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« on: October 18, 2010, 08:41:07 AM »
Here is something I found rifleing thru my BB stuff.
Got it in 1977 ,at the front counter ,after I got my short tour!
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« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2010, 08:48:01 AM »
Quote from: astroray on October 18, 2010, 08:41:07 AM
Here is something I found rifleing thru my BB stuff.
Got it in 1977 ,at the front counter ,after I got my short tour!


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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2010, 09:00:58 AM »
That's really cool, AstroRay!  I was at Brother Studio in June, 1976.  Loved the stained glass window!

Man, look at those prices!  How times have changed.......
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« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2010, 11:33:08 AM »
Quote from: Mikie on October 18, 2010, 09:00:58 AM
That's really cool, AstroRay!  I was at Brother Studio in June, 1976.  Loved the stained glass window!

Man, look at those prices!  How times have changed.......

What was on the stain glass window?

the Wild Honey album cover?  Wink Razz
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« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2010, 09:43:25 AM »
Here's the back of the card , directions to the studio!
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« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2010, 11:28:48 AM »
Quote from: punkinhead on October 18, 2010, 11:33:08 AM
Quote from: Mikie on October 18, 2010, 09:00:58 AM
That's really cool, AstroRay!  I was at Brother Studio in June, 1976.  Loved the stained glass window!

Man, look at those prices!  How times have changed.......

What was on the stain glass window?

the Wild Honey album cover?  Wink Razz

No... as I recall it was a kind of solar system design.
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« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2010, 11:57:59 AM »
That Wild Honey stained glass, is that now in Marilyn's home to this day? Did I just read that somewhere?
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« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2010, 12:12:35 PM »
When we went there in December 1976, on our honeymoon, we got the grand tour by the nicest guys who took their time to do it.  Not that we expected it on a Friday late afternoon, they told us none of the guys were around.
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« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2010, 12:26:35 PM »
Wow-if you had your sh*t together, you could get a 6 hour block from 8 to 2 and record your whole album for 125 bucks. Not bad is an understatement!
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« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2010, 02:25:21 PM »
Quote from: willy on October 22, 2010, 11:57:59 AM
That Wild Honey stained glass, is that now in Marilyn's home to this day? Did I just read that somewhere?

One source I read that it's in Marilyn Rutherford's house, and another I read that Jeff Foskett has possession of it.  Maybe one gave it to the other I don't know, but it was originally mounted over the front door at 10452 Bellagio Rd.  I stared it down one afternoon in June, 1976.

There's kinduva picture of the stained glass window at Brother in the May, 1976 "Crawdaddy" magazine with the Timothy White article. Ed Roach could probably describe it better than I.

On the step (sidewalk) leading into the back door of Brother Records, there was a gold record of "Surfin' U.S.A". embedded in it.
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« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2010, 03:10:35 PM »
Quote from: A Million Units In Jan! on October 22, 2010, 12:26:35 PM
Wow-if you had your merda together, you could get a 6 hour block from 8 to 2 and record your whole album for 125 bucks. Not bad is an understatement!

I stand to be corrected, but I think those are the rates per hour. Whole day Saturday for $140 in 1977 ?
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« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2010, 03:23:24 PM »
Quote from: Andrew G. Doe on October 22, 2010, 03:10:35 PM
I stand to be corrected, but I think those are the rates per hour. Whole day Saturday for $140 in 1977 ?

I strongly suspect you're right, Andrew. That's one hell of a markup on 2" tape, though. The 1976 Ampex catalogue quotes $75 for a 2400ft (10.5") reel. The cost of quarter-inch, again assuming a 10.5" reel, is not much above list price, however.
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« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2010, 09:07:59 PM »
If there was anyone offering a six hour block for $125 in 1977, the owner of that studio must have been rolling in benjamins and using the studio income for gas...
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« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2010, 10:26:22 PM »
The owners were Carl and Dennis and they sold it in 1978.
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« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2010, 04:17:02 AM »
Quote from: Andrew G. Doe on October 22, 2010, 03:10:35 PM
Quote from: A Million Units In Jan! on October 22, 2010, 12:26:35 PM
Wow-if you had your merda together, you could get a 6 hour block from 8 to 2 and record your whole album for 125 bucks. Not bad is an understatement!

I stand to be corrected, but I think those are the rates per hour. Whole day Saturday for $140 in 1977 ?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're right. I was gonna say, even back in '77, that'd be damn cheap!
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« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2010, 04:51:40 AM »
According to Billboard, these were the hourly rates in summer 1974, when the place opened for commercial use:

8am-4pm - $100
4pm-8am - $110
Saturday - $115
Sunday/holidays - $120
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« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2010, 06:38:37 AM »
The Beach Boys did not record any music at Brother Records. The building was actually a haven for Brian and Dennis and their friends to hide from Landy and Marilyn for the purpose of doing drugs. Pretty sure they were dealing too, because traffic was always heavy on 5th street during that period, with people coming and going at all hours. The building was well-disguised, and had no visible signs or indications of its inhabitants.
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« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2010, 07:05:12 AM »
2 things:

That logo would make a cool t-shirt.

I remember a few years ago, the fake Sea Of Tunes stained-glass from the TV mini-series was on eBay.
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« Reply #18 on: October 23, 2010, 07:15:07 AM »
Quote from: Mikie on October 22, 2010, 10:26:22 PM
The owners were Carl and Dennis and they sold it in 1978.

I'm well aware of that...I was speaking in general.  LOL
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« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2010, 09:37:22 AM »
Quote from: Mikie on October 23, 2010, 06:38:37 AM
The Beach Boys did not record any music at Brother Records.

What an absurd statement!  "15 Big Ones" was recorded at Brother.  I've got pictures up here somewhere of Mike & Brian working in the studio, and pictures of Mike & Al mixing in the control room.  What a strange thing to say...
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« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2010, 09:42:22 AM »
I'm quite sure he's being facetious although the climate in the Beach Boys world doesn't discount the possibility of controlled substances being used in the studio as well...
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« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2010, 10:09:15 AM »
Quote from: Ed Roach on October 23, 2010, 09:37:22 AM
What an absurd statement!  "15 Big Ones" was recorded at Brother.  I've got pictures up here somewhere of Mike & Brian working in the studio, and pictures of Mike & Al mixing in the control room.  What a strange thing to say...

Ed, that was a little absurd. Grin  I just wanted to see if anybody was reading my posts in between the ones concerning studio recording costs and all. Actually, I was waiting for you or Stebbins to show up to comment on the studio itself, because you've commented on it before on another bored. Knew I'd get somebody's attention.  Tongue

I know for a fact The Beach Boys were using the studio for recording - I saw Dennis' motorcycle parked out back when I was there in '76, plus I read articles in a few magazines around that time talking about it. I believe everything I read.  As far as drugs being used in the studio though...............no futher comment............
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I, I love the colorful clothes she wears, and she's already working on my brain. I only looked in her eyes, but I picked up something I just can't explain. I, I bet I know what she’s like, and I can feel how right she’d be for me. It’s weird how she comes in so strong, and I wonder what she’s picking up from me. I hope it’s good, good, good, good vibrations, yeah!!
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« Reply #22 on: October 23, 2010, 10:55:12 AM »
Wouldn't you know it. 
The one time somebody actually reads a post by Mikie, it's Ed Roach! 
Who'd a thunk....
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« Reply #23 on: October 23, 2010, 11:13:52 AM »
Well, I thought I'd either get attention from Ed, Stebbins, or AGD.  But they know me better than that......
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« Reply #24 on: October 23, 2010, 02:08:52 PM »
Is Brother studio still in Santa Monica?
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