Chuck Plotkin

American recording engineer and producer

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Chuck Plotkin

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Charles Richard Plotkin

(1942-09-08) September 8, 1942 (age 82)

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Occupation(s)| Record producer, film producer, audio engineer, mixing engineer
Employer(s)| Chuck Plotkin Productions, Inc., Clover Recorders

Charles Richard Plotkin (born September 8, 1942) is an American record producer, film producer, audio engineer and mixing engineer, best known for his work with Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan.

## Recording engineer

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Plotkin has recorded, engineered, mastered and produced albums by Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan,[1] and many other artists, starting with the Floating House Band in 1972. Just before hooking up with Springsteen for the mixing of Darkness on the Edge of Town,[2] Plotkin produced the Cocaine Drain album by the Cowsills.[3]

Among Plotkin's major achievements as an engineer was the mastering of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska album. Springsteen recorded the album as a set of demonstration tapes on an inexpensive home cassette recorder. The task of turning the raw, unprocessed cassette tape (which had spent weeks in Springsteen's pants pocket) into a professional-sounding vinyl LP was a daunting one, and a major technical accomplishment.[4][5]

He has been credited as a producer on several Springsteen albums.

## Film and record producer

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Plotkin was credited as producer for the 1995 movie Mirage, and produced the soundtrack albums for several films including Dead Man Walking, Vietnam, Long Time Coming, Philadelphia, and Jerry Maguire.

## Other appearances

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Plotkin was also featured in the 1996 documentary Blood Brothers: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, which documented an E Street Band recording session the preceding year.

## References

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1. ^ Carlin, Peter Ames (23 July 2011). "Shot of Dylan: Chuck Plotkin recalls producing "Shot of Love" - Part One | Peter Ames Carlin". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
2. ^ Epstein, Dan (2 June 2018). "Bruce Springsteen's 'Darkness on the Edge of Town': Little-Known Facts". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
3. ^ "The Cowsills Web Page: Music". cowsill.com. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
4. ^ Rowley, Scott (31 October 2023). "How Bruce Springsteen recorded his most important album in his bedroom with just a Gibson J-200 and a TEAC 144". MusicRadar. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
5. ^ Zanes, Warren (2023). Deliver me from nowhere: the making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska (First ed.). New York: Crown. ISBN 9780593237410. Retrieved 18 November 2024.

## External links

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* Chuck Plotkin at IMDb
* AllMusic credits info
* Blog on the making of Nebraska
* Chuck Plotkin turns himself into a microphone stand to record Bob Dylan's Every Grain of Sand

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