Conrad Uno

Conrad Uno
Uno (right) with Rob Morgan of Popllama band The Squirrels, 2017
Uno (right) with Rob Morgan of Popllama band The Squirrels, 2017
Background information
OriginSeattle, Washington, U.S.
OccupationsRecord producer, audio engineer, audio mixer, musician
Years active1984–present
LabelsPopLlama, Columbia, Sub Pop, Frontier, Estrus
Websiteeggstudios.net

Conrad Uno is an American record producer and founder of the independent record label PopLlama Records.[1] Uno began his career making his own music as a teenager in his makeshift basement studio.[1] At the request of his friends, the Young Fresh Fellows, Uno produced their debut album The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest.[1] When the band decided to release their debut album themselves, Uno founded PopLlama Records to help with the release.[2][3] He would also produce their next four albums; Topsy Turvey (1985), The Men Who Loved Music (1987), Totally Lost (1988) and This One's for the Ladies (1989), the latter three released through Frontier Records.[4] He would also produce albums by Dharma Bums, Haywire: Out Through the Indoor (1989), and Scott McCaughey, My Chartreuse Opinion (1989), while he was the engineer on Mudhoney's self-titled album released in 1989.[4]

In the 1990s, Uno would produce albums for Mudhoney, their Sub Pop releases Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (1991), Piece of Cake (1992) and their 1994 collaboration with Jimmie Dale Gilmore Buckskin Stallion Blues, and The Presidents of the United States of America, their 1994 debut self-titled album.[4][5][6] Piece of Cake peaked at number 189 on the Billboard 200[7] while The Presidents' debut album would be re-released on Columbia Records the following year,[6] peaking at number 6 on the Billboard 200[8] and later being certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[6]

