Miles Showell
Mastering and lacquer cutting engineer from London (UK), working at [l=Abbey Road Studios] since February 2013. Famous for being an expert in half-speed mastering which he refers to as "the holy grail of vinyl cutting."
He started his career at [l=Utopia Studios] (London, UK) where he was trained by [a=Steve Angel]. Working there till the end of 1989, his last cut was [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/407189]this record[/url] in October 1989 according to the runout groove. He then moved to [l=Copymasters] (London, UK), which he helped to turn from a copy house into a professional mastering studio now named [l=masterpiece] (London, UK). In late 1997, he took an invitation to work at [l=Metropolis Mastering] (and their division "iMastering"), also in London, UK. Miles joined [l=Abbey Road Studios] from Metropolis Mastering in 2013.
Can be identified by "ⓂMiles" or Miles Masterpiece in the runouts.
Past employment:
[l=Utopia Studios] (11/1984 - 10/1989)
[l=Copymasters] (11/1989 - 1994)
[l=masterpiece] (1994 - 12/1997)
[l=Metropolis Mastering] (01/1998 - 01/2013)