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The last time Jimi Hendrix worked at Record Plant New York was May 15, 1970, one week before the Woodstock album’s release and the same date that the shootings at Kent State appeared on the cover of Life magazine. The…
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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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Birth of a Record: The Witnesses By Mr. Bonzai Bill Szymczyk and Joe Walsh: “Hotel California” Recorded at the Record Plant in Los Angeles and at Criteria Studios in Miami. Released in 1976, two Grammy awards, over 32 million copies…
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TONTO: The 50-Year Saga of the Synth Heard on Stevie Wonder Classics
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