Ray Staff
British mastering engineer
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::summary British mastering engineer ::
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| name | Ray Staff |
| background | non_performing_personnel |
| birth_name | Ray Staff |
| origin | United Kingdom |
| occupation | Mastering Engineer |
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Ray Staff is a British mastering engineer, best known for his work with a diverse mix of artists including Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Clash and Black Sabbath. Most recently he has mastered albums for Muse.
Biography and career
Joining Trident Studios (a recording facility originally located at 17, St. Anne's Court in London's Soho district) in 1970, Ray Staff became part of the newly formed Mastering Department contributing to projects such as: David Bowie, Aladdin Sane, Ziggy Stardust and Elton John. Staff moved on to become Trident's first Chief Mastering Engineer.
For Monty Python, Staff created the world's first three-sided album by cutting two spirals on one side of the disc, creating the "hidden" third side. This was topped later with a Johnny Moped album for Ace Records, where the first track on the A-side was double cut, the two spirals then joined to play the remaining side of the album.
Whilst Senior Mastering Engineer at Sony's UK Studios, Staff became part of the international team developing Sony's proprietary archiving system.
Other classics mastered by Staff include Physical Graffiti and Presence by Led Zeppelin, Crime of the Century by Supertramp, It's Only Rock 'n Roll by The Rolling Stones and Hemispheres by Rush.
Recent years
He is regularly featured in Hi-Fi publications for his work on audiophile vinyl releases. He is also much sought after by labels Alchemy Soho from the worlds of jazz, world music, classical and crossover. Staff is also building an increasing number of surround mastering projects to his portfolio, including Gary Moore, Deep Purple, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Alice Cooper released during the past few months.
Discography
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| Year | Album | Artist | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Use Less U | Mosquito-B | Mastering |
| 2002 | 24 Hour Party People | ||
| Soundtrack | Various artists | Remastering | |
| 1997 | Sueños en tránsito | Nicole | Mastering |
| 2001 | 37 Brits 2001 Hits: Brit Awards | Various artists | Mastering |
| 2005 | Adam Ant Remasters | ||
| Remastered, limited edition box set | Remastering, digital remastering | ||
| 2000 | African Fantasy | Trilok Gurtu | Mastering |
| 1988 | African Typic Collection | Various artists | Mastering |
| 2004 | Afterlife | Mastering | |
| 2004 | Afterlife | ||
| Bonus CD | Mastering | ||
| 2000 | A1 | Mastering | |
| 1996 | Alive at Ronnie Scott's | Engineer | |
| 1972 | All The Young Dudes | Mott the Hoople | Mastering |
| 2006 | Amaral | ||
| Christmas edition | Amaral | Mastering | |
| 2004 | AM-FM | Mastering | |
| 2001 | Aura | Asia | Mastering |
| 1996 | Authentic | Mastering | |
| 2000 | Balengu Village | Mastering | |
| 1997 | Beautiful World | Mastering | |
| 2002 | Becoming Something Else | Sugarcoma | Mastering |
