Ray Staff
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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.[1]
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.[2]
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[3] 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
| Year | Album | Artist | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Use Less U | Mosquito-B | Mastering |
| 2012 | Life as a Routine Classical |
Hakan Yurdakul | 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 |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering, digital remastering |
| 2000 | African Fantasy | Trilok Gurtu | Mastering |
| 1988 | African Typic Collection | Various artists | Mastering |
| 2004 | Afterlife | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2004 | Afterlife Bonus CD |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2000 | Script error: No such module "sort". | A1 | Mastering |
| 1996 | Alive at Ronnie Scott's | Script error: No such module "sort". | Engineer |
| 1972 | All The Young Dudes | Mott the Hoople | Mastering |
| 2006 | Amaral Christmas edition |
Amaral | Mastering |
| 2004 | AM-FM | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2001 | Aura | Asia | Mastering |
| 1996 | Authentic | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2000 | Balengu Village | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1997 | Beautiful World | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2002 | Becoming Something Else | Sugarcoma | Mastering |
| 2004 | Belle-Issima!: Sweet Memories... | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1993 | Benga Blast! | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2007 | Betcha Bottom Dollar | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2006 | Betcha Bottom Dollar UK edition |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2001 | Biografias Do Amor | Script error: No such module "sort". | 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 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1995 | Blue Valentine | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1983 | Born Again | Black Sabbath | Remastering |
| 2001 | British Steel Bonus tracks |
Judas Priest | Cut |
| 2002 | California | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1998 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1976 | Child in Time | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1991 | Clash on Broadway | Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 2004 | Clash on Broadway 2004 reissue |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 2002 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 2000 | Code: Brasil - Target: Recipe | Various artists | Mastering |
| 2001 | Coincidências | Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 2005 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Judas Priest | Cut, mastering |
| 2004 | Script error: No such module "sort". 2004 long box set |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 2005 | Script error: No such module "sort". 2005 small box set |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 1982 | Combat Rock | Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 2005 | Concrete and Street Lamps | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2003 | Conversations with the Unseen | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1998 | Convocatoria | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2007 | Trinity Revisited Vinyl |
Cowboy Junkies | Mastering |
| 2006 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Cradle of Filth | Mastering |
| 2003 | Crossing the Stone | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1996 | Cuando te vi Partir | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1995 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Supervisor |
| 2005 | Dakshina | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2003 | Damnation and a Day | Cradle of Filth | Mastering |
| 2003 | Damnation and a Day Japan bonus tracks |
Cradle of Filth | Mastering |
| 2006 | Desafio | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1991 | Direction Ov Travel | Script error: No such module "sort". | Engineer |
| 1978 | Disguise in Love | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2005 | Disguise in Love Bonus tracks |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1990 | Don't Fret | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2007 | Double Trouble Bonus tracks |
Gillan | Mastering |
| 2003 | Dream Soldier | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1980 | Duke | Genesis | Mastering |
| 1998 | Dum Dum Baby | Baby Fox | Mastering |
| 1998 | Dum Dum Baby Japan |
Baby Fox | Mastering |
| 2006 | Script error: No such module "sort". Bonus CD |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1998 | Educating Rita Soundtrack |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2006 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2007 | Eighteen 6 tracks |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2000 | El Alquimista (The Alchemist) | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2003 | Script error: No such module "sort". UK bonus track |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 2003 | Estrella de mar | Amaral | Mastering |
| 2004 | Estrella de mar Bonus tracks |
Amaral | Mastering |
| 2003 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Dead or Alive | Remastering |
| 2003 | Script error: No such module "sort". Limited edition |
Dead or Alive | Digital remastering |
| 2005 | Exits | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1995 | Exuberancia | Irakere | Engineer |
| 2001 | No More Shall We Part | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Mastering |
| 2002 | Film Works | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2000 | Script error: No such module "sort". Australia CD |
Erasure | Mastering |
| 2000 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Erasure | Mastering |
| 2005 | Friend or Foe Bonus tracks |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 1998 | Fruit Cocktail | Various artists | Engineer, mixing |
