Dan Alexander Audio
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Dan Alexander Audio

A Vintage Odyssey

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eBook - ePub

Dan Alexander Audio

A Vintage Odyssey

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Photo Credits
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 How It All Began
  6. 2 In Which We Discover the Blues and Meet a Wonderful Bear
  7. 3 Bands
  8. 4 Songwriting Is the Root of All Evil
  9. 5 Guitar Stores
  10. 6 The State of the Art: 1977
  11. 7 The Effect of Want Ads
  12. 8 The Recording Studios
  13. 9 Helios
  14. 10 The Yorkshire TV Console Saga
  15. 11 Recording the Rubinoos
  16. 12 Producing Psycotic Pineapple
  17. 13 Richmond Records
  18. 14 Interns, Engineers, Office Managers, and Technicians List
  19. 15 Nobody Uses White, Asshole
  20. 16 The Sound Factory Auction
  21. 17 What Is Vintage?
  22. 18 Considering Gear
  23. 19 The First European Deals
  24. 20 My First Neve Console Sale
  25. 21 The 1979 European Trip
  26. 22 The EMI Abbey Road REDD 37
  27. 23 The BBC Audio Standard
  28. 24 Eric Prestidge and the Warner Brothers Microphone Collection
  29. 25 Stephen Paul
  30. 26 The Ocean Way Equipment Hunts: 1981, 1983, and 1986
  31. 27 The Most Valuable Microphone in the World
  32. 28 Fourteen Mint M49s
  33. 29 Shelly Yakus
  34. 30 The Hollywood Store
  35. 31 Studio Sales
  36. 32 Rack Mounting Equipment
  37. 33 The 1989 Earthquake
  38. 34 The South African EMT Deal
  39. 35 The South African Parts Deal
  40. 36 Into the Skip
  41. 37 Moving Big Things
  42. 38 Microphones: An Overview
  43. 39 AKG
  44. 40 API
  45. 41 Cadac
  46. 42 Calrec
  47. 43 Reverb
  48. 44 The EMT Reverbs
  49. 45 Fairchild
  50. 46 Gefell
  51. 47 ITI, Sontec, and GML
  52. 48 Lang
  53. 49 The Glass Microphone
  54. 50 Neumann
  55. 51 Microphones and Microphone Preamps
  56. 52 Neve
  57. 53 Neve Modules and General Information
  58. 54 Neve Limiters
  59. 55 Neve 80 Series Class A Consoles
  60. 56 EMI Neves
  61. 57 Neve 8058, 8068, 8088
  62. 58 Neve 8078
  63. 59 Neve 5300 Series
  64. 60 Neve Portable Consoles
  65. 61 Neve On-Air Consoles
  66. 62 Neve Later Consoles
  67. 63 Pultec
  68. 64 Pye
  69. 65 RCA
  70. 66 Schoeps
  71. 67 Sony Professional Microphones
  72. 68 Telefunken
  73. 69 Neumann/Telefunken/RFT Reference Lists
  74. 70 Trident Consoles
  75. 71 Trident A and B Range Customers
  76. 72 Teletronix
  77. 73 Bill Putnam
  78. 74 Universal Audio
  79. 75 UREI
  80. 76 Manufacturers Exclusion List
  81. 77 Credits
  82. 78 The Sales Lists
  83. 79 The Blind Leading the Blind, or, Just How Brilliant Am I?
  84. 80 Since 2000
  85. 81 Prologue and Epilogue
  86. About the Author