TTG Studios

TTG Studios
Company typeRecording studio
FoundedJune 8, 1965; 59 years ago (1965-06-08)
FoundersAmnon "Ami" Hadani
Tom Hidley
Defunct1985
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
ProductsMusic recording

TTG Studios was a recording studio in Los Angeles, California, co-founded in 1965 by recording engineers Tom Hidley and Amnon "Ami" Hadani.[1]

History

The studio was located at 1441 North McCadden Place in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Highland Avenue.[1] Originally the home of the Hollywood Knights of Columbus, the building was built in 1927, an active period in Hollywood, as nearby buildings Grauman's Chinese Theatre, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and the Hollywood Athletic Club all date from the same period. In 1960, Radio Recorders converted the ground floor billiards room and half the lounge into a recording studio to form their Sunset-Highland Division, which housed the Blue Network and other entertainment-related companies.

TTG was co-founded by Tom Hidley and Amnon "Ami" Hadani, who had both previously worked with MGM/Verve Records and A & R Recording in New York before relocating to Los Angeles in 1965 to found TTG. The studio's name did not stand for "Two Terrible Guys" as has been mistakenly claimed, but rather was adopted from the name of a Jewish Brigade formed after World War II whose name was an acronym for the Israeli slang expression "Tilhas Tizig Gesheften", which roughly translates to "up your ass".[1][2][3]

TTG leased 1441 North McCadden Place, converting the second story main hall into a large recording studio that could accommodate up to 100 musicians. Meticulously and innovatively designed by Hidley with a high decibel level threshold, the studio became popular with the up-and-coming rock musicians of that time, including The Monkees, Eric Burdon,[1] Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention,[4] and Alice Cooper.[5] Burdon introduced Jimi Hendrix to the studio and Hendrix "raved" about the studio's sound.[2]

TTG installed one of the first 16-track tape recorders, which was custom built by co-owner Hidley, at a time when 4- or 8-track recording was still the norm. Jimi Hendrix used this machine at TTG in October 1968.[6]

TTG went out of business in 1985, and the building was sold to Yoram and Peggy Kahana, owners and directors of Shooting Star International, a photo agency. The agency retrofitted the cinder block structure, restored the main hall and third floor balcony to their original state, and moved into the building in December 1990. The Kahanas kept and upgraded the ground floor recording studio, which is now occupied by their tenants Wax Ltd, the multi-platinum production and songwriting record label of Wally Gagel and Xandy Barry, and WICK Studios, a photo and video rental production studio.

Personnel

Tom Hidley

Main article: Tom Hidley

TTG Studios' co-founder was Tom Hidley. He was born May 27, 1931, in Los Angeles, California.[1] As a teen, he spent long hours playing the saxophone, clarinet, and flute, until ordered to cease by his physician after a physical breakdown.[1] He then turned to non-performance aspects of music, and spent nights recording at clubs and days working at loudspeaker and tape-machine companies.[1]

In 1959, "Madman Muntz" hired Hidley to assist in the development of the first car stereo.[1] Among the first to own a Muntz car stereo was Frank Sinatra, the famous singer and actor.[1] Through Sinatra's purchase, Hidley became known to a Sinatra associate Val Valentin, who invited Hildley to assist in the building of a new recording studio in New York.[1] In 1962, they built the MGM/Verve studio.[1] In 1964, Phil Ramone hired Hidley to work at his A&R studio as the audio technical manager.[1] Also employed at that time by A&R was Ami Hadani.[1] Hidley went on to found Westlake Recording Studios in the 1970s, a facility which was highly influential in standardizing acoustic design in the recording industry and which has been used by a large number of prominent vocal artists.[7][8]

Ami Hadani

TTG co-founder Amnon "Ami" Hadani was born August 19, 1929. He was credited as Omi Hadan on some records.[9][10] Hadani's association with MGM/Verve artists preceded TTG and his work with rock groups. He engineered albums by jazzmen Ray Brown and Milt Jackson, actress Lainie Kazan, and location recording for standup comic Shelley Berman.

