page_title: George Marino
section_title: Professional career
hierarchical_section_title: George Marino / Professional career
caption_attribution_description: English: George and Rose Marino
context_page_description: George Marino was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s.
context_section_description: During his time at Capitol, Marino mastered such classics as The Beatles 7" single of "Hey Jude" and John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band's Live Peace in Toronto 1969. When Capitol Records closed its New York studio in 1971, Marino joined the fledgling Record Plant, eventually becoming a partner in the mastering business of the Record Plant called the Master Cutting Room, which was on West 44th Street in Manhattan.   There he became established with projects such as Don McLean’s American Pie, Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies, Gregg Allman's Laid Back, and Stevie Wonder's Talking Book and Innervisions. Lee Hulko, one of the owners of Sterling Sound, saw Marino's success and asked him to come work at Sterling, however Marino did not say yes immediately. After Chris Stone, the owner of the Record Plant went to LA, Marino had more management duties and he felt it distracted him from his mastering work. Eventually, Marino took Hulko up on his offer and he headed to Sterling Sound in 1973 to work in a room that Hulko had built for him.
caption: George and Rose Marino
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