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  Ken Hamann, November 13, 1995

  Ken Hamann is an audio engineer and founder of Suma Recording Studios. In this interview he describes how he entered the recording industry, as well as the…
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  Ken Hamann, November 21, 1995

  Ken Hamann is an audio engineer and founder of Suma Recording Studios. In this interview Hamann talks briefly about his early days at Cleveland Recording.…
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  Don White, January 23, 1996

  This is an interview with Cleveland, Ohio recording engineer Don White. White talks about the process of editing analog recordings by physically splicing tape…
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  Bruce Gigax, January 24, 1996

  This is an interview with Bruce Gigax, recording engineer and owner of Audio Recording Studio in Cleveland, Ohio. The interview begins with a discussion of the…
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  Brian Telzrow, January 29,…

  This is an interview with Cleveland audio engineer Brian Telzrow. Telzrow talks about how he became interested in audio recording and technology as a child…
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  Thomas and Louise Boddie,…

  This is an interview with Thomas and Louise Boddie, owners of the first African American-owned and operated studio in Cleveland, Ohio known as Boddie Recording…
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  Jack Renner, April 5, 1996

  This is an interview with recording engineer and CEO of Telarc (record label), Jack Renner. Renner describes the start of his career as a recordist for new…
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  Jim Prohaska, April 12, 1996

  In this interview with Jim Prohaska, Prohaska and the interviewer talk about Jeanette Records in Cleveland (Ohio). Schmidt Horning and Prohaska discuss early…
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  Jim Davison and Bruce Leslie,…

  In this interview, Susan Schmidt Horning talks with audio engineers Jim Davison and Bruce Leslie. The interview begins with a discussion regarding the history…
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  Wayne Mack, May 11, 1996

  This is an interview with Cleveland radio personality Wayne Mack. It begins with a discussion regarding the founding of Cleveland Recording Studios. It then…
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  Jim Fox, May 19, 1996

  This is an interview with musician Jim Fox. It begins with a discussion of Jim Fox's first band, Tom King and the Starfires. He then moves on to talk about his…
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  Sheldon Henderschott, May 24,…

  This is an interview with radio personality and musician Sheldon Henderschott. Henderschott discusses the atmosphere and technology of radio broadcasting in…
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  Kay Schneider and Brian…

  This is an interview with Kay Schneider of Schneider Recording Studio, and audio engineer Brian Telzrow. The interview begins with a discussion regarding the…
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  Don Ososke, July 9, 1996

  This interview with scholar and audio engineer Don Ososke begins with a story about sound amplification at the Monterey Jazz Festival. It then moves on to a…
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  Hans O. Dietze, July 12, 1996

  This is an interview with RCA audio engineer Hans Dietze. Dietze discusses the competitive methods that made RCA a successful recording studio during his time…
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  Mike Dorrough, August 19, 1996

  Interview with American inventor and audio engineer Michael Dorrough. He discusses his start at RCA Studios and the professional atmosphere he witnessed there.…
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  Ken and Paul Hamann, October…

  Interview with Ken and Paul Hamann of Suma Recording Studios.
  
  The interview begins with Susan and Ken discussing his early career in rock music, specifically…
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  George Avakian, December 10,…

  This interview with producer and Columbia Records executive George Avakian begins with a discussion of his background and childhood. It then moves on to talk…
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  Jack Wiener, January 25, 1997

  Jack Wiener of Chess Studio talks about the innovation that took place in independent recording studios during the 1950s and 1960s. Wiener shares his career…
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  David Thomas, August 12, 1997

  This interview with Pere Ubu musician David Thomas begins with a discussion of Thomas' views on recording in the magnetic age. It then moves on to a discussion…
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  Paul Hamann, August 13, 1997

  This is an interview with Paul Hamman, engineer and owner of Suma Recording Studio in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the son of the founder, Ken Hamann. In the…
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  Vladimir Maleckar, September…

  This is an interview with recording engineer and music director Vlad Maleckar. It begins with a discussion of Maleckar's childhood and background. It then goes…
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  Vladimir Maleckar, September…

  This is a second interview with recording engineer and music director Vlad Maleckar. The interview begins with Maleckar talking about his work in film and…
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  William Savory, November 29,…

  This is an interview with Columbia Records audio engineer William "Bill" Savory. Bill talks about his time at Columbia Records, working with the team that…
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  Howard Scott, May 1, 1998

  This is an interview with producer and Columbia Records audio engineer Howard Scott. The interview begins with Scott discussing Gramophone Magazine. It then…
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  Dick Dale, May 15, 1998

