For you today: a profile of Manta Sound Toronro from DB mag way back in ’72. According to this source,
“In the early 1970s, the audio shop was a Canadian recording pioneer thanks to its famous Studio 2 that could accommodate up to 70-piece orchestras. Studio 2 made it possible to do more complex recordings than had been done in Canada before, Potma says. Studio 2′s rich history also includes providing the facilities in 1985 as the Canadian music industry gathered to record Tears Are Not Enough for famine relief in Ethiopia. Artists involved included Young, Bryan Adams, Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot and Platinum Blonde. ‘It seems like a century or two ago,’ Potma says. ‘That was huge. That was probably the biggest thing that we ever did – our little part of that.’ More recently, Manta completed a James Brown recording for the Jackie Chan actioner The Tuxedo, filming around Toronto. *
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I'm an old friend of David Greene. I recorded with him in New York at A & R and did some demos with him at Manta. I'd love to get back in touch with him. If you could provide me an email address of send him mine I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Mark
re: David Greene
Mark - drop me a line at bob@maxwebsterlive.ca
I recorded with Lambert Williams and Green in July
5,6,and 7 1977. It was an experience of a lifetime
Nothing became of the recordings but what a great place. Thanks for the opportunity.
Best wishes-
Ron Lambert.
Would love to go back and redo some of my stuff
that was recorded at Manta in ‘77.
Looking for music tracks for 1986 film Sword of Gideon by Georges Delerue, recorded at Manta...
How do I find master tapes from 1975 at Manta. Are they always discarded. We have 2 of 4 and want the other two