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David Rubinson (born August 7, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York)^[1] is an American recording engineer and music producer, who was particularly involved in music production from the 1960s to the 1980s. He produced such diverse acts as Moby Grape, Herbie Hancock, the Pointer Sisters, Santana, and Taj Mahal. Rubinson also founded The Automatt Recording Studios and was the music producer for the film Apocalypse Now.^[2]

History

David Rubinson was graduated from Columbia University in 1963 with a bachelor's degree in English.^[1] He commenced his record production career shortly thereafter, becoming an associate producer at Capitol Records during 1963-1964. Thereafter, he became a staff producer for Columbia Records, a position he held from 1964 to 1969. Rubinson then went into partnership with Bill Graham, working with the latter in the Fillmore Corporation,^[1] and creating two record labels with him: San Francisco Records and Fillmore Records.^[3] In 1976, he built The Automatt, the first automated recording studio in San Francisco.^[1]

After suffering a severe heart attack, Rubinson retired from record production in 1982, thereafter devoting his time to artist management (Narada Michael Walden, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Marcel Marceau, Wayne Shorter) and film.^[1] He was the executive producer of Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness, a PBS biography of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, who facilitated the escape of thousands of Jews from Lithuania during World War II. The film won the award for Best Documentary at the 2000 Hollywood Film Festival and the 2001 Pare Lorentz Award, sponsored by the International Documentary Association.^[1]

In 2009, Rubinson relocated to France to practice permaculture and sustainable, renewable food production and became a public opponent of the actions of Israel in Gaza.^[4]

Selected discography

Year^[5]	Album	Artist	Role
1966	Isn't It Grand Boys	The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem	Producer
1967	Freedom's Sons	The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem	Producer
1967	Moby Grape	Moby Grape	Audio Production, Producer
1968	Wow/Grape Jam	Moby Grape	Audio Production, Orchestral Arrangements, Producer
1968	The United States of America	The United States of America	Producer
1968	Taj Mahal	Taj Mahal	Co-Producer, with Bob Irwin
1968	The Natch'l Blues	Taj Mahal	Producer
1969	Santana	Santana	Producer (first studio session)^[6]
1969	The Elvin Bishop Group	Elvin Bishop	Original Recording Producer, Producer
1969	Moby Grape '69	Moby Grape	Audio Production, Liner Notes, Original Recording Producer, Producer
1969	Love, Peace and Happiness	The Chambers Brothers	Co-Producer, with Tim O'Brien
1969	Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home	Taj Mahal	Photography, Producer
1969	Cold Blood	Cold Blood	Producer
1969	Afro-American Latin	Mongo Santamaría	Producer
1969	Oar	Skip Spence	Liner Notes, Mixing
1970	Secret of the Bloom	Victoria	Co-Producer with Fred Catero
1970	Right On Be Free	The Voices of East Harlem	Producer
1970	Mwandishi	Herbie Hancock	Producer
1970	Feel It!	Elvin Bishop	Producer
1970	Victoria	Victoria (Domalgaski)	Co-Producer with Fred Catero
1971	Happy Just to Be Like I Am	Taj Mahal	Co-Producer, with Taj Mahal
1971	20 Granite Creek	Moby Grape	Congas, Engineer, Piano (Electric), Producer
1971	The Real Thing	Taj Mahal	Producer
1973	What the Kids Want	Hoodoo Rhythm Devils	Producer
1973	Thriller!	Cold Blood	Audio Production, Mixing, Producer
1973	The Pointer Sisters	The Pointer Sisters	Arranger, Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer
1973	Sextant	Herbie Hancock	Producer, Remixing
1973	Head Hunters	Herbie Hancock	Co-Producer, with Herbie Hancock
1974	Thrust	Herbie Hancock	Co-Producer, with Herbie Hancock
1974	That's a Plenty	The Pointer Sisters	Producer, Arranger, Engineer
1974	Dedication	Herbie Hancock	Producer
1974	Death Wish	Herbie Hancock	Producer
1975	Steppin'	The Pointer Sisters	Composer, Producer, Remixing
1975	Safety Zone	Bobby Womack	Engineer, Producer
1975	Man-Child	Herbie Hancock	Engineer, Co-Producer, with Herbie Hancock
1975	Flood	Herbie Hancock	Producer, Remixing
1976	V.S.O.P, Vol. 1	Herbie Hancock	Engineer, Producer
1976	The Quintet	V.S.O.P.	Producer
1976	Secrets	Herbie Hancock	Engineer, Co-Producer, with Herbie Hancock
1976	Magical Shepherd	Miroslav Vitouš	Engineer, Producer, Remixing
1976	It Looks Like Snow	Phoebe Snow	Engineer, Producer
1976	Chameleon	Labelle	ARP Synthesizer, Arranger, Engineer, Producer
1976	Amigos	Santana	Audio Production, Composer, Engineer, Producer
1977	Patti LaBelle	Patti LaBelle	Arranger, Composer, Engineer, Photography, Producer, Vocal Arrangement
1977	New Directions	The Meters	Engineer, Co-Producer, with Jeffrey Cohen
1977	Having a Party	The Pointer Sisters	Engineer, Producer
1977	Festival	Santana	Audio Engineer, Audio Production, Composer, Engineer, Producer
1977	Elementary	Wah Wah Watson	Engineer, Co-Producer, with Wah Wah Watson
1978	Sunlight	Herbie Hancock	Engineer, Co-Producer, with Herbie Hancock
1978	Tropico	Gato Barbieri	Adaptation, Arranger, Engineer, Producer, Unknown Contributor Role
1978	VSOP: Tempest in the Colosseum	V.S.O.P.	Co-Producer, with Henri Renaud
1978	Reunion	Peter, Paul and Mary	Producer
1978	Tasty	Patti LaBelle	Producer, Arranger
1978	An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert	Herbie Hancock	Co-Producer, with Herbie Hancock
1979	Feets, Don't Fail Me Now	Herbie Hancock	Composer, Engineer, Co-Producer, with Herbie Hancock
1979	Directstep	Herbie Hancock	Engineer, Co-Producer, with Herbie Hancock
1979	Apocalypse Now (soundtrack)	Carmine Coppola	Producer
1980	The Swing of Delight	Carlos Santana	Mixing Engineer, Producer
1980	The Piano	Herbie Hancock	Audio Engineer, Audio Production, Engineer, Liner Notes, Mixing, Co-Producer, with Herbie Hancock, Reissue Producer
1980	Mr. Hands	Herbie Hancock	Mixing, Co-Producer, with Herbie Hancock
1980	Monster	Herbie Hancock	Composer, Engineer, Co-Producer, with Herbie Hancock
1980	Watercolors	The Waters	Producer
1981	Randy Hansen	Randy Hansen	Producer
1981	Magic Windows	Herbie Hancock	Composer, Engineer, Mix Down, Co-Producer, with Herbie Hancock
1982	Quartet	Herbie Hancock	Co-Producer, with Herbie Hancock
1988	Passion and Fire	Gato Barbieri	Producer
1991	Stolen Moments	Stanley Jordan	Executive Producer, Management