Ken Hamann


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1960s-1990s recording engineer and studio owner from Cleveland, Ohio. Purchased [l447813] in 1970, and later founded Suma Recording Studio. The latter studio was later owned by his son, Paul Hamann.

Born: 1 June 1928, Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, US.
Died: 10 January 2003, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, US (age 74).

ALBUMS


The Society
You Girl / Lonely
2019, 7", B-W Records, My Mind's Eye Records, ,
Garage Rock
Various
Punk 45: Kill The Hippies! Kill Yourself! The American Nation Destroys Its Young - Underground Punk In The United States Of America, 1973-1980 Vol. 1
2013, CD, ,
Punk
Lucky Pierre
Lucky Pierre
2009, CD, Comp, Lucky Pierre Music, ,
Alternative Rock
Pere Ubu
Datapanik In The Year Zero
1996, ,
Art Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Garage Rock/New Wave/Experimental
Pere Ubu
The Hearpen Singles
1995, Box Set, 4x Vinyl, ,
New Wave/Art Rock
Pere Ubu
Non-alignment Pact
1988
Various
On The Road Again (Rock's New Frontiers: 1966-1970)
1985, Vinyl Jacksonville Pressing, ,
Country Rock/Acid Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Garage Rock
Lucky Pierre
Stetson's / Once A Child
1981, 7", Unadulterated Records, ,
Indie Rock
Pere Ubu
The Fabulous Sequel (Have Shoes Will Walk)
1979, 7", Chrysalis
Pere Ubu
New Picnic Time
1979
Dan Schneider / Dan Shcneider*
Stay With Me
1978, 7", D.C.S. Records
Lucky Pierre
Fans & Cameras / Idlewood
1978, Vinyl Band photo sleeve, ,
Indie Rock
Pere Ubu
The Modern Dance
1978
Pere Ubu
Dub Housing
1978, ,
New Wave/Art Rock
Pere Ubu
Datapanik In The Year Zero
1978, ,
Garage Rock/Art Rock/Punk
Alex Bevan
Springboard
1976
Mom's Apple Pie
Love Plays A Song
1973
Wild Cherry
Get Down
1973
Mom's Apple Pie
#2
1973
Wild Cherry
Show Me Your Badge / Bring Back The Fire
1972
Mom's Apple Pie
Mom's Apple Pie
1972
Mom's Apple Pie
Dawn Of A New Day / Happy Just To Be
1972
The Gregorians
Dialated Eyes / Like A Man
1969
The Outsiders
Time Won't Let Me
1966
Various
Postpunk Chronicles: Going Underground
1999, CD, ,
Alternative Rock/New Wave/Industrial
Pere Ubu
New Picnic Time
1999
Pere Ubu
Dub Housing
1978
James Gang
Bang
2019
David Thomas And The Pedestrians With Richard Thompson
Variations On A Theme
1983, Vinyl, ,
Art Rock/Experimental/Post-Punk
Pat Pace
Pacific
1978, LP, Pri, Pax Records (9)
Wild Cherry
Wild Cherry
1976, Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing, ,
Funk/Disco
Left End
Spoiled Rotten
1974
John Hambrick
Windmill In A Jet Filled Sky
1972
Jerry Thomas & The Gospel Experience
Jesus Is Calling
LP, Not On Label
James Gang
Miami
Wild Cherry
Super Hits
10x File 16-bit / 44.1 kHz,
Funk

APPEARANCES +


James Gang
Miami
1974
James Gang
James Gang Bang
1973
James Gang
Thirds
1971
The Choir
: Artifact : The Unreleased Album :
2018, CD, Album, Comp, Omnivore Recordings, Omnivore Recordings, Omnivore Recordings,
Grand Funk Railroad
Trunk Of Funk Vol 1
2017, Box, Comp + 6xCD, Album, Capitol Records
The Styrenes
Essential Styrenes Volume One 1975-1979
2012, 2x7", EP, Comp, RM, Gat, Mustard (2), ,
Punk/Psychedelic Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Lou Ragland
I Travel Alone
2012
Joe Walsh
Analog Man
2012, CD, DVD, All Media Two panel folded cardsleeve, ,
Pop Rock/Blues Rock
Alan Cassaro & Various
Pre-Punk (1965-1968 Cleveland, Ohio Integrity Productions)
2009, CDr, Comp, Ohio Moon
Various
Forge Your Own Chains (Heavy Psychedelic Ballads And Dirges 1968-1974)
2009
Grand Funk Railroad
Greatest Hits CD & DVD and Live: The 1971 Tour CD
2007, CD, CD, DVD, ,
Rock & Roll/Blues Rock/Hard Rock
The Styrenes
It's Still Artastic
2002, CD, Comp, ROIR USA, Jilmar Music
Grand Funk Railroad
