Ben Mumphrey

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Benjamin Mumphrey (born in New Orleans, LA) is a record producer, audio engineer, and musician.

Producer credits: Frank Black albums Show Me Your Tears,[1] 93-03[2] and Devil's Workshop;[3] Black Liquor by Dash Rip Rock, released in 2012 on Alternative Tentacles Records; In The Night,[4] the 1998 album by Famous Monsters, released by Bong Load Custom Records; The Chaos In Order[5] by the Los Angeles group Let's Go Sailing; the Pixies' song "Bam Thwok"[6] (the first official #1 track on the UK Download Chart on June 23, 2004[7]).

Engineering credits: "Ain't That Pretty At All" by the Pixies (a Warren Zevon cover from the Artemis Records album Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon);[8] Frank Black's albums Black Letter Days (Cooking Vinyl),[9] Honeycomb (EMI / Back Porch Records),[10] One More Road For The Hit and Snake Oil; The Breeders' 2009 EP, Fate to Fatal,[11] the 2008 4AD Records album Mountain Battles,[12] and the song "German Demonstration"[13] (the B-side to the vinyl 7" single, "We're Gonna Rise"); ¿Which Side Are You On?, the 2012 album by Ani Difranco; "Goin' Home" by B.B. King with Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk (the title track from the Vanguard Records album Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino);[14] Alligator Records' American Patchwork[15] by Anders Osborne; Sub Pop Records' Dynamite Steps[16] by The Twilight Singers and Saturnalia[17] by The Gutter Twins; Bloodshot Records' Can You Deal With It?[18] by Andre Williams & the New Orleans Hellhounds; Ben Harper's Live from Mars (2nd engineer); Here Comes That Weird Chill by Mark Lanegan (assistant engineer); various recordings by Paul Avion; "Hard Luck Guy" by Greg Dulli (featuring Quintron), released in 2007 by Shake-It Records, as part of a series covering the songs of the late Muscle Shoals guitarist and songwriter Eddie Hinton.[19]

Musician credits: The Breeders, "Pinnacle Hollow" (bass); Frank Black & the Catholics, "Velvety" (percussion); Greg Dulli, "Hard Luck Guy" (drums).

Mumphrey was the stage sound mixer for the Pixies' 2004 reunion tour, documented in the film loudQuietloud: A Film About the Pixies. He has also worked on staff at various recording studios, including Sound City Studios in Los Angeles, and Studio in the Country, in Washington Parish, LA, where he is currently the chief engineer and general manager.

Mumphrey played a bit part as Adam the recording engineer on the final episode of the HBO series Treme, To Miss New Orleans.

References

  1. ↑ "Show Me Your Tears – Frank Black and the Catholics". AllMusic. September 9, 2003. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  2. ↑ "Frank Black – 93-03 (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  3. ↑ "Devil's Workshop – Frank Black and the Catholics". AllMusic. August 20, 2002. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  4. ↑ [http://www.allmusic.com/album/black-liquor-mw0002431651 http://albumcredits.com/Album/376908#/Album/ProductionCredits/376908 "In The Night!!! by Famous Monsters"]. AlbumCredits.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  5. ↑ "Chaos in Order by Let's Go Sailing". AlbumCredits.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  6. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam_Thwok
  7. ↑ "UK Official Download Chart – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  8. ↑ "Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon – Various Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  9. ↑ "Black Letter Days – Frank Black and the Catholics". AllMusic. August 20, 2002. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  10. ↑ "Honeycomb by Frank Black". AlbumCredits.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  11. ↑ "Breeders, The – Fate To Fatal (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  12. ↑ "Mountain Battles by The Breeders – Releases". Beggars Group USA. April 8, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  13. ↑ "Breeders, The – We're Gonna Rise (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  14. ↑ "Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino by Various Artists". AlbumCredits.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  15. ↑ "American Patchwork – Anders Osborne". AllMusic. April 27, 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  16. ↑ "Dynamite Steps – The Twilight Singers". AllMusic. February 14, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  17. ↑ "Saturnalia – The Gutter Twins". AllMusic. March 4, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  18. ↑ "Can You Deal with It? – Andre Williams & the New Orleans Hellhounds". AllMusic. July 29, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  19. ↑ "Greg Dulli – Dangerous Highway – A Tribute To The Songs Of Eddie Hinton Vol. 1 (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 

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