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Greg Calbi | |
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 Calbi in 2014 | |
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| Born | (1949-04-03)April 3, 1949 (age 76) Yonkers, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Mastering engineer |
| Website | sterling-sound |
Gregory Calbi (born April 3, 1949) is an Americanmastering engineer atSterling Sound,New Jersey.
Greg Calbi was born on April 3, 1949, inYonkers, New York, and raised inBayside, Queens, New York. He graduated in 1966 from Bishop Reilly High School inFresh Meadows. Calbi earned his bachelor's degree in Mass Communications atFordham University where he studied withMarshall McLuhan and his staff for 3 of those years. He then earned his master's degree in Political Media Studies (Speech Department) at theUniversity of Massachusetts. During these college years, Calbi drove an NYC cab and sold ladies shoes, and was intent on becoming a documentary filmmaker. However, Calbi was asked by someone who worked at theRecord Plant to drive a truck toDuke University to recordYes on theClose to the Edge Tour and soon after that began his career in 1972 as an assistant studio engineer at the Record Plant, working alongside engineersJack Douglas, Jay Messina andShelly Yakus, andJimmy Iovine who was an assistant engineer at that time. In two years, Calbi began cutting vinyl in the mastering room with his high school and college friend, Tom Rabstenek, who had taken over The Cutting Room whenGeorge Marino left to go to Sterling Sound. During this time, Calbi helped Tom cut the lacquers forStevie Wonder'sInnervisions among others from the notes that George had left. In his first year as a mastering engineer, Calbi mastered his first platinum record,Eric Carmen byEric Carmen,John Lennon'sWalls and Bridges and in 1975, Calbi masteredDavid Bowie'sYoung Americans andBruce Springsteen'sBorn to Run. Calbi worked at the Record Plant until 1976 when a position was offered to him by Lee Hulko, owner of Sterling Sound.[1]
During his early years at Sterling, Calbi worked alongside Lee Hulko, George Marino andTed Jensen, and became known for mastering punk classics forThe Ramones,Talking Heads andPatti Smith, as well asTom Petty,Bill Frisell,Aretha Franklin andTodd Rundgren among others.[2] In 1994, Calbi left Sterling for Masterdisk where he worked until 1998 when Calbi, Ted Jensen andTom Coyne, along with Murat Aktar (Absolute Audio co-founder) and UK based Metropolis, purchased Sterling Sound from Lee Hulko.[3]
TEC Awards
Calbi has garnered 12 Mix FoundationTEC Award nominations for Creative Achievement, winning two of them.[4]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 2007 | Waiting on the World to Change | Record Production/Single or Track | Won |
| 2007 | Continuum | Record Production, Album | Won |
Calbi has mastered over 7500 albums during his career; a list of noteworthy music Calbi has mastered includes:[5]
Catalog Remastering Highlights:
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