According to Bruce Botnick, Hadani was a General in the Israeli Air Force, and had to leave for weeks at a time when Israel was at war.[3]

Ami Hadani was married to actress/screenwriter Ellen Weston and they had one child, Jonathan Hadani, also a Sound Engineer. They were divorced when their son was six years old. Ami remarried Christine Ermacoff, a studio cellist. Ami Hadani died on September 22, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Albums recorded at TTG Studios

Album Artist Release date
Popsicle[11] Jan and Dean March 1966
Filet of Soul (album)[11] Jan and Dean March 1966
The Golden Sword[12] Gerald Wilson 1966
Freak Out![13] The Mothers of Invention June 27, 1966
Animalism[12] The Animals November, 1966
Songs for Rainy Day Lovers Clare Fischer 1967 (reissued in 1978 as America the Beautiful)
Winds of Change[12] Eric Burdon and The Animals September, 1967
Early Morning Blues and Greens[12] Diane Hildebrand June, 1967
Goodbye and Hello (Tim Buckley album)[12] Tim Buckley August, 1967
Big Boss Bones[12] Trombones Unlimited June, 1967
Absolutely Free[12] The Mothers of Invention May 26, 1967
The Velvet Underground & Nico[12] The Velvet Underground & Nico March 12, 1967
The Love Generation The Love Generation July, 1967
Love Is[12] Eric Burdon & The Animals December, 1968
Mirror Man[12] Captain Beefheart April, 1971
Basie Straight Ahead[12] Count Basie January, 1968
A Generation of Love The Love Generation January, 1968
Those Were the Days[12] Ernie Heckscher March, 1968
The Sound of the Seventies[12] Tommy Vig Orchestra July, 1968
Patterns of Reality[12] Andy Robinson August, 1968
Hal Frazier[12] Hal Frazier November, 1968
Waiting for the Sun[13] The Doors July 3, 1968
The Jimi Hendrix Experience (archival recordings)[14] Jimi Hendrix October 29, 1968 (released September 12, 2000 )
West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology (archival recordings)[15] Jimi Hendrix October 20, 21 and 23, 1968 (released November 16, 2010)
TTG Studios October 1968 (unauthorized)[16] Jimi Hendrix October 1968
Peace in Mississippi (First Rays of The Rising Sun Album)[13] Jimi Hendrix October 24, 1968
Red House (song)[13] Jimi Hendrix October 29, 1968
Hand Sown ... Home Grown[17] Linda Ronstadt March, 1969
"Yes I Need Someone" / "Let Me Stay" (Buddah Records single, circa September 1968)[17] Eire Apparent August 26, 1968
Follow Me (Original Soundtrack Album)[12] Stu Phillips May, 1969
Sun Rise (featuring Jimi Hendrix)[17] Eire Apparent December, 1968
The Association The Association August, 1969
Hot Rats[13] Frank Zappa October 10, 1969
Neil Young[12] Neil Young November 12, 1968
Right On[12] Phil Moore Jr. December, 1968
A.B. Skhy[12] A.B. Skhy December, 1968
Crow by Crow[12] Crow February, 1970
Lover Man[12] Jimi Hendrix March 23, 1970
Longbranch Pennywhistle[12] Longbranch Pennywhistle April, 1970
So Young (Love Theme From "Zabriskie Point")[18] Roy Orbison March 18, 1970
Sweet Gingerbread Man[18] The Mike Curb Congregation April 3, 1970
I Call Your Name (from the MGM film "Zigzag" Soundtrack)[19] Bobby Hatfield April 3, 1970
All You Did Was Smile (from the MGM film "Zigzag" Soundtrack)[19] Bobby Hatfield April 3, 1970
Copperfields[12] The Dillards May, 1970
Take It and Smile[12] Eve June, 1970
Our Front Porch[12] Ralph Carmichael and the Young People July, 1970
Weasels Ripped My Flesh[12] The Mothers of Invention August, 1970
Theme From "Medical Center"[18] Lalo Schifrin September 18, 1970
Spill the Wine[18] Lalo Schifrin September 18, 1970
Chunga's Revenge[12] Frank Zappa October, 1970
