Ben Mumphrey Explained

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 );^[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".

External links

• Allmusic: Ben Mumphrey Discography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Show Me Your Tears – Frank Black and the Catholics . AllMusic . September 9, 2003 . October 18, 2011.
2. Web site: Frank Black – 93-03 (CD) at Discogs . May 30, 2007 . Discogs.com . October 18, 2011.
3. Web site: Devil's Workshop – Frank Black and the Catholics . AllMusic . August 20, 2002 . October 18, 2011.
4. Web site: In The Night!!! by Famous Monsters . AlbumCredits.com . October 18, 2011.
5. Web site: Chaos in Order by Let's Go Sailing . AlbumCredits.com . October 18, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120328131729/http://albumcredits.com/Album/1027556 . March 28, 2012 . mdy .
6. Web site: Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon – Various Artists . AllMusic . October 18, 2011.
7. Web site: Black Letter Days – Frank Black and the Catholics . AllMusic . August 20, 2002 . October 18, 2011.
8. Web site: Honeycomb by Frank Black . AlbumCredits.com . October 18, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120328131735/http://albumcredits.com/Album/782098#/Album/ProductionCredits/782098 . March 28, 2012 . dead .
9. Web site: Breeders, The – Fate To Fatal (Vinyl) at Discogs . Discogs.com . October 18, 2011.
10. Web site: Mountain Battles by The Breeders – Releases . Beggars Group USA . April 8, 2008 . October 18, 2011.
11. Web site: Breeders, The – We're Gonna Rise (Vinyl) at Discogs . April 2008 . Discogs.com . October 18, 2011.
12. Web site: Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino by Various Artists . AlbumCredits.com . October 18, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120328131819/http://albumcredits.com/Album/1172188#/Album/ProductionCredits/1172188 . March 28, 2012 . dead .
13. Web site: American Patchwork – Anders Osborne . AllMusic . April 27, 2010 . October 18, 2011.
14. Web site: Dynamite Steps – The Twilight Singers . AllMusic . February 14, 2011 . October 18, 2011.
15. Web site: Saturnalia – The Gutter Twins . AllMusic . March 4, 2008 . October 18, 2011.
16. Web site: Can You Deal with It? – Andre Williams & the New Orleans Hellhounds . AllMusic . July 29, 2008 . October 18, 2011.
17. Web site: Greg Dulli – Dangerous Highway – A Tribute To The Songs Of Eddie Hinton Vol. 1 (Vinyl) at Discogs . Discogs.com . October 18, 2011.