Biography
Julie Last has been active in the music recording business for more than 25 years. Starting at New York City’s Record Plant Studios in the mid-1970’s, she became one of only a handful of women who earned their way into the control rooms of major recording studios. She worked on albums with seminal rock bands of the time and in 1980 was specially invited to assist in the recording of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy. In NYC, she worked on the albums of: Aerosmith, Talking Heads, Cheap Trick, Lou Reed, The Clash and Brian Eno among others. After a move to Los Angeles, she worked primarily with leading singer/songwriters including Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Shawn Colvin, and in 1994 was a Grammy selection committee choice for Best Engineer for her recording of Rickie Lee Jones’ Traffic From Paradise. She co-engineered kirtan artist Krishna Das’ album, Live Ananda which was nominated for a Grammy in 2012. She has also produced several major and indie label albums and has recorded her own music for CD and film.
Discography
ENGINEERING/PRODUCTION CREDITS, LA & NY:
ARTIST | DESCRIPTION | PRODUCER |
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Shawn Colvin | Recorded Cover Girl | Steuart Smith & Shawn Colvin |
Rickie Lee Jones | Recorded and mixed Traffic from Paradise | Rickie Lee Jones |
Joni Mitchell | Mixed title track Night Ride Home | Joni Mitchell & Larry Klein |
Joni Mitchell | Overdubs Chalkmark in a Rainstorm | Joni Mitchell & Larry Klein |
Liz Phair | Overdubs Whitechocolatespaceegg | Scott Litt |
Madonna | Vocal overdubs I’m Breathless |
Pat Leonard |
Brian Eno | Recorded and mixed Ambient 4 – On Land | Brian Eno |
David Byrne | Recorded The Catherine Wheel |
David Byrne |
Wilson Phillips | Vocal overdubs Wilson Phillips |
Glen Ballard |
Vonda Shepard | Recorded and mixed It’s a Good Eve |
Vonda Shepard |
Toni Childs | Overdubs Union |
David Tickle |
Lou Reed | Overdubs Take No Prisoners |
Lou Reed |
Jennifer Terran | Recorded and mixed Cruel |
Julie Last |
The Cat Mary | Recorded and mixed Her High Lonesone Days |
Julie Last |
Melissa Ferrick | Recorded and mixed Willing to Wait |
Julie Last |
Trevor Rabin | Overdubs Can’t Look Away |
Bob Ezrin & Trevor Rabin |
Krishna Das | Recorded and mixed Live at Ananada |
Krishna Das |
ASSISTANT ENGINEERING CREDITS INCLUDE:
ARTIST | DESCRIPTION | PRODUCER |
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono | Double Fantasy |
Jack Douglas |
Michael Jackson | Dangerous | Bill Bottrell |
Neil Young | Landing on Water | Danny Kortchmar |
Aerosmith | Live Bootleg | Jack Douglas |
Talking Heads | Fear of Music | Brian Eno |
Los Lobos | The Neighborhood |
Mitchell Froom |
Yes | Big Generator | Trevor Horn, Paul DeVilliers, Trevor Rabin |
Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Two Worlds One Heart |
Roy Halee |
Peter Frampton | When All The Pieces Fit |
Peter Frampton |
Roy Orbison | In Dreams |
Roy Orbison and T-Bone Burnette |
Shawn Colvin | Fat City |
Larry Kline |
Glenn Frey | Soul Searchin |
Elliot Scheiner |
Cheap Trick | Found All The Parts |
Jack Douglas |
The Indigo Girls | The Indigo Girls |
Scott Litt |
Chaka Khan | Chaka Khan |
Arif Mardin |
The Pointers Sisters | Contact |
Richard Perry |
Iggy Pop | Soldier |
David Bowie |
The Clash | Give Em Enough Rope |
Sandy Perlman |