| 2007 | Future Shock Bonus tracks |
Gillan | Mastering |
| 2004 | Gaze | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1944 | Get with Cab | Script error: No such module "sort". | Cutting engineer |
| 1992 | Ghostsongs | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering, mixing |
| 1984 | Give Daddy the Knife Cindy | Naz Nomad and the Nightmares | Post production, post producer |
| 1978 | Give 'em Enough Rope | Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 2006 | Give Me a Wall | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2007 | Glory Road Bonus tracks |
Gillan | Mastering |
| 2004 | Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1992 | Groovin' | Script error: No such module "sort". | 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 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2001 | History | Penguin Cafe Orchestra | Remastering |
| 1989 | Home Ground | Battlefield Band | Mastering |
| 1996 | Hot | Script error: No such module "sort". | Engineer, mastering |
| 1994 | Hot House | Reykjavik Jazz Quartet | Mastering |
| 1996 | I Gotta Right to Sing | Script error: No such module "sort". | Engineer, mastering |
| 1999 | I Gotta Right to Sing / Nice and Easy | Script error: No such module "sort". | 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 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering, preparation |
| 1996 | In Memory of Thunder | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1986 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Various artists | Mastering |
| 1995 | Indestructible Beat of Soweto, Vol. 3: Thunder Before Dawn | Various artists | Mastering |
| 2005 | It Was Not Here | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2005 | Jazz Warrior | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2001 | Kilas o Mau da Fita | Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 1991 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Various artists | Mastering |
| 1996 | Kon'ko Man | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1997 | Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space | Spiritualized | Mastering |
| 2001 | Lake of Shadows | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2006 | Last Dance | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2003 | Let Freedom Ring! | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1979 | Life on the Ceiling | Script error: No such module "sort". | Editing |
| 2000 | Linn Box One | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2000 | The Linn Box: 3 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2006 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 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 |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1994 | Live at the Point | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mixing |
| 1998 | Live Evil Remastered |
Black Sabbath | Remastering |
| 2007 | Live in Asia | Asia | Mastering |
| 2004 | London Calling 25th Anniversary Legacy Edition |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 2002 | Love Is Here | Starsailor | Mastering |
| 2006 | Script error: No such module "sort". Import Bonus Tracks |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2000 | Loveboat | Erasure | Mastering |
| 1996 | Lozko | Maanam | Mastering |
| 2007 | Magic Edsel Bonus Tracks |
Gillan | Mastering |
| 1997 | Majoun | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2000 | Maroon | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1971 | Master of Reality | Black Sabbath | Remastering |
| 2002 | Me Without You: Music from the Motion Picture Original Soundtrack |
Various artists | Remastering |
| 2003 | Mediterraneo | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2004 | Meets Scientist in a Midnight Rock Dub, Vol. 1 | King Tubby | Mastering |
| 2004 | Melek | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1989 | Mettle | Hugo Largo | Mastering |
| 2006 | Mettle Bonus tracks |
Hugo Largo | Mastering |
| 1999 | Michael Flatley's Feet of Flames | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1979 | Mick Taylor | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2000 | Midian | Cradle of Filth | Mastering |
| 2002 | Mods Mayday '79 2 Disc |
Various artists | Cutting engineer |
| 2001 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Erasure | Mastering |
| 1977 | Moroccan Roll | Brand X | Mastering |
| 1977 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Post production |
| 1990 | Script error: No such module "sort". Bonus tracks |
Script error: No such module "sort". | 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 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2005 | Music for Films III Bonus tracks |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1995 | Naked Flame | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1994 | Nebuchadnezzar | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1978 | Never Say Die! | Black Sabbath | Remastering |
| 1996 | N'ga Funk | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2005 | Nice Guy | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1963 | Night and Day | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering, preparation |
| 1986 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Various artists | Mastering |
| 2002 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2006 | Nine | Script error: No such module "sort". | 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 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Baby Fox | Mastering |
| 2005 | Nova Latino, Vol. 4 | Various artists | Mastering |
| 2006 | Now Listen | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2005 | Nude | Iconcrash | Mastering |
| 2000 | Obsession | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2010 | Oh Vanille/Ova Nil 180g audiophile vinyl [2010 Reissue] |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering[4] |
| 2000 | Open Mind | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2001 | Origin of Symmetry | Muse | Mastering |
