Edwin H. (Eddie) Kramer (born 1942 in Cape Town South Africa is an audio engineer and record producer who has worked with, among others, Led Zeppelin Triumph (band) Kiss (band) (and solo Ace Frehley , Jimi Hendrix The Beatles The Rolling Stones David Bowie Spooky Tooth Peter Frampton Curtis Mayfield Santana (band) Anthrax (band) Carly Simon Loudness (band) and Robin Trower

Career

1960s

Eddie Kramer was born in South Africa and as a child studied Classical music piano cello and violin He attended the prestigious South African College of Music to learn classical piano but formed an interest in jazz He moved to England at 19, where he recorded local jazz groups in a home studio and installed hi-fi equipment as a hobby. In 1964 he joined Pye Records Studios, recording artists including Sammy Davis Jr , Petula Clark and The Kinks In 1965 Kramer established KPS Studios and was later employed by Regent Sound to oversee construction of a new four-track studio. He joined Olympic Studios in London, where he engineered albums for acts including Traffic (band) Small Faces The Beatles The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix for whom Kramer engineered every album from [[Are You Experienced (album)|Are You Experienced]]to [[The Cry of Love]] After Hendrixs death he co-produced [[War Heroes]] [[Rainbow Bridge (soundtrack)|Rainbow Bridge]]and [[Hendrix in the West]] In 1968 Kramer moved to New York to work at the Record Plant engineering Hendrixs [[Electric Ladyland]]LP and also worked with Vanilla Fudge Joe Cocker and NRBQ Working independently from 1969, Kramer engineered [[Led Zeppelin II]]– the first of five albums he engineered for the band. Kramer added his own touch to "Whole Lotta Love from Led Zeppelin II He said, "At one point there was bleed-through of a previously recorded vocal in the recording of Whole Lotta Love. It was the middle part where Robert Plant] screams Wo-man. You need it. Since we couldnt re-record at that point, I just threw some echo on it to see how it would sound and Jimmy Page] said Great! Just leave it."http://www.kramerarchives.com/bio.html Biography at Eddie Kramer website] In mid-1969 Kramer was hired to record the Woodstock Festival for both the album and the movie. The project was arduous, as he recalled: "I arrived as dawn and was struck by the sight of the sun rising over what appeared to be the stage. The show was scheduled to start by lunch time. That panic pretty much set the tone for the entire concert. All of us in the crew had Vitamin B shots, so that we would be able to stay up for three days. The whole thing was recorded under the most primitive of conditions, but we got it done." Kramer subsequently recorded live albums by Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Kiss (band) John Mayall The Rolling Stones, Peter Frampton Joe Cocker, Curtis Mayfield Santana (band) David Bowie and Derek and the Dominos

1970s

Kramer was director of engineering at Electric Lady Studios from 1970-1974, producing the posthumous Hendrix records, as well as albums by Carly Simon Sha Na Na Jobriath and Peter Frampton While there he engineered albums for artists as diverse as Dionne Warwick and David Bowie In 1975 he left Electric Lady Studios to produce Kiss [[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]] which began a long time association with the band. His engineering work included Led Zeppelins [[The Song Remains the Same (album)|The Song Remains the Same]]and Peter Framptons [[Frampton Comes Alive!]]

1980s onward

Kramer produced Fastway (band) Anthrax (band) and Twisted Sister as well as country and classical acts including the Kentucky Headhunters and guitarist John Williams (guitarist) Kramer produced the Hendrix tribute album, [[Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix]] featuring The Cure Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy raising $750,000 for the United Negro College Fund as musical scholarships to Berklee College of Music the Juilliard School of Music and The Dance Theatre of Harlem. Kramer produced and engineered Buddy Guys Slippin In (1995), which received a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Record and a W.C. Handy Blues Foundation Album of the Year award. Buddy Guy and The Saturday Nite Live Band with [[G.E. Smith]],was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award. He also produced [[In From the Storm]](1995), a compilation of Hendrix tracks featuring: Sting (musician) Steve Vai and Carlos Santana with the London Metropolitan Orchestra. In 2010, Kramer produced and engineered a single for the Claire Stahlecker Band called "Never Stop Lovin You". The band included Claire Stahlecker on Vocals/Guitar, Ben Beutel on bass, Derek Bahr on Guitar, and Patrick Scott Seals on Drums. Kramer worked with John McDermott of Experience Hendrix (a company owned by the Hendrix family) and Janie Hendrix (Jimis adopted half-sister) to complete and release of Valleys of Neptune in early 2010, an album of previously unheard Jimi Hendrix. Kramer also said that there is much more unreleased material.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8550305.stm , BBC News, March 2010]http://www.emusic.com/features/spotlight/2010_201003-qa-eddie-kramer.html , eMusic.com feature "eMusic Q&A: Eddie Kramer on Valleys of Neptune"]

Other projects

Kramer has produced an instructional video, Adventures in Modern Recording which features an interview with guitarist Les Paul He has co-authored a Hendrix biography, [[Hendrix: Setting the Record Straight]] with John McDermott. He is also compiling a photographic book, From the Other Side of the Glass which features his photographs and recollections about the artists he worked with in the 60s and 70s. An exhibition of his limited edition photographs is currently being held at Metropolis Studios in London In late 2009, Eddie Kramer and Waves released the Eddie Kramer Collection of audio software plug-ins, five application-specific plug-ins targeting guitar, drums, vocals, bass and special effects. http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov09/articles/kramer.htm , Sound On Sound Magazine , Oct 2009]

