In the heart of Hollywood near the intersection of Vine Street and Santa Monica Boulevard. Santa Monica Boulevard was the final stretch of historic Route 66 and one of Gold Star's early clients was the composer of the classic "Get Your Kicks on Route 66" - Bobby Troup.

After kicking around many names and trying to come up with something akin to the name of his former employer's studio, Electro Vox (Electric Voice), Stan decided to try combining our two names. David GOLD STAn Ross.Santa Monica

Gold Star opened in October of 1950 and completed its final session with BeeGee Maurice Gibb in 1984.

For many reasons, but most importantly because many of the electric guitar effects most modern guitarists take for granted were actually either innovated at, or received their first popular exposure on Gold Star recordings (phasing, flanging, controlled distortion, chorusing; etc.) In addition, early jazz artists such as Oscar Moore (generally regarded as the father of modern jazz guitar combos) cut his seminal guitar recordings there.

Not yet, but due to the vast number of requests, Dave and Stan have spent the better part of the last three years compiling the first comprehensive history of Gold Star Recording Studios working with a team of writers, editors, historians and Gold Star 'alumni'. Because Gold Star operated almost around the clock during its 33 1/3 years, thousands of recording artists, producers, and even radio, television and movie stars became part of the Gold Star story.

It's impossible to tell. Right now we are fortunate to have a team of fine historians such as John Blair, Steve Hoffman, Elliot Kendall and others tracking down as many Gold Star recordings as possible. Because Gold Star was a totally independent rather than an in-house concern for a major corporate label, we don't have central documentation or cross-files like the major labels, so we are relying on other sources for our book.

During its 33 1/3d years, so many people recorded at Gold Star that we're unable to compile a complete list - but the list we have is staggering. Again, we will be posting excerpts of our research as we go.

There were actually two echo chambers designed by David. (Two more were later built to more conventional standards) After years of painstaking experimentation and research, Dave finally found the right combination of dimensions and materials. The chambers were built in an area of about 20 x 20' and were complementary trapezoids 18 feet long. The walls were thick, specially formulated cement plaster on heavy isolation forms.

Studio A was 23' by 35' by 11' 6". David changed the interior acoustic design from time to time to obtain the best quality possible from a room that size.

No, but during breaks on Phil Spector and Sonny & Cher sessions (She and Sonny are singing backgrounds on "That Lovin' Feeling") she would often answer phones and greet guests while visiting with our secretary.

technology, studio design and what were regarded as the first 'perfect' echo chambers along with Stan's revolutionary 'playing the studio' approach to record production as an art form - which redefined the role of record producer from mere supervisor to active creative force.

reintroducing them and offering them through our web store. Stay tuned - we'll keep you posted here at www.GoldStarRecordingStudios.com. The vast majority of the artists who performed on Shindig pre-recorded their vocal and instrumental performances at Gold Star. The artists then synchronized their live vocals to the pre-recorded tracks during the performance. The pre-recorded vocal track was a 'safety' - used only when the artists vocals weren't up to the task.

Do you love to go to fun events in the city you live in? I am moving across country and so will really appreciate getting an email of some of the cultural events in my new region. I am a very social person, and so enjoy meeting new people in my area. You never know, once you put yourself out there, where the journey will take you. That's what I loved about networking for my business.

Aahz Maruch introduced this term for posts he thinks deserve recognition, but aren't quite as noteworthy as those that get RASSEF Awards. Since there is no scale for what qualifies for an Award, in practice the two are very similar.

Gold Star Wives is a Congressionally Chartered non-profit service organization. The Charter was granted because GSW is unique in that it is the only service organization capable of providing services to the active duty and service connected military widow. To qualify for membership your spouse must have died while serving on active duty while serving in the uniformed services, or from their service connected disability as a result of that service.

A gold star beside a message means that another person on the board thought that message was worthy of highlighting, as a way to point out the quality of the post to other members. The button to do this is inside each message and is called "Must Read Flag". To mark a post as "Must Read", click the "Must Read" button, located at the top of the post display screen: Note: You must be a contributing member to flag a post as "Must Read".

Yes, but you will have to pay the individually marked price for the full orchestration. Even if you used a Gold Light download credit to purchase a Light version of a song, you would still have to pay the full individually marked price to purchase the orchestration.

Yes. Selecting a specific area is a special option we provide. If you have the astonomical coordinate where you would like your star to be, we will search for a star in that area. Generally we can find a star that is near by. This is a special operation that cannot be completed on our Web site. Please email our Customer Service or phone us at 1-800-282-3333 for assistance with this feature.

Yes. If you provide us with information about the other star, we can select a star that is nearby. This is a special operation that cannot be completed on our Web site. Please email our Customer Service or phone us at 1-800-282-3333 for assistance with this feature.

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