| 2004 | Belle-Issima!: Sweet Memories... | Mastering | |
| 1993 | Benga Blast! | Mastering | |
| 2007 | Betcha Bottom Dollar | Mastering | |
| 2006 | Betcha Bottom Dollar | ||
| UK edition | Mastering | ||
| 2001 | Biografias Do Amor | Remastering | |
| 2001 | Bitter Suites to Succubi | Cradle of Filth | Mastering |
| 1970 | Black Sabbath | ||
| Japan bonus tracks | Black Sabbath | Remastering | |
| 1972 | Black Sabbath Vol. 4 | Black Sabbath | Remastering |
| 1998 | Black to the Future | Mastering | |
| 1995 | Blue Valentine | Mastering | |
| 1983 | Born Again | Black Sabbath | Remastering |
| 2001 | British Steel | ||
| Bonus tracks | Judas Priest | Cut | |
| 2002 | California | Mastering | |
| 1998 | Mastering | ||
| 1976 | Child in Time | Mastering | |
| 1991 | Clash on Broadway | Remastering | |
| 2004 | Clash on Broadway | ||
| 2004 reissue | Remastering | ||
| 2002 | Remastering | ||
| 2000 | Code: Brasil - Target: Recipe | Various artists | Mastering |
| 2001 | Coincidências | Remastering | |
| 2005 | Judas Priest | Cut, mastering | |
| 2004 | |||
| 2004 long box set | Remastering | ||
| 2005 | |||
| 2005 small box set | Remastering | ||
| 1982 | Combat Rock | Remastering | |
| 2005 | Concrete and Street Lamps | Mastering | |
| 2003 | Conversations with the Unseen | Mastering | |
| 1998 | Convocatoria | Mastering | |
| 2007 | *Trinity Revisited | ||
| Vinyl* | Cowboy Junkies | Mastering | |
| 2006 | Cradle of Filth | Mastering | |
| 2003 | Crossing the Stone | Mastering | |
| 1996 | Cuando te vi Partir | Mastering | |
| 1995 | Supervisor | ||
| 2005 | Dakshina | Mastering | |
| 2003 | Damnation and a Day | Cradle of Filth | Mastering |
| 2003 | Damnation and a Day | ||
| Japan bonus tracks | Cradle of Filth | Mastering | |
| 2006 | Desafio | Mastering | |
| 1991 | Direction Ov Travel | Engineer | |
| 1978 | Disguise in Love | Mastering | |
| 2005 | Disguise in Love | ||
| Bonus tracks | Mastering | ||
| 1990 | Don't Fret | Mastering | |
| 2007 | Double Trouble | ||
| Bonus tracks | Gillan | Mastering | |
| 2003 | Dream Soldier | Mastering | |
| 1980 | Duke | Genesis | Mastering |
| 1998 | Dum Dum Baby | Baby Fox | Mastering |
| 1998 | Dum Dum Baby | ||
| Japan | Baby Fox | Mastering | |
| 2006 | |||
| Bonus CD | Mastering | ||
| 1998 | Educating Rita | ||
| Soundtrack | Mastering | ||
| 2006 | Mastering | ||
| 2007 | Eighteen | ||
| 6 tracks | Mastering | ||
| 2000 | El Alquimista (The Alchemist) | Mastering | |
| 2003 | |||
| UK bonus track | Remastering | ||
| 2003 | Estrella de mar | Amaral | Mastering |
| 2004 | Estrella de mar | ||
| Bonus tracks | Amaral | Mastering | |
| 2003 | Dead or Alive | Remastering | |
| 2003 | |||
| Limited edition | Dead or Alive | Digital remastering | |
| 2005 | Exits | Mastering | |
| 1995 | Exuberancia | Irakere | Engineer |
| 2001 | No More Shall We Part | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Mastering |
| 2002 | Film Works | Mastering | |
| 2000 | |||
| Australia CD | Erasure | Mastering | |
| 2000 | Erasure | Mastering | |
| 2005 | Friend or Foe | ||
| Bonus tracks | Remastering | ||
| 1998 | Fruit Cocktail | Various artists | Engineer, mixing |
| 2007 | Future Shock | ||
| Bonus tracks | Gillan | Mastering | |
| 2004 | Gaze | Mastering | |
| 1944 | Get with Cab | Cutting engineer | |
