Born in East Cleveland, Ohio, he grew up in New York City. After graduating he worked in record stores, and then selling and installing audio equipment, before being employed by inventor Sherman Fairchild as an audio engineer. He also began recording performers in folk clubs in New York, such as the Village Gate, working on the sound system in parallel with lighting engineer Chip Monck. His first commercially released live recordings were of Nina Simone, released on the albums Nina at the Village Gate (1962) and Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall (1963). He also recorded performances by Thelonious Monk, and early Bob Dylan performances eventually released many years later as Live at The Gaslight 1962. In 1962, he designed and built RLA Studios in New York, and the following year began working with Harry Belafonte on his live sound system. The studios later became Impact Studios after Belafonte took a financial share.[1][2]
In 1969, Alderson moved to Chiapas, Mexico, where he spent several years forming his own band and recording the indigenous music of the region, later released by Smithsonian Folkways. He returned to New York in 1975, and set up Rosebud Recording with Ralph MacDonald. While there, he oversaw recordings by Grover Washington Jr., Roberta Flack, Bill Withers and David Sanborn, among others.[1][2]
From the 1980s, he continued to work as an engineer and consultant, setting up Alderson Acoustics and designing a variety of recording facilities in and around New York. He also worked on jingles and TV commercials, and on projects with producer and arranger Rob Mounsey. In 2010, Alderson was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical section, for singer-songwriter Leslie Mendelson's album Swan Feathers.[1][2]
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^ abcdBiography by Sean Westergaard, AllMusic.com. Retrieved January 20, 2019
^Jay Jay French, "Record producer remembers The Beatles relationship with Bob Dylan", Goldmine, June 18, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2019
October 28, 2023
richard, alderson, record, producer, richard, larm, alderson, born, february, 1937, american, audio, engineer, record, producer, worked, recordings, nina, simone, dylan, harry, belafonte, fugs, pearls, before, swine, roberta, flack, grover, washington, others,. Richard Larm Alderson born February 10 1937 is an American audio engineer and record producer who has worked on recordings by Nina Simone Bob Dylan Harry Belafonte Sun Ra The Fugs Pearls Before Swine Roberta Flack Grover Washington Jr and others Richard AldersonBirth nameRichard Larm AldersonBorn 1937 02 10 February 10 1937 age 86 East Cleveland Ohio U S GenresAudio engineerrecord producerYears active1950s presentWebsiterichardaldersonaudio wbr comBiography editBorn in East Cleveland Ohio he grew up in New York City After graduating he worked in record stores and then selling and installing audio equipment before being employed by inventor Sherman Fairchild as an audio engineer He also began recording performers in folk clubs in New York such as the Village Gate working on the sound system in parallel with lighting engineer Chip Monck His first commercially released live recordings were of Nina Simone released on the albums Nina at the Village Gate 1962 and Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall 1963 He also recorded performances by Thelonious Monk and early Bob Dylan performances eventually released many years later as Live at The Gaslight 1962 In 1962 he designed and built RLA Studios in New York and the following year began working with Harry Belafonte on his live sound system The studios later became Impact Studios after Belafonte took a financial share 1 2 Albert Grossman then invited Alderson to produce the live sound for Dylan on his groundbreaking England and world tours in 1965 66 with The Band In the same period Alderson continued to engineer and then produce recordings in New York for Fania Records artists such as Joe Bataan as well as jazz sessions for Prestige Records In the mid and late 1960s he worked extensively for ESP Disk Records on artists such as Albert Ayler Patty Waters Sun Ra The Fugs and Pearls Before Swine Several incorporated Alderson s innovative use of musique concrete recordings tape splicing and exotic percussion instruments Other musicians with whom he worked in the 1960s included Muddy Waters Spanky and Our Gang and The Last Poets as well as gospel musicians 1 2 3 In 1969 Alderson moved to Chiapas Mexico where he spent several years forming his own band and recording the indigenous music of the region later released by Smithsonian Folkways He returned to New York in 1975 and set up Rosebud Recording with Ralph MacDonald While there he oversaw recordings by Grover Washington Jr Roberta Flack Bill Withers and David Sanborn among others 1 2 From the 1980s he continued to work as an engineer and consultant setting up Alderson Acoustics and designing a variety of recording facilities in and around New York He also worked on jingles and TV commercials and on projects with producer and arranger Rob Mounsey In 2010 Alderson was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Engineered Album Non Classical section for singer songwriter Leslie Mendelson s album Swan Feathers 1 2 References edit a b c d Biography by Sean Westergaard AllMusic com Retrieved January 20 2019 a b c d Larry Crane Coke Ennyday Alex Stimmel Richard Alderson 60 s Free Jazz Dylan s Electric Tour amp More TapeOp com July August 2011 Retrieved January 20 2019 Jay Jay French Record producer remembers The Beatles relationship with Bob Dylan Goldmine June 18 2018 Retrieved January 20 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Alderson record producer amp oldid 1179837478, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
