Olmstead sound studios

[dvdmike]

Was there an Olmstead Sound Studios in Detroit as well as New York. I'm looking at the "Don't Forget About The Motor City" page and I see credits for that studio.
Also, what was Specialty Recordings in Detroit? Was there anything of note recorded there? Thank you.

[ralpht]

Mike,
I'm not sure I remember an Olmstead Studio. Specialty Sound was not the greatest studio in the world and I'm not sure if I remember anything of note being recorded there. They were primarily servicing the advertising business with voice-overs and such

[tamla617]

dvd..
i googled speciality recordings detroit and these three links came up'hope this helps!

http://home.comcast.net/~twirlrecords/volumes.html

http://www.angelfire.com/mn/coasters/johnnielee1.html

http://www.ponderosastomp.com/blog/2011/05/rising-tides-threaten-the-swamp-pop/jerrybyrne/

below is a link for an sdf archive

http://faac.us/adf/messages/28522/146214.html?1107822773

i might add another link came up with you asking roughly the same question on bsnpubs!

[ralpht]

Good work, Tamla. I guess I wasn't thinking far enough back.

[tamla617]

put it down to smooth training!

[dvdmike]

Thanks everyone. It could have been Olmstead Sound in New York. I know Berry Gordy did some sessions there in the late
'50s and early '60s.

[robb_k]

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Specialty had a fair amount of Soul cuts recorded there during the early and middle '60s [[according to Ron Murphy).

Berry Gordy and Gwen Gordy perhaps used Olmstead to finish off recordings made for George Goldner's labels [[The Five Stars on Mark-X, and End Records, Miracles on End, David Ruffin [[Little David Bush) on Vega Records, Voice Masters on Anna 101 an 102, early Jackie Wilson recordings.