Some Good Old Time Audio Gear!

MylesBAstor

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Oh yes, you know who that is (person not dog ).

 

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I would have loved to hear that system. You just know that Frank had some first generation master tapes to play back on his 3 channel rig.

 

Bill Hart

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Are those unopened packs of cigarettes in that big bowl? Man, how things have changed.

 

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No doubt Frank was the epitome of cool but I'd rather see Ava Gardner in the photo

 

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jazdoc said:

No doubt Frank was the epitome of cool but I'd rather see Ava Gardner in the photo

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She certainly was no dog.
I'm trying to figure this room out. Do you think it is a 'green room,' like a hang for performers? It almost looks like a hotel room or commercial/institutional type door/lock. That would also explain the bowl of ciggies.
Myles, any info on the pic?

 

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I'm pretty sure that is Frank's house of the day. No hotel room would be decorated like that nor would it have any stereo gear in it.

 

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It looks like his apartment.

 

Bill Hart

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GaryProtein said:

It looks like his apartment.

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That's probably right, it was the door that made me think it was not a house.

 

MylesBAstor

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whart said:

She certainly was no dog.
I'm trying to figure this room out. Do you think it is a 'green room,' like a hang for performers? It almost looks like a hotel room or commercial/institutional type door/lock. That would also explain the bowl of ciggies.
Myles, any info on the pic?

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A Mac MX110
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Altec speakers (?) Thought they matched the same Altecs used in his studio.

Ampex 300-2 1/2 (head stack for his 3 track dubs?), though here he is playing a commercially recorded tape.,

Question is how did he get the middle channel?

Sometime according to Steve Hoffman, Frank played dubs of his United/Western stuff in three track.

 

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jazdoc said:

No doubt Frank was the epitome of cool but I'd rather see Ava Gardner in the photo

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Jazdoc,
Apologies, I could not find an hifi picture with Ava Gardner...

 

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MylesBAstor

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