Greg Fulginiti
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Gregory Fulginiti (born February 13, 1951, Cape May Court House, New Jersey) is an American recording and mastering engineer. With Bob Heimall's recommendation, Greg began his career in the mailroom at Elektra Records in 1969. During his tenure at Elektra, he was promoted into the A&R / Engineering Dept. and mentored with Mark Abramson, John Haeny, Paul & Terry Rothchild, Peter K. Siegel, Shelley Snow and Bob Zachary. In 1971 he was recruited by Bob Ludwig at Sterling Sound to learn disk mastering. He traveled west to Artisan Sound Recorders in 1979 and advanced to managing director and chief engineer. He returned to New York in 1992 and joined the engineering staff at Masterdisk until his retirement in 1996.
He is best known for his work with Aerosmith, Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire, Count Basie, Pat Benatar, Chuck Berry, The Black Crowes, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Peter Gabriel, Grateful Dead, David Grisman, Heart, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly, Chris Isaak, Elton John, B.B. King, Kiss, John Lennon, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Madonna, Steve Martin, Ennio Morricone, Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Bonnie Raitt, Rick Springfield, Muddy Waters, Whitesnake, The Who, Neil Young, 100 albums for Norman Granz's Pablo Records and the re-issue series of the Chess and Impulse catalogues. He worked on numerious movie soundtracks including; Beverly Hills Cop, Birdy, Children Of A Lesser God, Dangerous Liaisons, The Glass Menagerie, Hannah and Her Sisters, In The Mood, The Killing Fields, The Last Emperor, The Mission, Parenthood, Pennies From Heaven, Risky Business, The River, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Silverado, The Stuntman, The Untouchables and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
In a career spanning three decades, Fulginiti was nominated for the TEC Awards by Mix Magazine six times, earned 175 Gold and Platinum Awards, 25 Multi-Platinum Awards, mastered over 100 Number One Records and 135 Grammy nominees, including the 1990 "Best Album of the Year" winner-Bonnie Raitt's "Nick Of Time".
Gil Bateman and Fulginiti were instrumental in Jac Holzman's signing the band Gulliver to Elektra Records. In addition, Fulginiti contributed the bands name. Gulliver comprised of Daryl Hall, Jim Helmer, Tim Moore and Tom Sellers. Hall achieved international success with John Oates in Hall & Oates.
Bob Ludwig and Fulginiti spearheaded the effort to encourage NARAS to regognize the contribution of mastering engineers in the recording process.
The tune "Fulginiti" on the album entitled "Stephane Grappelli / David Grisman"-"Live" was dedicated to him by his friend David Grisman.
Fulginiti is also known as "The Pope of Hollywood". This moniker is attributed to prominent American record producer Keith Olsen.
He studied at New York University Film School, The New School For Social Research and The Lee Strassberg Theater Institute. He has been a frequent panelist at music industry seminars given at UCLA, the Dick Grove School of Music and Idelwild Community College.[[Category:American engineers|Fulginiti, Greg]
