By PaulC (159.53.238.243 - 159.53.238.243) on Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 08:10 pm:

I read several years ago a very interesting article in Stereophile magazine about Motown's Studio A and it's early days as a recording studio. The article included two engineer's accounts who had worked at the studio and what they had done to keep it going, enhance it, hit and miss kind of stuff. I am sorry that I do not know either of there names, but what I liked about the article was the "bare bones" - "low-fidelity" of the early years. Does anyone have any good stories on equipment, mishaps, techniques, discoveries? Any other engineers out there. Thanks.

By Ralph Terraa (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 10:15 pm:

I didn't consider myself an engineer in those days, but I always thought Studio A's console resembled something constructed in a high school metal shop.
It wasn't all that pretty but it got the job done.

By John Lester (213.122.197.183 - 213.122.197.183) on Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 10:09 pm:

And I think it's fair to say that it made more money than than most of the so called bigger, better and more expensive alternatives.

By Ralph Terrana (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 12:58 am:

Like we've said in the past John, it's the talent that counts.

By david, glasgow, scotland (62.7.121.78 - 62.7.121.78) on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 11:17 am:

are we talking about what robert bateman installed?

By Ralph Terrana (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 02:20 pm:

I'm not sure David. I would guess it was Mike McLean's creation.