  In this interview, interviewer Susan Schmidt Horning and legendary guitarist Dick Dale discuss his career as a musician and the influence he had on rock and…
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  Frank Laico, January 13, 1999

  In this interview, Susan Schmidt Horning speaks with audio engineer Frank Laico. The interview begins with a recounting of Laico's background in radio before he…
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  Phil Schaap, January 18, 1999

  Schaap discusses his background, including his childhood in Hollis, Queens (New York, N.Y.). He talks about his parents' musical background and his early…
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  Les Paul, January 19, 1999

  Les Paul describes how he first got into recording by building his own record lathe and getting his mother to record him when he played on the local radio…
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  Walter Sear, January 19, 1999

  Musician, composer, film maker, entrepreneur, and sound engineer Walter Sear details decades worth of recording history, from the 1940s to the 1970s.
  
  Main…
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  Malcolm Addey, January 19,…

  In this interview, Susan Schmidt Horning talks with audio engineer Malcolm Addey. The interview begins with a discussion of Addey's childhood and background in…
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  David Sarser, January 20, 2016

  This interview with audio engineer David Sarser begins with a discussion of his background in audio engineering. It then moves on to talk about the development…
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  Walter Sear, January 21, 1999

  In this interview, Susan talks with Walter Sear about the history of recording studios in New York City, the history of music in the United States, and the…
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  Mitch Miller, January 21, 1999

  Miller talks about the early years of music recording as a business. He discusses payoffs to musicians and other questionable business practices. He suggests…
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  Mike Thorne, January 21, 1999

  An interview with Mike Thorne at his New York studio, Stereo Society. Thorne goes through the beginnings of Stereo Society, as well as his own entry into the…
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  Howard Scott, January 22, 1999

  This interview with music producer Howard Scott begins with a discussion on music editing. It then moves on to discuss the salaries of an A&R person in the…
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  Ed Smith, January 23, 1999

  In this interview, Susan Schmidt Horning discusses the career and personal life of audio engineer Ed Smith. Tracing his career back to the early days of King…
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  Pete Hammar, February 3, 1999

  This interview with historian Peter Hammar starts with a discussion of Schmidt Horning's project. It then moves on to a discussion regarding the debate over the…
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  Frank Bruno, February 4, 1999

  In this interview, Susan Schmidt Horning speaks with audio engineer Frank Bruno, who primarily specialized in remote recording. Bruno begins the interview with…
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  Anne Phillips, February 7,…

  In this interview with singer and advertising jingle writer Anne Phillips, Phillips and interview Susan Schmidt Horning discuss her childhood and background in…
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  Art Shifrin, February 8, 1999

  Art Shifrin introduces the interviewer to a collection of early recording machines and technology. He talks about German contributions to the development of…
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  Les Paul, February 9, 1999

  Les Paul discusses his musical and recording career, and various recording methods and inventions he employed/created during the 1930s between Chicago and New…
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  Jim Anderson, February 9, 1999

  This interview with audio engineer Jim Anderson begins with a discussion of Anderson's background in audio engineering. It then moves on to discuss his time…
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  Don Plunkett, February 9, 1999

  This interview begins with a brief discussion of Les Paul. It then moves on to discuss Plunkett's childhood and background in audio engineering. Plunkett then…
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  Manny Albam, February 9, 1999

  Born in 1922, Albam got his start in music playing the saxophone at age 14. Having graduated early from high school at the age of 16, he immediately took his…
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  Dave Teig, February 9, 1999

  In this interview, Susan Schmidt Horning speaks with audio engineer Dave Teig. Teig starts by recounting his childhood and background in radio, before moving on…
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  Steve Epstein, March 4, 1999

  In this interview, Susan Schmidt Horning talks with music producer and audio engineer Steve Epstein. The interview begins with a discussion of Epstein's…
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  Steve Epstein, March 9, 1999

  In this interview with music producer Steve Epstein, Epstein talks about recording jazz musician Wynton Marsalis utilizing wax cylinder recording. He then talks…
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  Alan Lorber, March 5, 1999

  In this interview, Susan Schmidt Horning talks with arranger, composer, and music producer Alan Lorber. It begins with a brief overview of Lorber's career and…
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  Bill Stoddard, March 11, 1999

  This interview begins with audio engineer Bill Stoddard discussing his childhood and background in audio engineering. It then proceeds to a technical discussion…
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  Tom Dowd, March 12, 1999

  Tom Dowd is a producer and audio engineer who began his career in the mid 1940s. Dowd and the interviewer discuss portions of his career, including the studios…
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  Tom Dowd, March 16, 1999

