Editing Bruce Botnick

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{{Short description|American audio engineer}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Bruce Botnick
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| birth_date         = {{Birth year and age|1945}}
| birth_place        = {{nowrap|[[Los Angeles]], California, US}}
| occupation         = Audio engineer, record producer
| years_active       = 1963–present
| notable_works      = ''[[L.A. Woman]]'', ''[[Eddie Money (album)|Eddie Money]]'', ''[[Life for the Taking]]'', ''[[Street Talk]]'', ''[[Let It Bleed]]'', ''[[Pet Sounds]]''
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'''Bruce Botnick''' (born 1945) is an American [[Audio engineering|audio engineer]] and [[record producer]]. He is best known for co-producing ''[[L.A. Woman]]'', the sixth studio album by [[the Doors]], after producer [[Paul A. Rothchild]] quit during production of the album. Botnick is also known for producing for [[Eddie Money]] and his platinum albums ''[[Eddie Money (album)|Eddie Money]]'' and ''[[Life for the Taking]],'' as well as [[Steve Perry]]'s platinum album ''[[Street Talk]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=August 20, 2016 |title=About |url=https://ingnieursain.com/about/ |access-date=May 26, 2023 |website=Bruce Botnick |language=en}}</ref> Botnick also engineered for [[the Beach Boys]] and their eleventh studio album ''[[Pet Sounds]]'', as well as producing and engineering for acts such as [[Love (band)|Love]], [[Buffalo Springfield]], [[Dave Mason]], [[the Supremes]], [[Marvin Gaye]], [[the Rolling Stones]], as well as film composer [[Jerry Goldsmith]].<ref name=":0" />

==Early work==
Botnick engineered Love's first two albums, and co-produced their third album, ''[[Forever Changes]]'', with the band's singer-songwriter, [[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.analogplanet.com/content/loves-forever-changes-finally-gets-long-deserved-first-class-vinyl-reissue|title=Love's "Forever Changes" Finally Gets Long Deserved First Class Vinyl Reissue|date=December 26, 2012|website=Analog Planet}}</ref> He also is listed as the one of two recording engineers on the 1965 [[Curtis Amy]] LP ''The Sounds of Broadway - The Sounds of Hollywood'' - said to have been released in 1965,<ref name="Discogs-SOBSOH">{{cite web |title=Curtis Amy – The Sounds Of Broadway / The Sounds Of Hollywood |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/870221-Curtis-Amy-The-Sounds-Of-Broadway-The-Sounds-Of-Hollywood |website=Discogs |year=1965 |access-date=June 12, 2022}}</ref> although it also has been said to have been released earlier. The LP back cover liner notes, written by Curtis Amy, formally thank Bruce Botnick for his work on the recordings.

==The Doors==
Botnick audio engineered the Doors' studio recordings starting with their first album in 1966.

In November 1970 he took over production of The Doors' ''[[L.A. Woman]]'' album, their last with lead singer [[Jim Morrison]], after the band's long-serving producer [[Paul A. Rothchild]] fell out with the band over the album's direction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tapeop.com/interviews/74/bruce-botnick/|title=Bruce Botnick: The Doors, MC5, Pet Sounds|work=Tapeop.com|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref> According to [[Robby Krieger]] it was Botnick's idea to record the album at the Doors rehearsal space where they were more comfortable and used to the sound, rather than at a more costly recording studio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/robby-krieger-reopens-the-door-to-the-%e2%80%98l-a-woman%e2%80%99-sessions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602004928/http://www.goldminemag.com/article/robby-krieger-reopens-the-door-to-the-|url-status=dead|title=Robby Krieger Reopens the Door to the ''L.A. Woman'' Sessions|first=Goldmine|last=staff|date=June 4, 2012|archive-date=June 2, 2015}}</ref>

==Additional work==
Botnick has a credit as assistant engineer on [[the Rolling Stones]]' ''[[Let It Bleed]]'' album. He later produced [[Eddie Money]]'s first two albums, ''[[Eddie Money (album)|Eddie Money]]'' in 1977 and ''[[Life for the Taking]]'' in 1978.  Botnick also produced two albums for Paul Collins' rock group [[The Beat (US)|The Beat]], including 1979's ''The Beat'' and 1982's ''The Kids Are The Same''. He also co-produced [[Kenny Loggins]]’ 1982 album, ''[[High Adventure]]''.

Botnick had a long-running association with film composer [[Jerry Goldsmith]] as his scoring mixer. Botnick first met Goldsmith on 1979's ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' and they worked together on most of Goldsmith's film projects - numbering over 100 - from the 1980s through to Goldsmith's death in 2004.

He also engineered at least two of [[Lonnie Mack]]'s late-1960s Elektra albums, and is credited as  Re-Recording Mixer for the movie Gremlins.

Was the producer and mixing engineer of the 1972 album Rising by the band [[Mark-Almond]].

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0098567}}
* [http://www.richieunterberger.com/botnick.html Interview on ''Forever Changes'' album]
* [http://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/bruce-botnick Bruce Botnick Interview] at [[NAMM Oral History Program|NAMM Oral History Collection]] (2017)

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