David Rubinson

David Rubinson (born August 7, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American recording engineer and music producer, who was particularly involved in music production from the 1960s to the 1980s. He produced such diverse acts as Moby Grape, Herbie Hancock, the Pointer Sisters, Santana, and Taj Mahal. Rubinson also founded The Automatt Recording Studios and was the music producer for the film Apocalypse Now.

Background

David Rubinson was graduated from Columbia University in 1963 with a bachelor's degree in English. Rubinson then went into partnership with Bill Graham, working with the latter in the Fillmore Corporation,

It is likely that Rubinson assisted with the discovery of the group Malo which was fronted by Jorge Santana.

History and Career Rubinson produced the In One Head and Out the Other [The New Emerging Bigot] album by Jack Burns and Avery Schreiber which was released on Columbia CS 9170 in 1965.

In 1967, Betty Mabry heard that the Chambers Brothers were in New York. She had composed a song, "Uptown". She managed to catch them before they went into the studio. She knew that Lester Chambers could sing the song. So, she sang the song to them. According to Lester, they went up to Rubinson and presented the song to him and the song was worked out. With Rubinson as producer, the Chambers Brothers recorded the Mabry composition "Uptown". Backed with a Brian Keenan number, "Love me Like the Rain" it was released on Columbia 44296. By 4 November, it was reported by Billboard that the song was now a regional breakout. It was a minor hit, making it to No. 126 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart for the week of 18 November.

In 1976, he built The Automatt, the first automated recording studio in San Francisco. Rubinson hired Scott Hamann to film and document the 2010 flotilla to Gaza and post what he had captured onto the Witness Gaza website.

Selected discography