Category Archives: Recording Studio History

Audio Production Primer c. 1965

Posted on 04/08/2013 by chris

From B.E. mag sometime in ’65 comes this article by one John Harmer.  Nothing all that notable in here except to marvel as just how incredibly primitive the techniques discussed are.  For instance, above…  an explanation (and this is in … Continue reading →

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1970: Decca Records Custom Console at Vienna’s Sophiensaal

Posted on 03/28/2013 by chris

From DB mag, Jan 1970, a short piece by J. Borwick on Decca Records’ location-install at Vienna’s famous Sophiensaal venue.  Thanks to T.F. for the scan. DOWNLOAD: db_Mag-7001-Decca_in_Vienna_bw

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Les Paul’s Home Eight-Track Studio Circa 1958

Posted on 03/14/2013 by chris

Les Paul discusses his DIY’d home eight-track studio in RADIO ELECTRONICS 1958.  Thanks to JF for providing this scan. DOWNLOAD: Les_Paul_Radio_Electronics_10_1958_another_copy

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Consoles of the 70s : part 2

Posted on 02/19/2013 by chris

Above: the Audiotronics Grandson II console circa 1975 Way back in October of 2010 I ran a short piece about some 1970s audio consoles, and now 70s month rolls on with an extensive image gallery of some iconic and some … Continue reading →

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ADM Console built for Fine Recording, INC

Posted on 02/06/2013 by chris

In the account of his folk’s FINE RECORDING, INC., operation, Tom Fine mentioned the custom ADM console that was installed at the end of the 1960s.  I stumbled across a period trade-ad announcing this installation and add it here to … Continue reading →

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February is 70′s Month At Preservation Sound Dot Com

Posted on 02/02/2013 by chris

Ah the 1970s: that in-between-time which spanned the earthy-idealism and radical upheavals of the 1960s with the slick techno-consumerist-complacency of the 1980s.  Having spent most of the decade as an unfertilzed egg I can’t really offer any first-hand account, but … Continue reading →

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1969: An American Visits Soviet Recording Studios

Posted on 01/19/2013 by chris

From DB magazine, Nov 1969: John Woram visits a few Russian recording studios, Moogs in tow. DOWNLOAD: db_Mag-6911-To_Russia_with_Worham Thanks to TF for the scan.  Much much more from ye olde DB mag to come soon…

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1988 Interview with producer Martin Bisi

Posted on 01/01/2013 by chris

Download a three-page interview with producer Martin Bisi from HOME AND STUDIO RECORDING, 10/88.  Interview is by Deborah Parisi, photos by L.G Carilles. DOWNLOAD: MartinBisi_88_int Bisi has the interview available as text on his website, but when I stumbled across … Continue reading →

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Augmenting the Feeble Groans Of Hopeful Teenagers (aka Signal Processing)

Posted on 09/03/2012 by chris

RCA Studio circa 1964.  Ed Begley resists adjusting the controls.   Download an eight-page article, again from ‘Easy Guide To Stereo Hi-Fi,’ on the subject of ‘Where did they hang your ears,’ circa 1964 (no author attributed). DOWNLOAD: HangYrEars_1964 Written … Continue reading →

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An opinon piece that laments the ‘good old days’ of old-school music production (1958)

Posted on 07/20/2012 by chris

Download a four-page article from “High Fidelity Music at Home” (yes this was the title of an ancient magazine…) circa 1958 on the subject of Oh How Things Have Changed (in Jazz recording): DOWNLOAD: HFMAH-5804-Jass_Band Yeah yeah sure DAWs have … Continue reading →

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