Live The 1971 Tour
2002, CD, ,
Classic Rock/Hard Rock
Damnation*
Damnation... To Salvation
2000, 3xCD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Akarma, ,
Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock
All Saved Freak Band
Brainwashed / Sower
2000, CD, Comp, Hidden Vision Records, Hidden Vision Records
James Gang
Greatest Hits
2000, CD, ,
Classic Rock
Various
Unconditionally Guaranteed Volume 5 June 1999 (Uncut's Guide To The Month's Best Music)
1999, CD, Comp, Promo, Uncut (2), ,
Alternative Rock/IDM/Soul/Classic Rock
Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Magical Musicals
1999, CD, Album, Telarc, ,
Musical/Soundtrack/Score
Tapestry
The Fourth River. The Millennium Revealed
1999, CD, Telarc
Grand Funk Railroad
Thirty Years Of Funk 1969-1999 The Anthology
1999
All Saved Freak Band
Anthology 1973 - 1981
1998, CDr, Comp, Ltd, Rock The World Revival
Dizzy Gillespie
Triple Play
1998, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Co, Telarc Jazz, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Mahler*, Yoel Levi, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 6 "Tragic"
1998, CD, Album, Telarc
Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, James Earl Jones (2), Maria Muldaur, Tom Wopat
Play Ball!
1998, ,
Score/Contemporary/Video Game Music
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
So What's New?
1998, ,
Cool Jazz
Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman
Lost Music Of Early America: Music Of The Moravians
1998, CD, ,
Baroque
George Shearing
Favorite Things (Solo Piano)
1997
Ray Brown With John Clayton & Christian McBride
SuperBass (Recorded Live At Sculler's)
1997, ,
Bop
Oscar Peterson With Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Benny Green, Roy Hargrove, Shirley Horn, Milt Jackson, The Manhattan Transfer, Lewis Nash, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Clark Terry, Stanley Turrentine
A Tribute To Oscar Peterson (Live At The Town Hall)
1997
Jim Hall
Panorama - Live At The Village Vanguard
1997, CD, ,
Post Bop
David Thomas
Monster
1997, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, Box Set, ,
New Wave/Art Rock/Experimental
Rodrigo* - David Russell, Erich Kunzel, Naples Philharmonic Orchestra
Concierto De Aranjuez And More
1997
Stéphane Grappelli
Live At The Blue Note
1996, ,
Swing
Dave Brubeck
A Dave Brubeck Christmas
1996
George Shearing / Neil Swainson / Grady Tate
Walkin'
1995
Villa-Lobos*, Jesús López-Cobos, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Bachianas Brasileiras, Nos. 2, 4 & 8
1995, CD, ,
Modern
Mahler*, Yoel Levi, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 5
1995, CD, ,
Romantic
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, David Zinman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Sylvia McNair
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 / Vocalise
1994, CD, Telarc
Rachmaninoff* - David Zinman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 3 • Symphonic Dances
1994
Mozart*, Sir Charles Mackerras, Orchestra Of St. Luke's
Serenade In B-Flat Major For 13 Winds "Gran Partita"
1994, CD, ,
Classical
The Jimmy McGriff And Hank Crawford Quartet
Right Turn On Blue
1994, ,
Soul-Jazz
The Singing Angels
And The Angels Sing
1993, Cassette, ,
Barbershop
Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Hollywood's Greatest Hits Volume II
1993, CD, ,
Soundtrack
Joe Pass
My Song
1993, ,
Bop/Swing
Bobby Short
Late Night At The Cafe Carlyle
1992, ,
Vocal/Ballad/Swing
The Styrenes
It's Artastic! - Cleveland '75 To '79
1991, CD, Comp, Homestead Records
Mahler*, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*, Robert Shaw
Symphony #8: Symphony Of A Thousand
1991
Tommy Bolin
The Ultimate...
