Date:         Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:03:47 -0400
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From:         Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Capitol's recording studios
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Well, Goran in his usual efficient way has pointed the facts. Dates don't
lie!

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From: "Goran Finnberg" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Capitol's recording studios


> Tome Fine:
>
> > And they built their famous Capitol Tower studio in L.A. in
> > the early 60's. There's a very good article about the Tower's
> > design and construction in the AES Journal from the time it
> > opened,
>
> No this is not in the early 60s we´re speaking of 1956/57:
>
> JAES Vol5 No2 April 1957 Page 71:
>
> Author James W. Bayless:
>
> "Innovation in Studio Design and Construction
>  in the Capitol Tower Recording Studios"
>
> snip
> > If I recall the AES Journal article
> > about the Capitol Tower, they had a very flexible and unique console
when
> > they opened, maybe one of the first all-solid-state jobs.
>
> Not likely as the transistor was still in its infancy in 1957.
>
> -- 
> Best,
>
> Goran Finnberg
> The Mastering Room AB
> Goteborg
> Sweden
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