Mark Abramson

Mark Abramson was an American record producer and artist. He produced recordings of Judy Collins, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bob Gibson, Love, Phil Ochs, Tom Rush, Josh White, The Wackers and many other artists. Starting out as one of Elektra Records's 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."

In addition to music production, Abramson directed art films and promotional music shorts of Love and The Doors. Notably the films made for The Doors' "Break on Through" and "The Unknown Soldier" were early forerunners of the music video era, and were shown at live concerts.