Credits

Release Title Label Artist/Group Credits
1984 The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest PopLlama Young Fresh Fellows producer
1985 Topsy Turvey
1987[4] The Men Who Loved Music Frontier
1988[4] Totally Lost
1989[4] Haywire: Out Through the Indoor PopLlama Dharma Bums
Mudhoney Sub Pop Mudhoney engineer
My Chartreuse Opinion Hollywood Scott McCaughey producer, vocals, engineer
This One's for the Ladies Frontier Young Fresh Fellows producer, background vocals, engineer
1990[4] Post No Bills PopLlama Capping Day producer, engineer
Very, Very Powerful Motor Fastbacks engineer
What Gives? The Squirrels producer, background vocals, engineer, mixing
"Stop Draggin Me Down" The Mono Men engineer
1991[4] Heidi Jimmy Silva producer, vocals
One Way Rocket to Kicksville Stumpy Joe
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Sub Pop Mudhoney producer, engineer, mixing
Don't Wanna Live The Derelicts producer
1992[4] Break-A-Bone Estrus Gravel engineer
The Fall-Outs Super-Electro Sound The Fall-Outs producer, engineer
Paper Doll PopLlama The Picketts
Ritual Dimension of Sound Estrus The Mortals engineer
Wrecker! Mono Men
Three Color Sun Miramar Symon-Asher producer
Dayglo Sub Pop Love Battery engineer, mixing
Between the Eyes producer
The Question Is No Fastbacks engineer
Dirty DGC Sonic Youth engineer, mixing
It's Low Beat Time Mordam Young Fresh Fellows producer
Piece of Cake Reprise Mudhoney producer, engineer, vocals
1993[4] Bent Pages Estrus Mono Men engineer
Music Minus Five Norton The A-Bones
Tabara Music of the World Amadu Bansang Jobarteh
Zücker Sub Pop Fastbacks
Pottymouth Kill Rock Stars Bratmobile
Outta Sight Empty Sinister Six
No Stone Unturned Estrus Gravel
Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew Reprise Mudhoney
1994[4] Don't Fall Asleep...Horrible Things Will Happen Bolt Remover The Frampton Brothers producer, engineer
The Frampton Brothers Hate You producer, engineer, mixing
Harsh Toke of Reality PopLlama The Squirrels
The Presidents of the United States of America PopLlama The Presidents of the United States of America producer
La Mano Cornuda Sub Pop Supersuckers producer, engineer
Sin and Tonic Estrus Mono Men engineer
Sleep in a Wigwam Optional Art Rich Arithmetic
Wet Pants Club Radiation The Smugglers producer
Buckskin Stallion Blues Sub Pop Mudhoney and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Fear of Women Empty The Putters producer, engineer
You Can Feel the Love in This Room Sicko
Powerstrip Sympathy for the Record Industry The Nomads producer, engineer, mixing, background vocals
World Contact Day Lookout! Groovie Ghoulies producer
Saucers over Vegas Estrus The Galaxy Trio engineer
1995[4] Call Down the Moon Griffin Man
I Got Time Frontier The Shame Idols producer
Near the End of the Harvest PopLlama Jimmy Silva producer, engineer, mixing
Old Liquidator Hollywood The Minus 5 engineer, executive producer
The Wicked Picketts Rounder The Picketts producer, engineer
In the Hall of Fame PopLlama The Smugglers producer
Red Dress Red Dress producer, engineer, mastering, background vocals
Temptation on a Saturday Young Fresh Fellows engineer
The Inhalants Estrus The Inhalants engineer
1996[4][9] Shady Lane Scooch Pooch The La Donnas producer, engineer, mixing, organ
When Day Has Broken Tim/Kerr Pilots mixing
World Contact Day Lookout! Groovie Ghoulies producer
Flat Tracker Scooch Pooch Zeke producer, engineer, mixing
Masonic Youth Empty Scared of Chaka engineer
1997[9] Dance with Evil Scooch Pooch Rock Boss producer
April March Sings Along With The Makers Sympathy for the Record Industry April March engineer
Flipp Hollywood Flipp producer, engineer
The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy The Minus 5 engineer
Running with Bigfoot Lookout! Groovie Ghoulies
Punk Rock and Roll Rip Off The Statics engineer, mixing
1998[9] Success PopLlama The Posies producer, engineer, mixing
Pure Frosting Columbia The Presidents of the United States of America
Rocket Cat Frontier The Shame Idols
1999[9] Recording Super-Electro Sound Wiretaps engineer, mixing
2000[9] Blueprint for the Blues Self-published Orville Johnson engineer
Not-So-Bright Side of the Moon PopLlama The Squirrels engineer, mixing
Just the Way We Like It Junk Weaklings
Revolutions Per Minute Orange Music Jason Trachtenburg producer
2001[9] The Wanna-Bes Lookout! The Wanna-Bes producer, engineer
Strategically Interrupted Silence Beltane Dancers Music The Drews engineer, mixing, backing vocals
2002[9] On Earth as It Is in Heaven Global Seepej The Plains mixing
The Return New School 800 Octane producer
Sweat-Soaked and Satisfied Infect Cookie
Palm Wine Sunday Blue Hidden Agenda Eric Lichter
Polaroid Angel Ptarmigan Jimm McIver producer, engineer
2003[9] Bitches and Stitches Go-Kart Amazombie engineer, mixing
2004[9] Honkahillarockabilly Marlingspike Music Knut Bell and the Blue Collars producer, engineer
Drunkard in the Think Tank Career Roy Loney engineer
Boner Finger DEK producer
Rise Again New School 800 Octane
Truth, Corrosion and Sour Bisquits Book Fastbacks engineer
Love Everybody PUSA Music The Presidents of the United States of America engineer, mixing, audio production
2005[9] I Liked You Better When You Were a Corpse Empty Snitches Get Stitches engineer
Laugh in the Dark Bomp! The Invisible Eyes
La Familia Career The Plaintiffs producer
21st Century Séance Hidden Agenda The Green Pajamas
2006[9] Sudden Movements Clickpop Scatterbox producer, engineer, mixing
North of Bakersfield Dionysus Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers producer, engineer, percussion, vocals
Dot to Dot Street Anthem Dreadful Children engineer
2007[9] Not Just For Cops And Bondage Self-published ZipTye
Upstairs/Downstairs Dirtnap The Ergs! producer, engineer, mixing
Push Angry Chrome Entertainment Kill Cupid producer, engineer
2008[9] OK, I'm Dying Kill Cupid Music engineer
On the Chewing Gum Ground K Wallpaper producer, engineer
Miles from Home Dionysus Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers
Hindsight Is 20/20, My Friend Dirtnap The Ergs! engineer
Requiem New School 800 Octane
2009[9] Chordata Spark & Shine Revolt Revolt engineer, mixing
2011[9] Shiver Underworld Too Slim and the Taildraggers producer, engineer, mixing
2014[9] NVM Hardly Art Tacocat engineer

References

  1. ^ a b c Kurutz, Steven. "Conrad Uno Biography". Allmusic. All Media Guide (Rovi). Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  2. ^ Cassidy, Laura (March 14, 2011). "For he's a jolly good fellow". Seattle Weekly. Village Voice Media. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  3. ^ Wilson, Kathleen (January 8–14, 2004). "Some Candy Talking". The Stranger. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Conrad Uno Credits". Allmusic. All Media Guide (Rovi). Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  5. ^ Phalen, Tom (December 17, 1997). "Presidents Call It Quits So Ballew Can Go Solo". The Seattle Times. The Seattle Times Company. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  6. ^ a b c Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "The Presidents of the United States of America Biography". Allmusic. All Media Guide (Rovi). Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  7. ^ "Mudhoney Charts & Awards". Allmusic. All Media Guide (Rovi). Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  8. ^ "The Presidents of the United States of America Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Conrad Uno Credits (p.2)". Allmusic. All Media Guide (Rovi). Retrieved 2011-07-27.