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The Making Of The Sound
The uninviting black Hyde Street door is lettered very simply: Wally Heider Recordings. Behind it, though, lies a vast, million dollar studio complex, where many of the country’s finest rock and jazz musicians gather to record new albums.
In: Other Recording Stories, Russ Gary
albert polisner/ al paul and wally heider
my father, albert william polisner met my mother -jeanne walrath -when she came to hollywood from iowa to record an album in 1958 -she was a coloratura soprano and had tried out for the met opera at the age of 15.
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Wally Heider Recording & The Automatt
From Mix, October 1998 San Francisco Recording, 1970-1984 By Maureen Droney Short lives, long influences: That’s what these two seminal San Francisco studios had in common. From 1968 to 1980, Wally Heider Recording rocked with the likes of the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane, Sly & the Family Stone, the Pointer Sisters and Crosby, Stills [...]
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When Vinyl Ruled, 2000-AES
For all those of you that really enjoy “swingin’ vu meters” and did not have the opportunity to visit the “When Vinyl Ruled” exhibit at the 109th AES Convention held in Los Angeles from 2000 Sept 22…25, here is a brief recap of what went on. The event was sponsored by the AES Historical Committee [...]
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GOOD TIME MUSIC: The Early Days of Kama Sutra
The Kama Sutra/Buddah Records Story By Bob Hyde Last update: April 11, 2000 This story is copyright © 1993 by Bob Hyde, and is used by permission of the author. Charting the history of any record label — much less two or three — is a precarious occupation at best. A hit record makes ordinary [...]
In: Other Recording Stories