| 1992 | Ghostsongs | Mastering, mixing | |
| 1984 | Give Daddy the Knife Cindy | Naz Nomad and the Nightmares | Post production, post producer |
| 1978 | Give 'em Enough Rope | Remastering | |
| 2006 | Give Me a Wall | Mastering | |
| 2007 | Glory Road | ||
| Bonus tracks | Gillan | Mastering | |
| 2004 | Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs | Mastering | |
| 1992 | ''Groovin''' | Engineer, mastering | |
| 1990 | Guitar Paradise of East Africa | Various artists | Mastering |
| 1999 | Healing Angel | Touched by an Angel | Mastering |
| 1978 | Hemispheres | Rush | Mastering |
| 2004 | Heroes | ||
| Sony | Various artists | Remastering | |
| 2000 | Highland Cathedral | Mastering | |
| 2001 | History | Penguin Cafe Orchestra | Remastering |
| 1989 | Home Ground | Battlefield Band | Mastering |
| 1996 | Hot | Engineer, mastering | |
| 1994 | Hot House | Reykjavik Jazz Quartet | Mastering |
| 1996 | I Gotta Right to Sing | Engineer, mastering | |
| 1999 | I Gotta Right to Sing / Nice and Easy | Engineer | |
| 2007 | I Love the Future | Caufield | Mastering |
| 2004 | *I Only Wrote this Song for You: A Tribute to Johnny Thunders | ||
| Diesel Motor* | Various artists | Duplication | |
| 1995 | *I Only Wrote this Song for You: A Tribute to Johnny Thunders | ||
| Essential* | Various artists | Mastering | |
| 1965 | In a Mellow Tone | Mastering, preparation | |
| 1996 | In Memory of Thunder | Mastering | |
| 1986 | Various artists | Mastering | |
| 1995 | Indestructible Beat of Soweto, Vol. 3: Thunder Before Dawn | Various artists | Mastering |
| 2005 | It Was Not Here | Mastering | |
| 2005 | Jazz Warrior | Mastering | |
| 2001 | Kilas o Mau da Fita | Remastering | |
| 1991 | Various artists | Mastering | |
| 1996 | Kon'ko Man | Mastering | |
| 1997 | Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space | Spiritualized | Mastering |
| 2001 | Lake of Shadows | Mastering | |
| 2006 | Last Dance | Mastering | |
| 2003 | Let Freedom Ring! | Mastering | |
| 1979 | Life on the Ceiling | Editing | |
| 2000 | Linn Box One | Mastering | |
| 2000 | The Linn Box: 3 | Mastering | |
| 2006 | Mastering | ||
| 2006 | Live at Montreux 1996 | Deep Purple | Mastering |
| 2007 | Live at Montreux 2002 | UB40 | Mastering |
| 1991 | Live at Ronnie Scott's | Irakere | Mastering |
| 2007 | Live at the Budokan | ||
| Special Edition | Mastering | ||
| 1994 | Live at the Point | Mixing | |
| 1998 | Live Evil | ||
| Remastered | Black Sabbath | Remastering | |
| 2007 | Live in Asia | Asia | Mastering |
| 2004 | London Calling | ||
| 25th Anniversary Legacy Edition | Remastering | ||
| 2002 | Love Is Here | Starsailor | Mastering |
| 2006 | |||
| Import Bonus Tracks | Mastering | ||
| 2000 | Loveboat | Erasure | Mastering |
| 1996 | Lozko | Maanam | Mastering |
| 2007 | Magic | ||
| Edsel Bonus Tracks | Gillan | Mastering | |
| 1997 | Majoun | Mastering | |
| 2000 | Maroon | Mastering | |
| 1971 | Master of Reality | Black Sabbath | Remastering |
| 2002 | Me Without You: Music from the Motion Picture | ||
| Original Soundtrack | Various artists | Remastering | |
| 2003 | Mediterraneo | Mastering | |
| 2004 | Meets Scientist in a Midnight Rock Dub, Vol. 1 | King Tubby | Mastering |
| 2004 | Melek | Mastering | |
| 1989 | Mettle | Hugo Largo | Mastering |
