R.I.P George Marino, Legendary NYC Mastering Engineer

[Maistrow]

legendary NYC mastering engineer George Marino passed away today, according to a statement from Sterling Sound.
“Today Sterling Sound and the music industry as a whole has suffered a tremendous loss. Senior Mastering Engineer George Marino lost his battle with cancer this morning. Words cannot express the sorrow we feel. George was family to us all and we will miss him dearly.”
Marino had a tremendous career, as illustrated by a long and legendary discography that includes such classic albums as Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions, AC/DC’s Highway to Hell, John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy, Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet, Guns N’ Roses “Appetite for Destruction”, Metallica’s “Black Album”, Coldplay’s A Rush of Blood to the Head, and his latest of three career Grammy wins – Arcade Fire’s 2011 “Album of the Year”, The Suburbs.
He has been a mainstay of the NYC recording community going back to the early 70s at the Record Plant, and then to Sterling Sound in 1973. Marino had been with Sterling ever since, for nearly 40 years – helping to build the company into one of the world’s premier mastering facilities.
For one of SonicScoop’s very first features back in 2009, we had the pleasure of meeting Marino and touring the at-the-time newly modified ATR tape machine that had enabled all-analog vinyl mastering at Sterling. We were taken not only by Marino’s passion for crafting superb sounding records and his enthusiasm for vinyl and the format’s revival, but also by his friendly, humble and patient demeanor. His explanation made a highly technical process come to life.
He was one of the best…and he will be missed.
June 4, 2012 by Janice Brown

[tragwag]

oh wow.
I took a tour of sterling not even a month ago.
Though I didn't meet George, I talked with Ue a lot about cutting records in George's room.

[Maistrow]

Yes, This is sad.
He will truly be missed.

[chaosbc]

These are really sad news...
RIP

[Maistrow]

Yes it is. In such a short time we have lost two great audio engineers
in the pro audio field. Roger Nichols and George Marino.