Earle Mankey (sometimes misspelled "Earl" in credits) (born March 8, 1947 in Washington, USA) was a guitarist for the band Halfnelson, later called Sparks . He became a record producer , predominantly for Los Angeles area bands like The Pop, 20/20, The Runaways , Concrete Blonde , Jumpin' Jimes, The Long Ryders , The Three O'Clock , The Tearaways, The Conditionz, Adicts, and Kristian Hoffman .
Earle lives in and maintains his studio in Thousand Oaks, California called Earle's Psychedelic Shack and is still active in recording and producing.
Quick – Mondo Deco (1976) The Runaways – Queens of Noise (1976)Helen Reddy – "Ear Candy" (also, guitar, songwriting and engineering - 1977)Paley Brothers – Paley Brothers (1978) The Pop – Go! (1979) 20/20 – 20/20 (1979) The Dickies – Incredible Shrinking Dickies (1979)The Runaways – Flaming Schoolgirls (1980) Walter Egan – Last Stroll (1980)Trees – Sleep Convention (1981) The Three O'Clock – Baroque Hoedown EP (Frontier Records , 1982)The Three O'Clock – Sixteen Tambourines (Frontier Records , 1983) The Long Ryders – 10-5-60 (1983)The Long Ryders – Native Sons (1984) The Conditionz – Weird America (Primal Lunch, (1985) Concrete Blonde – Concrete Blonde (IRS, 1986)The Droogs – Kingdom Day (1987) The Conditionz – Cream Soda Throw Rug (Primal Lunch, (1987) The Conditionz – Head (Primal Lunch, (1988) The Leaving Trains – Transportational D. Vices (1989)Different World – Different World (1990) CLYDE – Ancient of Days (1990-1991) The Leaving Trains – Sleeping Underwater Survivors (1991)Geko – Join My Pretty World (1992)Permanent Green Light – Against Nature (1993) Sparks – In the Swing (1993) Possum Dixon – Possum Dixon (1993)The Mumps – Fatal Charm (1994) Purple Bosco – Deeper (1995) The Leaving Trains – Drowned & Dragged (1995) Sacrilicious – When You Wish Upon a Dead Star (1995) Lazy Cowgirls – Ragged Soul (1995) Cockeyed Ghost – Keep Yourself Amused (1996) The Last – Gin & Innuendoes (1996) Lucky – Live a Little (1996) Tearaways – Ground's the Limit (1997) Lazy Cowgirls – Little Sex & Death (1997) Cockeyed Ghost – Neverest (1997) Lazy Cowgirls – Broken Hearted on Valentine's Day (1998) Lazy Cowgirls – Rank Outsider (1999) Tearaways – In Your Ear (1999) Trailer Park Casanovas – End of an Era (1999) Formula – Formula (2000) The Lazy Cowgirls – Somewhere Down the Line (2000) Geoff Gardner – You Can't Come Home (2000) Jupiter Affect – Instructions for the Two Ways of Becoming Alice (2000) Lazy Cowgirls – Here and Now: (Live!) (2001) Eclipso – Hero and Villain in One Man! (2001) Chainsaw – We Are Not Very Nice (2002) Kristian Hoffman – & (Eggbert Records, 2002)Skulls – Therapy for the Shy (2002) Stitches – 12 Imaginary Inches (2002) Skulls – Golden Age of Piracy (2003) Lazy Cowgirls – I'm Goin' Out and Get Hurt Tonight (2004) The Eddies – Into the Sunshine (2004) Mumps – How I Saved the World (2005) Sparks – Big Beat [Bonus Tracks] (2006) ADZ – Live Plus Five (2006) The Eddies – Twice Around The World (2008) Elton Duck – Elton Duck (recorded 1980, released 2012)The Tearaways "We're All Gonna Drink Tonight b/w "Baby Blue" (recorded fall 2013, released November 2013) Robo Records, a Division of Universal music (2013) - co-produced by (John Ferriter, John Finseth) Kylie Hughes "Calipopicana" EP - recorded 2014 released October 2014 Shrimptoast Records (co-produced by Kylie Hughes, John Finseth, John Ferriter) The Tearaways "The Earle Mankey Sessions: Vol. IV" recorded 2014 released November 2014. Robo Records, a Division of Universal Music 2014 (co-produced by John Ferriter, John Finseth) The Tearaways "The Earle Mankey Sessions: Vol. VII" recorded 2014 released November 2014. Robo Records, a Division of Universal Music 2014. (co-produced by John Ferriter, John Finseth) Sparks – Sparks/ Halfnelson (1971) Sparks – A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing (1972) - Earle Mankey launched his solo career with a 1978 single "Mau Mau" b/w "Crazy" (w/picture sleeve).
- In 1981 Earle Mankey performed, produced and engineered some of his own music on a six-song mini-Lp self-titled: "Earle Mankey".
- In 1984 Earle Mankey issued another six-song mini-Lp: "Real World".
Elton John – Blue Moves (1976)Lisa Hartman – Lisa Hartman (1976) The Beach Boys – Love You (1977)The Beach Boys – M.I.U. Album (1978) Downy Mildew – Broomtree (1987)Downy Mildew – Mincing Steps (1988) Non Credo – Reluctant Hosts (1988) Concrete Blonde – Bloodletting (1990) CLYDE – Ancient of Days (1990-1991) The Weirdos – Weird World, Vol. 1 (1991)Mr. Jones and The Previous – Porch Music (1991) The Nymphs – Practical Guide to Astral Projection (1992) Dakoda Motor Co. – Into the Son (1993) Concrete Blonde – Mexican Moon (1993) The Cramps – Flamejob (1994) El Vez – Fun in Espanol (1994)Mark Nine – This Island Earth (1994) El Vez – Graciasland (1994) Pretty & Twisted – Pretty & Twisted (1995) David Gray – Sell, Sell, Sell (1996) El Vez – Never Been to Spain (Until Now) (1996) The Cramps – Big Beat from Badsville (1997) Department of Crooks – Plan 9 from Las Vegas (1997) Jumpin Jimes – They Rock They Roll They Swing (1998) Cockeyed Ghost – Scapegoat Factory (1999) Marty Grebb – Smooth Sailin' (1999) The Solipsistics – Jesus of the Apes (2000) Maria Fatal – Dermis (2001) Vivabeat – Good Life (2001) The Adicts – Rise and Shine (2002)Trailer Park Casanovas – So Charming (2002) Concrete Blonde – Group Therapy (2002) The Adicts – Rollercoaster (2004)Peach – Real Thing (2004) The Adicts – Life Goes On (2009) Ann Magnuson – Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories (2006)