Sunday's Child[12] Sunday's Child October, 1970
Slow Down[12] Crow January, 1971
The Last Time I Saw Her Glen Campbell July, 1971
Rainbow Bridge[12] Jimi Hendrix August, 1971
I'm Gon' Git Myself Together[12] Jimmy Smith October, 1971
Reformation[12] The California Earthquake November, 1971
Sailin' Shoes[12] Little Feat February, 1972
Let Love Live[12] Jeremiah People October, 1972
Doing What Comes Naturally[12] Charles Wright January, 1973
Sonlight[12] Sonlight March, 1973
Vital Blue[12] Blue Mitchell June, 1973
Beginning Today[13] The Dameans 1973
Killing Me Softly[12] Ferrante & Teicher September, 1973
The Waltons' Christmas Album[12] The Holiday Singers January, 1974
Dino Plays Folk Musical Themes[12] Dino with the Ralph Carmichael Orchestra and Chorus March, 1974
The Entertainer[12] Marvin Hamlisch May, 1974
...Beautiful...Beautiful[12] Ferrante & Teicher August, 1974
Tommy Butler[12] Tommy Butler December, 1974
Fly On[12] Air Pocket February, 1975
A Southern Memoir[12] Bing Crosby April, 1975
Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)[12] Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band January, 1976
Inside America[12] Juggy Murray Jones April, 1976
Concert in Blues[12] Willie Hutch October, 1976
We Have This Moment...Today[12] Richard Roberts and Patti Roberts December, 1976
Bahiana[12] Dizzy Gillespie February, 1977
A Retrospective[12] Linda Ronstadt June, 1977
'Twas Only Yesterday[12] Clare Fischer March, 1979
Duality[12] Clare Fischer June, 1980
Straight Ahead[12] Poncho Sanchez August, 1980
I Lead a Charmed Life[12] Russell Garcia September, 1980
Carl Burnett Quintet Plays Music of Richard Rodgers Vol. 1[12] Carl Burnett Quintet November, 1980
Turning to Spring[12] Howard Roberts January, 1981
Road Work Ahead[12] Bob Magnusson featuring Peter Sprague, Bill Mays, and Jim Plank February, 1981
Westlake[12] Bob Florence March, 1981
Lomelin[12] Gerald Wilson April, 1981
Jazz Quintet[12] Robert Conti feat. Mike Wofford April, 1981
Hoy-Hoy![12] Little Feat October, 1981
Two Generations of Music[12] Bob Magnusson featuring Daniel Magnusson June, 1982
Summer Strut[12] Andy Simpkins July, 1984

References

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  2. ^ a b Roby, Steve (2002). Black Gold: the Lost Archives of Jimi Hendrix. Watson-Guptill. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-8230-7854-7.
  3. ^ a b Greenwald, Mathew (1 May 2010). "The Doors and The Elektra Records Sound Part I". musicangle.com. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  4. ^ "Mothers Of Invention, The* – Absolutely Free". Discogs. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  5. ^ Cooper, Alice; Zimmerman, Kent (2008). Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock 'n' Roller's Life and 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict. Random House. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-307-38291-7.
  6. ^ McDermott, John (1995). Jimi Hendrix: Sessions. Little, Brown & Co. p. 71. ISBN 0-316-55549-5.
  7. ^ Philip Newell (2003). Recording Studio Design. Focal Press. pp. 315–316. ISBN 0-240-51917-5. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  8. ^ "History". Westlake Recording Studios. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  9. ^ Harvard, Joe (2004). The Velvet Underground and Nico. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-8264-1550-9. Omi Haden.
  10. ^ Barker, David (2007). 33 1/3 greatest hits. Vol. 1. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-8264-1903-3.
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