Wally mastered a lot of my early records and actually cut a lot of vinyl for me. Id say he worked on maybe 20 or 25 records, all on the Moonshine label. What a great and talented guy. He was already a legend, but upon meeting him he treated me like an old friend, so humble! A lot can be learned about how someone with so much experience and credits treats the new kid on the block. RIP Wally. Wally was very simply a legend.

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Born in Canada, Wally mastered some of the greatest albums of the 20th century. His career began as a musician, becoming the highest paid violinist in Canada during the s. During this period, his work included performances on The Tommy Hunter Show. Wally Traugott passed away on December 3, in Tucson, Arizona. Jump to.
Discussion in ' Music Corner ' started by Geoman , May 20, Log in or Sign up. Steve Hoffman Music Forums. Location: Massachusetts. I've been stumbling upon more lps mastered by Wally Traugott lately He also mastered Saturday Night Fever on vinyl found one last week I also found his name in the dead wax of a Demo version of "California Jam 2". Haven't listened to it yet.
What kind of questions does Wally Traugott , a man who has easily worked on more than albums, get asked when he is alone with an interviewer? Oh, stuff like "Was there any overdubbing? As for his name, that's usually written in tiny little type somewhere on the back cover, or maybe even on the insert. But that doesn't mean people in the music business don't think he's big stuff. Music listeners who don't know a lot about the production processes behind the "product", be it vinyl, cassette, compact disc, DVD, or whatever's next, might assume a "legendary lathe-master" might be some kind of heavy metal guy on a custom-designed axe. Be it the mastering of an old-fashioned phonograph record, which requires "cutting" a master record with a sophisticated lathe, or mastering recordings with the new digital technology, or remastering classic selections in the new formats, Traugott is one of the top experts. He is closely associated with Capitol, where for many years he was one of the staff mastering engineers.