Archive for January, 2010
Anyone work on Aretha’s “Amazing Grace” album?
Aaron Cohen to wallyheider2 show details 18 Jan 2010 message… —————- Hi Stephen, I’m writing a book about Aretha Franklin’s “Amazing Grace” album, which Ray Thompson engineered for Wally Heider. If you could help me get in touch with anyone from Wally Heider\’s company who participated in this live recording, and would be able to [...]
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RUSS GARY’S Recollections Part One
Noted CCR mixer Russ Gary Talks about his Heider experience…
When Wally Heider was an assistant engineer at United/Western Studios on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, he was the biggest big band enthusiast on the planet and would take his portable tape recorder to gigs and record the show so the guys in the band could hear their performance. He kept the recordings for his own enjoyment. He made friends in all the big bands of the day, and when bands came to United/Western to record, they would ask for Wally as their engineer. Thus, Wally’s career took off.
In: Firsthand Stories, Russ Gary
RUSS GARY’S Recollections Part Two
This is part two of this article. To see part one, go to http://wallyheider.com/wordpress/archives/rebel/39/ San Francisco Between late 1968 and early 1969 I made several trips to San Francisco to help prepare the studios for opening day. The original staff members included studio manager Mel Tanner, formerly an engineer at Coast Recorders in San Francisco. [...]
In: Firsthand Stories, Russ Gary