Jeff Gold

Jeff Gold is a GRAMMY Award-winning music historian, author, and former record label executive, profiled by Rolling Stone as one of the five "top collectors of high-end music memorabilia." As a top executive at Warner Bros. Records and A&M Records, Gold worked with artists including Prince, REM, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iggy Pop, The Police, and Cat Stevens. A four-time GRAMMY-nominated Art Director, Gold won the 1990 Best Album Package GRAMMY for Suzanne Vega's Days of Open Hand . Gold has...See more

Jeff Gold is a GRAMMY Award-winning music historian, author, and former record label executive, profiled by Rolling Stone as one of the five "top collectors of high-end music memorabilia." As a top executive at Warner Bros. Records and A&M Records, Gold worked with artists including Prince, REM, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iggy Pop, The Police, and Cat Stevens. A four-time GRAMMY-nominated Art Director, Gold won the 1990 Best Album Package GRAMMY for Suzanne Vega's Days of Open Hand . Gold has consulted for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Experience Music Project, and appeared as an expert on PBS's History Detectives . He and colleague Laura Woolley appraised the Bob Dylan Archive for Dylan's management, and his discovery of previously undocumented tapes has led to major label releases, including Bob Dylan in Concert at Brandeis University 1963 . Gold's books include 101 Essential Rock Records: The Golden Age of Vinyl ; Total Chaos: The Story of the Stooges, As Told by Iggy Pop ; and Sittin' In: Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950s. Gold owns music collectibles website Recordmecca and writes about topics of interest to collectors on its blog. See less