Engineer John Cuniberti, who has operated The Plant’s mastering facilities since 2000, has left the historic Sausalito, Calif., recording studio to open up his own mixing and mastering studio, Digital Therapy Lab, located in the hills above Oakland, Calif.
“During my stay at The Plant I had the privilege of working with some very talented artists [...]
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http://www.examiner.com/a-1351471~Historic_recording_studios_sing_last_song.html
My poor neglected blog. I’m so sorry for leaving you alone for so long, but I promise to pay more attention from now on.
Like most cities, the San Francisco studio landscape continues to expand and contract in all sorts of mysterious ways. Fantasy Studios (see previous post), has found a way to carry on. Different [...]
One of San Francisco’s premier recording facilities, Fantasy Studios, will cease operation, reportedly this month. The spacious multi-room operation in Berkeley, Calif., opened as a private facility in 1971, then went public in 1980. It’s been home to a wealth of fabulous jazz recordings, as well as albums from Santana, Chris Isaak, Creedence Clearwater Revival, [...]
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I guess you’d file this under the “shameless self-promotion” category, but I’m excited and feel like spreading the word!
If These Halls Could Talk: A Historical Tour Through San Francisco Recording Studios, by yours truly, was selected as a finalist for the 2007 Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded [...]
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In honor of En Vogue’s upcoming performance at Nob Hill Masonic on Friday, March 30, I thought I’d share a “Classic Tracks” story on their song “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” from their album Funky Divas. Denzil Foster and Tommy McElroy produced the album, which soared up the charts and brought both the [...]
Apparently, rumours have been swirling about town that Hyde Street Studios is either closed or closing. Just this past weekend, a musician friend of mine told me that his band was booked there in April, and they were going to be one of the last! Well, it’s true that this historic studio — a haven [...]
Here’s the rest of/rest of the story on Columbia Studios, who stuck in out in S.F. until 1977…around the time producer David Rubinson held the grand opening party for The Automatt, the studio he opened in their Folsom Street building. The Automatt started as a one-room studio here; he had time to install some pretty [...]
Producer Richard Dashut, best known for his work with Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, and several others, is up in Las Vegas now working with a few indie rock bands. He and a few partners started Ifymm Records recently, and named local band Fletch as their first signee. The band is already getting some serious attention [...]
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Here’s another studio story, this one circa 1975 at Wally Heider Recording, now Hyde Street Studios. The Pointer Sisters recorded some of their first few albums with producer David Rubinson. This one, Steppin’, was recorded at Hyde Street just before Rubinson launched The Automatt in the old Columbia Studios spot (see first two posts). It’s [...]
