Dan Alexander Audio
A Vintage Odyssey
1st Edition
Published on 21. January 2021
384 pages
978-1-5381-4202-8 (ISBN)
Description
Dan Alexander Audio reveals the origins and history of vintage recording gear, told by the man who coined the term. It discusses the products of 22 manufacturers, illustrated with over 450 never-before-published photographs in full-color and reprints of original manufacturers' sales brochures from the author's collection.
This book features:
A list of over 7,500 pieces of vintage gear Dan Alexander sold from 1979 until 2000, including prices, serial numbers, and buyerA complete list of microphone types distributed by Telefunken from 1928 until 1980, including technical information on mics by Neumann, Akg, Schoeps, Rft, and GeffelA complete list of Trident A and B range console40 pages on Neve modules and consolesHelios product information and photographs information sourced from Dick Swettenhams' personal sales binder.
This book features:
A list of over 7,500 pieces of vintage gear Dan Alexander sold from 1979 until 2000, including prices, serial numbers, and buyerA complete list of microphone types distributed by Telefunken from 1928 until 1980, including technical information on mics by Neumann, Akg, Schoeps, Rft, and GeffelA complete list of Trident A and B range console40 pages on Neve modules and consolesHelios product information and photographs information sourced from Dick Swettenhams' personal sales binder.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Illustrations
38 colour illustrations; 500 colour photos; 31 textboxes
ISBN-13
978-1-5381-4202-8 (9781538142028)
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01/2021
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Person
Dan Alexander has been involved in music throughout his adult life. Songwriter, guitar player, dealer in vintage recording equipment and musical instruments, studio owner, engineer and producer, he is the former chief janitor of three guitar stores and nine recording studios, and has been a member of eight bands. Dan is the proud father of two adult children. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Content
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PHOTO CREDITS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. HOW IT ALL BEGAN
- 2. IN WHICH WE DISCOVER THE BLUES AND MEET A WONDERFUL BEAR
- 3. BANDS
- 4. SONGWRITING IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL
- 5. GUITAR STORES
- 6. THE STATE OF THE ART: 1977
- 7. THE EFFECT OF WANT ADS
- 8. THE RECORDING STUDIOS
- 9. HELIOS
- 10. THE YORKSHIRE TV CONSOLE SAGA
- 11, RECORDING THE RUBINOOS
- 12. PRODUCING PSYCOTIC PINEAPPLE
- 13. RICHMOND RECORDS
- 14. INTERNS, ENGINEERS, OFFICE MANAGERS, AND TECHNICIANS LIST
- 15. NOBODY USES WHITE, ASSHOLE
- 16. THE SOUND FACTORY AUCTION
- 17. WHAT IS VINTAGE?
- 18. CONSIDERING GEAR
- 19. THE FIRST EUROPEAN DEALS
- 20. MY FIRST NEVE CONSOLE SALE
- 21. THE 1979 EUROPEAN TRIP
- 22. THE EMI ABBEY ROAD REDD 37
- 23. THE BBC AUDIO STANDARD
- 24. ERIC PRESTIDGE AND THE WARNER BROTHERS MICROPHONE COLLECTION
- 25. STEPHEN PAUL
- 26. THE OCEAN WAY EQUIPMENT HUNTS: 1981, 1983, AND 1986
- 27. THE MOST VALUABLE MICROPHONE IN THE WORLD
- 28. FOURTEEN MINT M49s
- 29. SHELLY YAKUS
- 30. THE HOLLYWOOD STORE
- 31. STUDIO SALES
- 32. RACK MOUNTING EQUIPMENT
- 33. THE 1989 EARTHQUAKE
- 34. THE SOUTH AFRICAN EMT DEAL
- 35. THE SOUTH AFRICAN PARTS DEAL
- 36. INTO THE SKIP
- 37. MOVING BIG THINGS
- 38. MICROPHONES: AN OVERVIEW
- 39. AKG
- 40. API
- 41. CADAC
- 42. CALREC
- 43. REVERB
- 44. THE EMT REVERBS
- 45. FAIRCHILD
- 46. GEFELL
- 47. ITI, SONTEC, AND GML
- 48. LANG
- 49. THE GLASS MICROPHONE
- 50. NEUMANN
- 51. MICROPHONES AND MICROPHONE PREAMPS
- 52. NEVE
- 53. NEVE MODULES AND GENERAL INFORMATION
- 54. NEVE LIMITERS
- 55. NEVE 80 SERIES CLASS A CONSOLES
- 56. EMI NEVES
- 57. THE NEVE 8058, 8068, AND 8088
- 58. NEVE 8078
- 59. NEVE 5300 SERIES
- 60. NEVE PORTABLE CONSOLES
- 61. NEVE ON-AIR CONSOLES
- 62. NEVE LATER CONSOLES
- 63. PULTEC
- 64. PYE
- 65. RCA
- 66. SCHOEPS
- 67. SONY PROFESSIONAL MICROPHONES
- 68. TELEFUNKEN
- 69. NEUMANN/TELEFUNKEN/RFT REFERENCE LISTS
- 70. TRIDENT CONSOLES
- 71. TRIDENT A AND B RANGE CUSTOMERS
- 72. TELETRONIX
- 73. BILL PUTNAM
- 74. UNITED AUDIO
- 75. UREI
- 76. MANUFACTURERS EXCLUSION LIST
- 77. CREDITS
- 78. THE SALES LISTS
- 79. THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND, OR, JUST HOW BRILLIANT AM I?
- 80. SINCE 2000
- 81. PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
