RobFraboni and maintenance engineer Mike Edl, who replaced Carl Lindgren in April...
Flood,. During this time, the Band brought in Planet Waves producer RobFraboni to help design a music studio for the group. By 1975, the studio, Shangri-La...
David Stewart and Nello Photography – Nello Additional photography – RobFraboni, Andy Seymour and Laura K. Sims. "Olympic Studios Records - Archive"...
Craig Krampf, Kevin McCormick Executive producers: Chris Blackwell, RobFraboni Engineers: Allan Blazek, Jim Nipar Assistant engineer: David Kane Mixing...
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