Ben Mumphrey

Benjamin Mumphrey (born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States) is an American record producer, audio engineer, and musician.

Producer credits

Benjamin Mumphrey's credits for engineering include:

• Frank Black albums True Blue, Show Me Your Tears,[1] 93-03[2] and Devil's Workshop,[3] all released on Cooking Vinyl;
• Black Liquor by Dash Rip Rock, released in 2012 on Alternative Tentacles;
• In The Night,[4] the 1998 album by Famous Monsters, released by Bong Load Custom Records;
• The Chaos In Order[5] by the Los Angeles group Let's Go Sailing;
• the Pixies song "Bam Thwok" (the first official number 1 track on the UK Download Chart on June 23, 2004).

Engineering credits

Mr Mumphrey's credits for engineering include:

• Jello Biafra and the New Orleans Raunch & Soul All-Stars(released in 2015 on Alternative Tentacles),
• "Ain't That Pretty At All" by the Pixies (a Warren Zevon cover from the Artemis Records album Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon);[6]
• Frank Black's albums Black Letter Days (Cooking Vinyl),[7] Honeycomb (EMI / Back Porch Records),[8] One More Road For The Hit and Snake Oil;
• The Breeders 2009 EP, Fate to Fatal,[9] the 2008 4AD Records album Mountain Battles,[10] and the song "German Demonstration"[11] (the B-side to the vinyl 7" single, "We're Gonna Rise");
• ¿Which Side Are You On?, the 2012 album by Ani Difranco;
• "Goin' Home" by B.B. King with Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk (the title track from the Vanguard Records album Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino);[12]
• Alligator Records' American Patchwork[13] by Anders Osborne;
• Sub Pop Records' Dynamite Steps[14] by The Twilight Singers and Saturnalia[15] by The Gutter Twins;
• Bloodshot Records' Can You Deal With It?[16] by Andre Williams & the New Orleans Hellhounds;
• Ben Harper's Live from Mars (2nd engineer); Here Comes That Weird Chill by Mark Lanegan (assistant engineer);
• various recordings by Paul Avion;
• "Hard Luck Guy" by Greg Dulli (featuring Quintron), released in 2007 by Shake-It Records, as part of a series covering the songs of the late Muscle Shoals guitarist and songwriter Eddie Hinton.[17]

Musician credits

The Breeders, "Pinnacle Hollow" (bass); Frank Black & the Catholics, "Velvety" (percussion); Greg Dulli, "Hard Luck Guy" (drums).

Mumphrey was the stage sound mixer for the Pixies' 2004 reunion tour, documented in the film loudQuietloud: A Film About the Pixies. He also worked as a staff engineer at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles, and Studio in the Country, in Washington Parish, Louisiana.

In 2013, Mumphrey played a bit part as a recording engineer on the series finale of the HBO television show Treme, "To Miss New Orleans".

References

1. "Show Me Your Tears – Frank Black and the Catholics". AllMusic. September 9, 2003. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
2. "Frank Black – 93-03 (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
3. "Devil's Workshop – Frank Black and the Catholics". AllMusic. August 20, 2002. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
4. "In The Night!!! by Famous Monsters". AlbumCredits.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
5. "Chaos in Order by Let's Go Sailing". AlbumCredits.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
6. "Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon – Various Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
7. "Black Letter Days – Frank Black and the Catholics". AllMusic. August 20, 2002. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
8. "Honeycomb by Frank Black". AlbumCredits.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
9. "Breeders, The – Fate To Fatal (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
10. "Mountain Battles by The Breeders – Releases". Beggars Group USA. April 8, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
11. "Breeders, The – We're Gonna Rise (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
12. "Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino by Various Artists". AlbumCredits.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
13. "American Patchwork – Anders Osborne". AllMusic. April 27, 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
14. "Dynamite Steps – The Twilight Singers". AllMusic. February 14, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
15. "Saturnalia – The Gutter Twins". AllMusic. March 4, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
16. "Can You Deal with It? – Andre Williams & the New Orleans Hellhounds". AllMusic. July 29, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
17. "Greg Dulli – Dangerous Highway – A Tribute To The Songs Of Eddie Hinton Vol. 1 (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.

External links

• Allmusic: Ben Mumphrey Discography
• Ben Mumphrey at IMDb