| 2006 | Mettle | ||
| Bonus tracks | Hugo Largo | Mastering | |
| 1999 | Michael Flatley's Feet of Flames | Mastering | |
| 1979 | Mick Taylor | Mastering | |
| 2000 | Midian | Cradle of Filth | Mastering |
| 2002 | Mods Mayday '79 | ||
| 2 Disc | Various artists | Cutting engineer | |
| 2001 | Erasure | Mastering | |
| 1977 | Moroccan Roll | Brand X | Mastering |
| 1977 | Post production | ||
| 1990 | |||
| Bonus tracks | Post production | ||
| 2007 | Mr. Universe | ||
| Bonus track | Gillan | Mastering | |
| 2005 | MTV Unplugged | Giorgia | Mastering |
| 2005 | Multitudes | Illapu | Engineer |
| 1996 | Murder Ballads | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Mastering |
| 2007 | Music for Astronauts and Cosmonauts | Mastering | |
| 2005 | Music for Films III | ||
| Bonus tracks | Mastering | ||
| 1995 | Naked Flame | Mastering | |
| 1994 | Nebuchadnezzar | Mastering | |
| 1978 | Never Say Die! | Black Sabbath | Remastering |
| 1996 | N'ga Funk | Mastering | |
| 2005 | Nice Guy | Mastering | |
| 1963 | Night and Day | Mastering, preparation | |
| 1986 | Various artists | Mastering | |
| 2002 | Mastering | ||
| 2006 | Nine | Mastering | |
| 2001 | No More Shall We Part | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Mastering |
| 2001 | No More Shall We Part | ||
| Bonus tracks | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Mastering | |
| 1996 | Baby Fox | Mastering | |
| 2005 | Nova Latino, Vol. 4 | Various artists | Mastering |
| 2006 | Now Listen | Mastering | |
| 2005 | Nude | Iconcrash | Mastering |
| 2000 | Obsession | ||
| 2010 | Oh Vanille/Ova Nil | ||
| 180g audiophile vinyl [2010 Reissue] | Mastering | ||
| 2000 | Open Mind | Mastering | |
| 2001 | Origin of Symmetry | Muse | Mastering |
| 2006 | Out in the Sun | ||
| Bonus track | Cut | ||
| 1979 | Over the Rainbow | Cutting engineer | |
| 2003 | Overgrown Eden | ||
| Japan bonus tracks | InMe | Mastering | |
| 1971 | Paranoid | Black Sabbath | Remastering |
| 2004 | Pastora | Pastora | Mastering |
| 2001 | De Pequenino Se Torce O Destino | Remastering | |
| 1998 | Perfect Time | Mastering | |
| 1980 | Permanent Waves | Rush | Mastering |
| 1998 | Mastering | ||
| 2005 | Picture | Kino | Mastering |
| 2007 | |||
| Soundtrack | Mastering | ||
| 2007 | Platinum Collection | ||
| EMI Bonus Tracks | Mastering | ||
| 1978 | Pleasure Signals | Mastering | |
| 2001 | Point of Entry | ||
| Bonus tracks | Judas Priest | Mastering | |
| 2001 | Remastering | ||
| 1979 | Product | Brand X | Mastering |
| 2007 | Prog | Mastering | |
| 2001 | Remastering | ||
| 1997 | Quiet Nights | Mastering | |
| 2015 | Reaching For The Light | King King | Mastering |
| 2015 | Reflections | The Mentulls | Mastering |
| 1996 | Rocket | Primitive Radio Gods | Mastering |
| 1996 | Rocket | ||
| Edited, clean | Primitive Radio Gods | Mixing | |
| 1977 | Round the Back | Mastering | |
| 2005 | Rush Hour | Sean Hargreaves Trio | Mastering |
| 1973 | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | Black Sabbath | Remastering |
| 1996 | Sabotage | ||
| ESM | Black Sabbath | Remastering | |
| 1993 | Sabroso! | Various artists | Mastering |
| 1989 | Sabroso!: Havana Hits | Various artists | Mastering |
| 2001 | Remastering | ||
| 1982 | Scatterlings | Juluka | Mastering |
