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'''Mark Abramson''' was an American [[record producer]] and artist. He produced recordings of [[Judy Collins]], [[Paul Butterfield|The Paul Butterfield Blues Band]], [[Bob Gibson (musician)|Bob Gibson]], [[Love (band)|Love]], [[Phil Ochs]], [[Tom Rush]], [[Josh White]], [[The Wackers]] and many other artists.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mark-abramson-mn0000830470 | title=Mark Abramson credits on AllMusic.com | accessdate=February 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mark+Abramson | title=Discogs.com artist page for Mark Abramson | accessdate=February 17, 2013}}</ref> Starting out as one of [[Elektra Records]]' earliest producers in 1958, he learned audio engineering working closely with label founder [[Jac Holzman]]. In Holzman's history of Elektra ''Follow the Music'', he recalls Abramson's production work: "He had a natural musical and dramatic sense and absorbed the practical aspects of engineering rapidly. He was an artist himself, with an even temperament, able to get along very well with the artists, and he became a hybrid recording engineer/producer—our first."<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.followthemusic.com/chapter-3 | title=Follow the Music: The Life and High Times of Elektra Records in the Great Years of American Pop Culture | publisher=FirstMedia Books | year=1998 | accessdate=February 17, 2013 |author1=Holzman, Jac |author2=Daws, Gavan |lastauthoramp=yes }}</ref>