  Susan Schmidt Horning and music producer and audio engineer Tom Dowd begin by discussing Dowd's former colleague, Syd Feldman. The interview then talks about…
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  Tom Dowd, March 17, 1999

  This interview with music producer and audio engineer Tom Dowd begins with a discussion of Wally Heider and Heider Sound, a business that allowed individuals to…
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  Irv Joel, March 19, 1999

  This interview with audio engineer Irv Joel begins with a discussion of his childhood and background. It then covers his time at National Broadcasting Company…
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  Ray Hall, March 21, 1999

  Ray Hall discusses his introduction into the sound recording industry, and ultimately working at RCA. Hall talks about the various studios he worked in, the…
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  Clair Krepps. March 23, 1999

  In this interview with audio engineer and entrepreneur Clair Krepps, Krepps starts out by discussing his childhood in Pennsylvania and talks about how the…
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  Ray Hall, March 30, 1999

  Ray Hall discusses his time at RCA Victor Studios and the atmosphere there, as well as the various recording technologies/products used there.
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  Clair Krepps, March 31, 1999

  Krepps discusses his memories of various people's involvement in the circulation and creation of the Ampex 200. He also discusses his early studio work as an…
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  Al Schmitt, March 31, 1999

  In a phone interview, Al Schmitt describes how he entered the recording industry. Starting in the 1930s, he talks about spending time in his uncle's studio,…
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  Al Schmitt, April 12, 1999

  This is Schmidt Horning's second interview with Al Schmitt, a producer and audio engineer from Los Angeles, California. In this interview, they discuss what it…
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  Brooks Arthur, April 30, 1999

  This is an interview with audio engineer Brooks Arthur. Arthur discusses his career across various recording studios and the artists he worked during the 1950s…
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  Wilma Fine, May 5, 1999

  Born in the 1930s, Fine details her early beginnings as a music education student at North Texas University, as well as her work for the Dallas Symphony…
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  Dave Budin, May 10, 1999

  Beginning with his first recording in high school, Dave Budin gives a history of his experience with the production and recording side of the music industry.…
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  Brooks Arthur, May 12, 1999

  Brooks Arthur talks about a studio he owned in Manhattan called Century Sound. He talks about other studios in Manhattan during the 1960s. Arthur talks about…
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  Brooks Arthur, June 7, 1999

  This is an interview with audio and sound engineer Brooks Arthur. Arthur discusses his preferred methods of recording and the different recording studios and…
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  Al Schmitt, June 3, 1999

  In this interview, Susan Schmidt Horning talks with music producer and audio engineer Al Schmitt. He begins by discussing why he left RCA Records to become an…
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  Al Schmitt, June 8, 1999

  Al Schmitt discusses working in Los Angeles as an independent sound engineer. He begins by discussing his time working with Jefferson Airplane, and goes into…
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  Phil Ramone, August 1, 1999

  In this interview, Ramone and Susan Schmidt Horning start by discussing Ramone's background and childhood, elaborating on how he initially become interested in…
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  Bill Savory, October 2, 1999

  Bill Savory talks about converting a church into a recording studio. Savory discusses various sound engineers and recording professionals, and photography at…
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  Irv Joel, October 12, 1999

  This interview with audio engineer Irv Joel begins with a discussion on Capitol Records' attempt to improve the quality of sound recording. He then talks about…
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  Bill Savory, October 21, 1999

  Savory discusses his career across various recording studios such as RCA Victor and Angel Records during the 1950s and 1960s, as well as the development of…
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  John Palladino, October 15,…

  In this interview, Susan Schmidt Horning talks to audio engineer and music producer John Palladino. He begins by describing how he learned audio engineering at…
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  John Woram, December 6, 1999

  This is an interview with audio engineer John Woram. Woram discusses his career and the recording methods across various recording studios during the 1950s and…
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  Al Grundy, January 8, 2000

  In this interview with audio engineer Al Grundy, Grundy starts by discussing his background in audio engineering, starting with his time doing radio…
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  Clair Krepps, March 5, 2001

  In this interview, audio engineer Clair Krepps and interviewer Susan Schmidt Horning discuss Krepps' career with Capitol Records and MGM Records. Krepps…
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  Richard Gottehrer, November…

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  Artie Kaplan, September 12,…

  Kaplan talks about his age in 1973 when his album "Confessions of a Male Chauvinist Pig" was released. He talks about the impact of changing technology and…
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  Leslie Ann Jones, September…

  This interview with audio engineer Leslie Ann Jones starts with a discussion of Schmidt Horning's project, Chasing Sound. It then moves on to a discussion of…