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Electronic Music Labs, INC, of Vernon CT

Electronic Music Laboratories, INC, was based in Vernon CT from 1968 through 1984.  The company's founders included Dale Blake, Norman…

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Vladamir Ussachevsky, electronic music pioneer and educator

"Does this qualify me for a prophet? Well, perhaps partially." Imagine if this dude had been your college music professor. …

13 years ago

Shure Unisphere Microphone

Mick and Keith on a lone Unisphere The Shure Unisphere was the predecessor to the ubiquitous SM-58.  It's basically a…

13 years ago

ARP Synthesizer Endorsers of the early 1970s

Stevie Wonder endorses the ARP 2600 in this early 70s advert Billy Preston likes his ARP Pro-Soloist Les McCann and…

13 years ago

Univox-branded Synth+Drums

Billy Preston with a Univox Compac-Piano Univox (brief company history here) was a US company that marketed a huge range…

13 years ago

Selling Fender Kit In The Mid 1970s

Fender Stratocaster and Quad Reverb as characterized by Detroit-musician caricature 'Bumpwell Blues'; note Strat-as-phallus reference. The mid 1970s is the…

13 years ago

Found Photos part 1

Preservation Sound found photo #1: unknown rock band circa 1968.  In this stage setup:Fender Precision bass; Blonde Bandmaster head with…

13 years ago

Sound From A Glass Box

This design project began with the goal of crafting an entire amplifier that echoed the form of a vacuum tube…

13 years ago

Helping you come to terms with the possibility of imminent demise

Download the 1965 and 1968 Altec 'Airport Sound Systems' brochures: DOWNLOAD 1965:Altec_Jet_age_sound_systems_1965 DOWNLOAD 1968: Altec_airport_sound_systems_196X What purpose can programmed sound…

13 years ago

Time (part one)

Have you ever entered a long-abandoned space; a time capsule? Not like a cave or a forest or a wood;…

13 years ago