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Opening celebration in Los Angeles, December 4, 1969. Pictured L-R are attorney Tom Butler, producer Tom Wilson, investors Ben Johnson and Ancky Johnson (cutting cake), founders Chris Stone and Gary Kellgren. Photo by Irv Antler. The Record Plant Diaries Chapter…
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Jack Douglas’s mind was blown. The rock and roll bass player from the Bronx, who just months earlier was cleaning toilets at the hippest studio in New York, was alone behind a $100,000 console getting ready to work with The…
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TONTO: The 50-Year Saga of the Synth Heard on Stevie Wonder Classics
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Lori Burton tells her story — and writes another love song for her husband and soulmate Roy Cicala. The video (below) is from the fateful Arbors sessions that led to Roy leaving A&R and joining Record Plant. Roy Cicala and…
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Michael Braunstein tells how life, love and labor all married together for the Record Plant family: There were quite a few romantic couples at the Record Plant over the years. And a few not so romantic, too. Scooter (Sharon…
Continue readingClive Davis was so impressed with a 1972 showcase performance of Aerosmith at Max’s Kansas City that he immediately signed the band to Columbia Records. But the very expensive, much-anticipated, self-titled 1973 debut album dropped with a quiet thud. …
Continue readingMalcolm Cecil remembers finding out that Chris Stone had rented out Studio B for a movie. (Note the beautiful John Storyk-designed cabinets that were designed to house Margouleff and Cecil’s TONTO) “We booked (Studio B) out but occasionally we weren’t…
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Before his death, Mike Stone was a great friend of the Record Plant Diaries project. Here, in his own words, are some of his favorite memories about the early days at the Record Plant. From Day One We took possession…
Continue readingFrom from the interview transcript: Bill Szymczyk, “Hotel California” Eagles Producer/Engineer I was working at the Record Plant, and Joe Walsh was the one who said, “You’ve got to really talk to these guys (the Eagles).” I said, “I…
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