Wally Traugott

Wally Traugott was a Canadian mastering engineer and musician, whose work included mastering the Capitol issue of "New Moon on Monday" by Duran Duran.

Biography
Born in Canada, Wally mastered some of the greatest albums of the 20th Century. His career began as a musician, becoming the highest paid violinist in Canada during the 1950s. During this period his work included performances on The Tommy Hunter Show.

As Mastering and lacquer-cutting engineer for Capitol Records, Wally was credited in the runout grooves of records by some of the top musical acts including Paul McCartney & Wings ("Listen to What the Man Said" 1975), Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ("Stranger In Town" 1978), Pink Floyd (The Dark Side Of The Moon 1981) and The Bangles ("Walk Like An Egyptian" 1986).

Wally retired from Capitol Records in 1996 and later died in 2005.