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OK, this totally explains it. I didn't realize they were essentially both Chess studios.

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Subject: [ARSCLIST] Tel-Mar or Ter-Mar? (Was: Malcolm Chisolm )


>> Chisolm's resume is interesting too, at least to me. I always thought he 
>> worked at Tel-Mar. It must be that when Chess did sessions there, he 
>> engineered, but why was Chess doing sessions at Tel-Mar??? There are 
>> definitely some Chess records with studio credited as Tel-Mar.
> 
> Are you sure you don't mean Ter-Mar?
> This found in a google search for Ter-Mar:
> "Chess Records used Universal exclusively until they built their own 
> facilities at 2120 S. Michigan Ave. in 1957. There were two studios in the 
> Chess building, the other being Sheldon Recording, and when Sheldon went out 
> of business, another studio, Ter-Mar moved in. Ter-Mar was originally a few 
> blocks away. The chief engineers at Chess and Ter-Mar were Ron Malo and 
> Malcolm Chisholm."
> 
> and:
> 
> "Leonard Chess got the name Ter-Mar from his two sons, Terry and Marshall. 
> Ter-Mar was where a lot of '60s soul hits were recorded. "Rescue Me" by 
> Fontella Bass, "Selfish One" by Jackie Ross, "Workin' On A Groovy Thing" by 
> Patti Drew, "Hello Stranger" by Barbara Lewis and most of The Dells' hits 
> such as "Stay In My Corner" and "There Is." The Radiants, Ramsey Lewis, 
> Sugar Pie DeSanto and a host of jazz artists recorded at that studio. Etta 
> James recorded her hits "At Last", "Something's Got A Hold On Me" and "All I 
> Could Do Was Cry" there. " Ter-Mar also played host to a number of '60s rock 
> acts, such as The Buckinghams who recorded "Kind Of A Drag" there. The 
> American Breed recorded "Bend Me, Shape Me" at Ter-Mar and The New Colony 
> Six made Ter-Mar their home. The studio closed sometime in the late '70s and 
> is now a museum ala Motown."
> 
> -Matt S