1989, 2x CD, Box Set, ,
Hard Rock/Classic Rock/Blues Rock/Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk
The Choir
The Choir
1987
Pere Ubu
Terminal Tower - An Archival Collection
1985
The Singing Angels
Make Someone Happy
1984, LP, Album, Comp, Not On Label, ,
Barbershop
Nerija
Nerija
1981, LP, Not On Label
The Singing Angels
Get Happy
1981, LP, Album, Not On Label
Pere Ubu
Datapanik In The Year Zero-A
1980, ,
Alternative Rock/Art Rock/Punk
Roller Bros. Band
Roller Bros. Band
1979, LP, Album, Not On Label
The Girls
Jeffrey I Hear You / The Elephant Man
1979, ,
Art Rock/Punk
Sandy Nassan
Sandy Nassan
1978, LP, Album, Num, Dir, Family Owl Productions
Flatbush
Snug As A Bug In A Rug
1978, 7", Denim
Joe Walsh
The Best Of Joe Walsh
1978
Wild Cherry
I Love My Music
1978, Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing, ,
Soul/Funk
Lou Ragland
Understand Each Other
1978
Styrene Money*
I Saw You
1977, 7", EP, Mustard (2)
Jim Ballard
Album
1976, LP, Album, Tinkertoo
15-60-75
Jimmy Bell's Still In Town
1976
The All Saved Freak Band*
For Christians, Elves, And Lovers
1976
Pere Ubu
Street Waves / My Dark Ages (I Don't Get Around)
1976
James Gang
Jesse Come Home
1976, ,
Blues Rock/Classic Rock
Pere Ubu
Final Solution
1976, Vinyl Picture Sleeve, ,
New Wave/Art Rock/Punk
Bobby* & Cindy
If This Ain't Really Love / I'll Keep Coming Back
1975, 7", Shaker Records Inc.
Wildfire (10) Featuring Scott*
Tend To Your Business
1975, 7", SMH Records
The All Saved Freak Band*
Brainwashed
1975
Chicago Gangsters
Blind Over You
1975, ,
Soul/Funk
James Gang
Newborn
1975, ,
Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Classic Rock
Nick Pyros And The Greek Ambassadors
Nick Pyros And The Greek Ambassadors
1974, LP, Ambassador (18)
The Temple Quartet
The Eastern Gate
1974, LP, Album, Akron Baptist Temple
Betty Robertson
A Song For You
1974, 7", Elk Records (4)
Betty Robertson
If
1974, 7", Elk Records (4)
James Gang
Miami
1974
Joe Oberaitis And His Musical Sharps
Polka Music At It's Swinging Best
1973, LP, Album, Kerebo
The Temple Quartet
Songs Of Praise
1973, LP, Album, Akron Baptist Temple
Lorne Matthews
Not A Word Was Spoken
1973, LP, Album, Melody Mark
Grand Funk Railroad
Masters Of Rock
1973
James Gang
Bang
1973, Vinyl RI - PRC, Richmond Pressing, ,
Classic Rock
Glenn Schwartz And The All Saved Freak Band*
My Poor Generation
1973
Lynn Haney
Rebirth
1972, LP, Tribute Records (3), World Library Publications, ,
Folk Rock/Folk
John Bassette
This Time Around
1972, LP, Tinkertoo
Grand Funk Railroad
Mark, Don & Mel 1969-71
1972
Wild Cherry
Get Down
1972
Bloodrock
Live
1972
Brownsville Station
A Night On The Town
1972, Vinyl, ,
Classic Rock
Morly Grey
The Only Truth
1972
James Gang
Thirds
1971, Vinyl, ,
Classic Rock
Grand Funk Railroad
Survival
1971
Grand Funk Railroad
E Pluribus Funk
1971, Vinyl Winchester Pressing, ,
Hard Rock/Funk
Bloodrock
Bloodrock 3
1971, ,
Hard Rock/Blues Rock
Damnation*
Which Is The Justice, Which Is The Thief
1971
Alex Bevan
No Truth To Sell
1971, Vinyl, ,
Folk
Velvet Crest
Na-Na-Song / Did You Ever Feel Like Kicking Yourself
