Lewis Merenstein

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Lewis Merenstein

Background information

Lewis Merenstein is most famous as the record producer for the Van Morrison album Astral Weeks, and as executive producer for Moondance, Morrison's 1970 album.^[1]Astral Weeks is listed as #19 on the Rolling Stone Magazine's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003.^[2] and in November 2006, when CNN published their list of The All-Time 100 Albums,^[3] Astral Weeks was on the list, along with Moondance.

Additionally, he produced albums for Charlie Musselwhite, The Spencer Davis Group, Cass Elliot, The Mamas & the Papas, Miriam Makeba, Gladys Knight and the Pips, John Cale, Curtis Mayfield, The Association, Turley Richards, Alexander Harvey, Les Variations, George Burns and Phyllis Hyman. Merenstein also produced the three studio albums recorded by Glass Harp in the early '70's, featuring guitarist Phil Keaggy.

Lewis began as a recording engineer and still lives and works in New York City.

Notes

↑ Turner, Too Late To Stop Now, p. 98,
↑ "(19)Astral Weeks". Rolling Stone Magazine online. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
↑ "The All-Time 100 Albums". Time/CNN. Retrieved 2007-03-31.

References

Turner, Steve (1993). Too Late to Stop Now, Viking Penguin, ISBN 0-670-85147-7

In Full: Lewis Merenstein, producer of Astral Weeks, Hank Shteamer Interview of 10/29/08

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