| 1981 | Scientist Meets the Space Invaders | Scientist | Mastering |
| 1999 | *Searchin''' / *Hot'' | Mastering | |
| 1986 | Seventh Star | Black Sabbath | Remastering |
| 1990 | Mastering | ||
| 1991 | |||
| Capitol | Mastering | ||
| 1976 | Shouting and Pointing | Mastering | |
| 1990 | Shumba | Mastering | |
| 1998 | Silence Between Waves | Mastering | |
| 2004 | Sixties Rebellion, Vol. 7: The Backyard Patio | Various artists | Mastering, cutting engineer |
| 1998 | Slain By Urusei Yatsura | Urusei Yatsura | Mastering |
| 2001 | Smiling & Waving | Mastering | |
| 2001 | Os Sobreviventes | Remastering | |
| 1991 | Solo Piano | Mastering | |
| 1983 | Sonero | Mastering | |
| 1964 | Sonny's Blues | ||
| Live st Ronnie Scott's | Mastering, preparation | ||
| 2005 | Soul Providence | Mastering | |
| 1995 | Spirit of the Eagle | Various artists | Mastering |
| 2005 | Standard Issue | Mastering | |
| 1978 | Stižemo | Laza & Ipe | Cutting engineer |
| 2006 | Stranger on the Sofa | Mastering | |
| 2005 | Strip | ||
| Bonus tracks | Digital remastering | ||
| 1997 | Nicole | Mastering | |
| 2006 | Superbi | Mastering | |
| 1996 | S'Wonderful | Engineer, mastering | |
| 2004 | Thank You for the Years | Mastering | |
| 2007 | |||
| Standard version | Second Person | Mastering | |
| 2007 | |||
| Limited Edition version | Second Person | Mastering | |
| 1977 | |||
| UK version, [UK | Remastering | ||
| 1979 | |||
| US Version, US | Remastering | ||
| 1995 | Vanessa-Mae | Mastering | |
| 2007 | Deep Purple | Mastering | |
| 2007 | |||
| DVD | Deep Purple | Mastering | |
| 2004 | Timeless: Daniel O'Donnell and Mary Duff | Mastering | |
| 1997 | To Have & to Hold | ||
| Soundtrack | Various artists | Mastering | |
| 2000 | Trabendo | Mastering | |
| 2006 | Truth and Lies | Mastering | |
| 2005 | |||
| Single | Mastering | ||
| 1996 | Under Wheels of Confusion: 1970–1987 | Black Sabbath | Remastering |
| 1994 | Engineer | ||
| 2006 | Until the Next Time | Mastering | |
| 2002 | Up the Bracket | Mastering | |
| 2002 | Up the Bracket | ||
| US Bonus Tracks | Mastering | ||
| 1998 | Victim of Circumstance | Mastering | |
| 1999 | |||
| Limited Edition Bonus CD-ROM | Vanessa-Mae | Mastering | |
| 1993 | Virunga Volcano | Mastering | |
| 2005 | Vive Le Rock | ||
| Bonus tracks | Digital remastering | ||
| 2007 | Wait for Me | Mastering | |
| 1995 | Mastering | ||
| 2003 | War Child: Hope | Various artists | Mastering |
| 2002 | Warriors | ||
| Bonus tracks | Original mastering | ||
| 2001 | Welcome to the Madhouse | Shy | Mastering |
| 1997 | Welcome to the World | Psycho Motel | Mastering |
| 2003 | Procol Harum | Mastering | |
| 2007 | When I Fall in Love | Mastering | |
| 1999 | Whisper to the Wild Water | Mastering | |
| 2004 | Wide Eyed And Legless: The A&M Recordings | Mastering | |
| 1983 | Work for All | Juluka | Mastering |
| 2007 | Xitintoday | ||
| Bonus track | Mastering | ||
| 1978 | Zimbabwe Frontline, Vol. 2: Spirit of the Eagle | Various artists | Mastering |
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References
References
- "Ray Staff Biography". [[Air Mastering]].
- "Ray Staff".
- "Alchemy Soho's website".
- "Oh Vanille / ova nil 180g audiophile vinyl".
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