| 2006 | Out in the Sun Bonus track |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Cut |
| 1979 | Over the Rainbow | Script error: No such module "sort". | 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 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 1998 | Perfect Time | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1980 | Permanent Waves | Rush | Mastering |
| 1998 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2005 | Picture | Kino | Mastering |
| 2007 | Script error: No such module "sort". Soundtrack |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2007 | Platinum Collection EMI Bonus Tracks |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1978 | Pleasure Signals | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2001 | Point of Entry Bonus tracks |
Judas Priest | Mastering |
| 2001 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 1979 | Product | Brand X | Mastering |
| 2007 | Prog | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2001 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 1997 | Quiet Nights | Script error: No such module "sort". | 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 | Script error: No such module "sort". | 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 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 1982 | Scatterlings | Juluka | Mastering |
| 1981 | Scientist Meets the Space Invaders | Scientist | Mastering |
| 1999 | Searchin' / Hot | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1986 | Seventh Star | Black Sabbath | Remastering |
| 1990 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1991 | Script error: No such module "sort". Capitol |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1976 | Shouting and Pointing | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1990 | Shumba | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1998 | Silence Between Waves | Script error: No such module "sort". | 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 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2001 | Os Sobreviventes | Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 1991 | Solo Piano | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1983 | Sonero | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1964 | Sonny's Blues Live st Ronnie Scott's |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering, preparation |
| 2005 | Soul Providence | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1995 | Spirit of the Eagle | Various artists | Mastering |
| 2005 | Standard Issue | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1978 | Stižemo | Laza & Ipe | Cutting engineer |
| 2006 | Stranger on the Sofa | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2005 | Strip Bonus tracks |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Digital remastering |
| 1997 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Nicole | Mastering |
| 2006 | Superbi | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1996 | S'Wonderful | Script error: No such module "sort". | Engineer, mastering |
| 2004 | Thank You for the Years | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2007 | Script error: No such module "sort". Standard version |
Second Person | Mastering |
| 2007 | Script error: No such module "sort". Limited Edition version |
Second Person | Mastering |
| 1977 | Script error: No such module "sort". UK version, [UK |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 1979 | Script error: No such module "sort". US Version, US |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Remastering |
| 1995 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Vanessa-Mae | Mastering |
| 2007 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Deep Purple | Mastering |
| 2007 | Script error: No such module "sort". DVD |
Deep Purple | Mastering |
| 2004 | Timeless: Daniel O'Donnell and Mary Duff | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1997 | To Have & to Hold Soundtrack |
Various artists | Mastering |
| 2000 | Trabendo | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2006 | Truth and Lies | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2005 | Script error: No such module "sort". Single |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1996 | Under Wheels of Confusion: 1970–1987 | Black Sabbath | Remastering |
| 1994 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Engineer |
| 2006 | Until the Next Time | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2002 | Up the Bracket | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2002 | Up the Bracket | Script error: No such module "sort". US Bonus Tracks |
Mastering |
| 1998 | Victim of Circumstance | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1999 | Script error: No such module "sort". Limited Edition Bonus CD-ROM |
Vanessa-Mae | Mastering |
| 1993 | Virunga Volcano | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2005 | Vive Le Rock Bonus tracks |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Digital remastering |
| 2007 | Wait for Me | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1995 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2003 | War Child: Hope | Various artists | Mastering |
| 2002 | Warriors Bonus tracks |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Original mastering |
| 2001 | Welcome to the Madhouse | Shy | Mastering |
| 1997 | Welcome to the World | Psycho Motel | Mastering |
| 2003 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Procol Harum | Mastering |
| 2007 | When I Fall in Love | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1999 | Whisper to the Wild Water | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 2004 | Wide Eyed And Legless: The A&M Recordings | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1983 | Work for All | Juluka | Mastering |
| 2007 | Xitintoday Bonus track |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Mastering |
| 1978 | Zimbabwe Frontline, Vol. 2: Spirit of the Eagle | Various artists | Mastering |
References
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External links
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