1970, 7", Single, Bold (3)
Bloodrock
Bloodrock 2
1970
Grand Funk Railroad
Closer To Home
1970, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Hard Rock/Blues Rock
Grand Funk*
Live Album
1970, 2x Vinyl Winchester Pressing, Gatefold, ,
Blues Rock/Garage Rock/Hard Rock/Rock & Roll
Damnation Of Adam Blessing
The Second Damnation
1970
J. D. Blackfoot
Who's Nuts Alfred / Epitaph For A Head
1969
Damnation Of Adam Blessing
The Damnation Of Adam Blessing
1969
Silk
Smooth As Raw Silk
1969, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Grand Funk Railroad
On Time
1969, Vinyl Winchester Pressing, ,
Hard Rock/Rock & Roll/Classic Rock/Blues Rock/Funk
Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk
1969, Vinyl Scranton Pressing, Gatefold, ,
Hard Rock/Classic Rock
The Sugar Cakes
Chains
1969, Vinyl, ,
Vocal
The James Gang*
Yer' Album
1969, ,
Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Pop Rock
The Human Beinz
Evolutions
1968
The National Gallery
Performing Musical Interpretations Of The Paintings Of Paul Klee
1968
Tim Conway With Ernie Anderson
Bull!
1968, Vinyl, ,
Comedy
The Statesmen
Stop And Get A Ticket
1966, 7", Single, Tema Records (2)
The Tulu Babies
Mine Forever / Hurtin Kind
1965
Bach* / Robert Noehren
Three Organ Concerti (After Vivaldi) In D Minor, A Major, C Major
1959
Velvet Crest
Things We Said Today / Something Tells Me
7", Single, Bold (3)
Various
Land That I Love
LP, Not On Label
Ken Demko
Live At The Lamplighter Inn
LP, Album, Century Advent Recording
Joe Oberaitis And The Musical Sharps*
A Little Bit Of Polish Soul
LP, Album, Kerebo
Cleveland Donauschwäebische Blaskapelle
Die Originale Donauschwaebische Blaskapelle
CDr, Herta Records
Grand Funk Railroad
On Time
LP, Album, RE, Capitol Records
Art Perko
Polkas On The Move
Bach* - Robert Noehren
3 Chorale Partitas
Handel* - Sir Charles Mackerras - Orchestra Of St. Luke's
Water Music
,
Baroque
James Gang
Newborn / Jesse Come Home
,
Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Classic Rock
Grand Funk Railroad
On Time / Grand Funk
,
Rock & Roll
Schoenberg*, Yoel Levi, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Verklärte Nacht • Pelleas Und Melisande
Damnation*
The Second Damnation
2023
Brownsville Station
A Night On The Town
2005, CD, ,
Classic Rock
James Gang
Newborn / Jesse Come Home
2004
Pere Ubu
The Modern Dance
2000, ,
New Wave/Punk
Bloodrock
Bloodrock 2
1995, ,
Blues Rock/Hard Rock
Morly Grey
The Only Truth
1990
Wild Cherry
Wild Cherry
1976
Grand Funk Railroad
Mark, Don & Mel 1969-71
1972, 2x Vinyl, ,
Hard Rock
Grand Funk Railroad
Survival
1971, ,
Hard Rock/Classic Rock
Grand Funk Railroad
E Pluribus Funk
1971, Vinyl, ,
Hard Rock
Bloodrock
Bloodrock 3
1971
Grand Funk Railroad
On Time
1970, ,
Hard Rock/Classic Rock
Grand Funk Railroad
Closer To Home
1970
Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk
1970
Wild Cherry
I Love My Music
LP, Album, Unofficial, Yung Feng, ,
Soul/Funk
Grand Funk Railroad
Live Album
Wild Cherry
I Love My Music
,
Soul/Funk
Bloodrock
Live
James Gang
Bang
Vinyl Bootleg , ,
Classic Rock