Production credits

Selected production credits:lt;/ref> * 1971: Carly Simon – [[Carly Simon (album)|Carly Simon]] * 1971: Jimi Hendrix – [[Cry of Love]] * 1972: NRBQ – [[Scraps (album)|Scraps]] * 1973: NRBQ – Workshop * 1973: Stories (band) – About Us * 1974: Spooky Tooth – Mirror * 1975: Kiss (band) – [[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]] * 1976: Kiss (band) – [[Rock and Roll Over]] * 1976: Mott the Hoople – Shouting and Pointing * 1977: April Wine – [[Live at the El Mocambo]] * 1977: Kiss (band) – [[Love Gun]] * 1977: Kiss (band) – [[Alive II]] * 1977: Brownsville Station (band) – Brownsville Station * 1978: Ace Frehley – [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] - [[Ace Frehley (album)|Ace Frehley]] * 1978: Foghat – [[Stone Blue]] * 1981: Michael Stanley – North Coast * 1982: Peter Frampton – The Art of Control * 1983: Fastway (band) – [[Fastway (album)|Fastway]] * 1984: Triumph (band) – [[Thunder Seven]] * 1983: NRBQ – Tapdancin’ Bats * 1985: Alcatrazz - [[Disturbing the Peace]] * 1985: Icon (band) – [[The Night of the Crime]] * 1986: Pretty Maids – [[Future World (Pretty Maids Album)|Future World]] * 1987: Anthrax (band) – [[Among the Living]] * 1987: Ace Frehley – [[Frehleys Comet (album)|Frehley Comet]] * 1987: [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] - Hurricane Eyes]] * 1987: [[Fastway (band)|Fastway]] – Trick or Treat (album)|Trick or Treat]] * 1989: [[Ace Frehley]] – Trouble Walkin]] * 1990: [[Robin Trower]] – n the Line of Fire * 1993: [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] – Alive III]] * 1994: [[Buddy Guy]] – lippin’ In * 1995: [[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]] – romise * 1996: [[Carl Perkins]] – o Cat Go! * 1996: [[Buddy Guy]] – ive: The Real Deal * 1998: [[Brian May]] – Another World (Brian May album)|Another World]] * 2007: [[Lez Zeppelin]] – Lez Zeppelin]] * 2009: [[The Everybody]] – vatar * 2010: [[Claire Stahlecker Band]] – ever Stop Lovin You {{col-end}} ==Engineering credits== Selected engineering credits: {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * 1967: [[Jimi Hendrix]] – Are You Experienced]] * 1967: [[Jimi Hendrix]] – Axis: Bold as Love]] * 1967: [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]] – Mr. Fantasy]] * 1968: [[Jimi Hendrix]] – Electric Ladyland]] * 1968: [[Graham Gouldman]] – The Graham Gouldman Thing]] * 1968: [[Family (band)|Family]] – Music in a Dolls House]] * 1968: [[Blue Cheer]] – Outsideinside]] * 1968: [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]] – Traffic (Traffic album)|Traffic]] * 1969: [[John Mayall]] – Empty Rooms]] * 1969: [[Led Zeppelin]] – Led Zeppelin II]] * 1969: [[The Nice]] – Nice (The Nice album)|Nice]] * 1969: [[John Mayall]] – The Turning Point (John Mayall album)|The Turning Point]] * 1970: [[Jimi Hendrix]] – Band of Gypsys]] * 1970: [[The Nice]] – Five Bridges]] * 1970: [[Led Zeppelin]] – Led Zeppelin III]] {{col-3}} * 1971: [[Curtis Mayfield]] – Curtis/Live!]] * 1971: [[John Sebastian]] – our of Us * 1971: [[Humble Pie (band)|Humble Pie]] – Performance Rockin the Fillmore]] * 1972: [[John Mayall]] – Jazz Blues Fusion]] * 1972: [[Led Zeppelin]] - How the West Was Won (Led Zeppelin album)]] * 1973: [[Peter Frampton]] – Framptons Camel]] * 1973: [[Led Zeppelin]] – Houses of the Holy]] * 1973: [[Derek and the Dominos]] – In Concert (Derek and the Dominos album)|In Concert]] * 1975: [[Led Zeppelin]] – Physical Graffiti]] * 1976: [[Peter Frampton]] – Frampton Comes Alive!]] * 1982: [[Led Zeppelin]] – Coda (album)|Coda]] * 1991: The Power Trio From Hell - American Man * 2006: [[Hangface]] - Freakshow (Hangface album)|Freakshow]] * 2007: [[Shery]] – ontinuamente (in album El Amor es un Fantasma) * 2007: [[Francesco Sondelli]] – isordinary * 2007: [[Lez Zeppelin]] – Lez Zeppelin]] * 2010: [[Claire Stahlecker Band]] – Never Stop Lovin You]] {{col-end}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kramer, Eddie}} [[Category:Audio engineers]] [[Category:American record producers]] [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Cape Town]] [[Category:Date of birth missing (living people)]] ==External links== * [http://www.kramerarchives.com Kramer Archives, Inc. , Photography Website] * [http://www.studioexpresso.com/profiles/EddieKramer.htm Eddie Kramer Profile at StudioExpresso.com] * [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eddie-Kramer Eddie Kramer Facebook Page] [[de:Eddie Kramer]] [[fr:Eddie Kramer]] [[nl:Eddie Kramer]] [[ja:エディ・クレイマー]] [[no:Eddie Kramer]] [[ru:Крамер, Эдди]] [[fi:Eddie Kramer]] [[sv:Eddie Kramer]]

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